Hey manny? Never mind. I’m not doing the defined contributon thing. It’s a long story, involving unions, shady dealings, politics, and thieving b*******.
I’ve decided to spend the week collecting bugs for you to slay, though. Is that alright? 
This is why I shouldn’t read threads for Chick Dopes I am not attending. Please excuse the bump.
Bumpin’ again.
I am geeked. Geeked beyond belief. Terminally, hopelessly, all-out GEEKED.
Anyone else here thinking that this is just the longest week ever?
I am now very excited too! I get to go to my first dope fest! I will see you all on Saturday.
the email I got from Bunny indicates a meeting at Speigals at the Birch Run Shopping Center (which I think is an out let mall???), but I’m not sure where it is (near Flint is all I know). Hoping some one cares that I’d be there if I only knew where ‘there’ was.
Sniff.
YEs, am looking forward to it, tho I lost my ‘girly girl’ card many years ago, and am broker than broke. So will be avaiable for chatting and ideas (that’s what you’re good for, Butch), amongst the shopping.
I don’t think I’ve ever owned a “girly girl” card. My idea of evening wear is black jeans. I’m also in the terminally broke category, so we can stand back and watch the other girls fistfight over that cute little black dress that they all want to own, but there is only one left on the rack.
Sounds good to me!
I’m broke too! Birch Run is north of Flint but not as far north as Saginaw. Can’t miss it.
Off I-75??? Signs on the highway saying “Hey, idiot, turn here NOW”???
Hey! Count me in to the “broker than broke” category. It’s an off-pay week for me, and I’ve got to pay for the kids’ school pictures, which are being taken tomorrow. So, I’m not going to be buying jack for myself. I do have to hit Toy Liquidators while we’re there, though. Anyone care to join me?
Oh, and I spoke to BG this afternoon. She’ll be emailing everyone with directions & stuff, prolly tomorrow.
And is there a kind, gentle soul out there who could do me a very small favor? I would very much like to attend the dinner on Friday. I’ll be in Ann Arbor anyway, dropping off the kids. Could someone please, oh please oh please, pick me up at my mom’s? It’s only about 10-15 minutes from where dinner will be, and I’ve already arranged for transportation back to my home.
Yep. That’s about it. You seriously cannot miss it.
Um, did you guys know that Persephone is really a big hairy guy named Al with a bad case of plumber butt and cigar breath?
I thought you all should know.
::flee!::
Manly, yes, but I like her too.
Sigh. Boy, do I have good friends, or what?
It’s always those gross smelly plumber-butt types who are trying to pass themselves off as redheads. Harumph.
Hey now, c’mon! There’s gonna be people there that I’ve never met! Let me keep stringing them along with the voluptous redhead routine for just a couple more days, okay? 
You know I’d help you out Persephone, but I don’t think I’m going to do Friday night…
It’s because of my butt-crack, isn’t it, mrblue?
sob
I don’t think I ever saw that…
You have a butt?
Thanks…I think? :confusion:
:::wondering if mrblue never noticed I had a butt because he was too busy a) staring at my chest or b) being repulsed by my cigar breath…::