# The NYC Megafest in progress thread.
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nyc-megafest-in-progress-thread/224848
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [January 16, 2004, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nyc-megafest-in-progress-thread/224848 "2004-01-16T22:37:06Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manhattan)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2004, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nyc-megafest-in-progress-thread/224848/1 "2004-01-16T22:37:06Z")
Well, I’m here. Which is to say, **Canby** and I decided to stay at one of the hotels just for the heck of it – I’m using the opportunity to have some work done in my apartment.
The Red Roof has wifi included with the price of the room! Yay for geek hotels! Pictures and news as events warrant.
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### Author:  [@Jodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jodi)
#### Post date: [January 17, 2004, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nyc-megafest-in-progress-thread/224848/2 "2004-01-17T03:24:05Z")
Be good! Have fun! Check in often! Wear a condom! 😉
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### Author:  [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)
#### Post date: [January 17, 2004, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nyc-megafest-in-progress-thread/224848/3 "2004-01-17T12:18:17Z")
> [@Jodi](#):
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> Be good! Have fun! Check in often! Wear a condom! 😉
No-no! Don’t wear it _there_! You’ll just mess up the–
Sigh. Never mind. Damn New Yorkers.
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### Author:  [@DAVEW0071](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DAVEW0071)
#### Post date: [January 17, 2004, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nyc-megafest-in-progress-thread/224848/4 "2004-01-17T17:23:11Z")
Last night at Blondie’s was very much fun. Lots of laughs and boobies and tattoo sharing and butt-squeezings. (I captured **rtfirefly** squeezing **Persephone’s** butt with my digital camera! 😃 We’ll be discussing the terms of the extortion tonight, probably.)
My wife is currently making cookies for all her cookie junkies tonight (chocolate cookies, not her ever-lovin’ chocolate chip).
We’re looking forward to this evening’s festivities at America and No Idea.
Later, gators!
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### Author:  [@Winterwren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winterwren)
#### Post date: [January 17, 2004, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nyc-megafest-in-progress-thread/224848/5 "2004-01-17T18:34:39Z")
I shall echo the Dave-Guy’s comments; Blondie’s was fun, even though it got too loud for me to track conversations after a while. Before it did, though, it was great to actually add voices to posting styles of people.
Must go do family stuff, and then will see people at No Idea later tonight, partner-in-crime in tow most likely. Even as I type, he is shaving his head.
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### Author:  [@MannyL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MannyL)
#### Post date: [January 17, 2004, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nyc-megafest-in-progress-thread/224848/6 "2004-01-17T21:48:54Z")
Question about tomorrow is the trip to Ellis Island still on? Also what was decided for ethnic night?
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### Author:  [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)
#### Post date: [January 17, 2004, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nyc-megafest-in-progress-thread/224848/7 "2004-01-17T21:53:48Z")
Have fun guys! Say hi to Opal and Sev for me!
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### Author:  [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)
#### Post date: [January 17, 2004, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nyc-megafest-in-progress-thread/224848/8 "2004-01-17T21:54:53Z")
Duh, I meant UDD…
Where the hell is my coffee, dammit?
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### Author:  [@saramamalana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saramamalana)
#### Post date: [January 17, 2004, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nyc-megafest-in-progress-thread/224848/9 "2004-01-17T22:31:18Z")
I would like to say I had a fantastic time last night meeting a bunch of people, and having everyone sing “happy birthday.”
I even got a puppy. 😃 (but I can’t find his email address ☹ )
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### Author:  [@Billdo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Billdo)
#### Post date: [January 17, 2004, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nyc-megafest-in-progress-thread/224848/10 "2004-01-17T22:33:26Z")
> [@MannyL](#):
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> Question about tomorrow is the trip to Ellis Island still on? Also what was decided for ethnic night?
Yep, the Ellis Island trip is still on. Meet at noon at Castle Clinton (the ticket office) in Battery Park.
We’ve got three options for Ethnic Food Night, Indian, Chinese and Brazilian. I’ll have details on all three at Ellis Island, or you can hunt for the sign-up thead which has the full set-up.
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### Author:  [@Cosmopolitan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cosmopolitan)
#### Post date: [January 17, 2004, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nyc-megafest-in-progress-thread/224848/11 "2004-01-17T23:52:22Z")
Whoa. I’m gone for a week & the whole damn board looks completely different.
In any case, I’m not gonna make No Idea after all; my flight didn’t get in until around 4:20 PM & then I had to talk to a supervisor about an accident on board (Long story short: I got hit across the bridge of the nose with a metal cane; yes, I’m okay. Full story to be told & retold tomorrow.).
Between filling out an accident report & waiting for the cab, I didn’t enter my domicile until maybe 6:30 PM & what with the nose-whacking, I think my mom’d feel better if I stayed home tonight.
We’ll have to celebrate my birthday a day late.
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### Author:  [@Moe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moe)
#### Post date: [January 17, 2004, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nyc-megafest-in-progress-thread/224848/12 "2004-01-17T23:53:21Z")
I wanted to post this morning, but I was far too hungover to get a coherent thought out. Actually, I’m still somewhat hazy, but I’m also pretty bored at the moment soooo:
I had a really great time too!! Thank you **sara** for draggin’ me out, and a warm hearty thank you to **nyctea** for giving me a place to crash.
I wish I could be joining y’all the rest of the weekend and next year I’ll actually plan (and save) for it.
Oh, and my apologies to the lovely lady to whom I probably embarrassed by walking up to and proudly proclaiming “I love you”. As lovable as I’m sure you are 😉 I was sorta kinda performing a task given to me during **Opal’s** blank cards game. (Ummm, I wonder if this means I’ll lose those points now?).
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### Author:  [@TruePisces](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruePisces)
#### Post date: [January 18, 2004, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nyc-megafest-in-progress-thread/224848/13 "2004-01-18T14:49:43Z")
Had a fantastic time yesterday - though I’m still so tired I don’t think I could put together a coherent post of what was said and done (Other than two comments that the small group of us from the Gaming Walk will never forget - House of Random Pickles and **E-Sabbath’s** flag being at half mast), so I’ll leave it to people that can turn a better phrase than I.
However, I **CAN** leave you with pictures. [From Saturday](http://f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/stasia_the_outspoken/album?.dir=/DopeFest+2004&urlhint=actn,ren%3as,1%3af,0) Sadly, there aren’t any pictures of the Gaming Tour itself… I just didn’t think to take pictures of gaming geeks buying stuff! 😛
Enjoy!
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### Author:  [@manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manhattan)
#### Post date: [January 18, 2004, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nyc-megafest-in-progress-thread/224848/14 "2004-01-18T15:13:55Z")
I’ve got some pics, too.
[Blondie’s, Friday Night](http://www.imagestation.com/album/?id=4287972141)
[Transit Museum and Brooklyn Bridge, Saturday Afternoon](http://www.imagestation.com/album/?id=4287971753)
[America and No Idea, Saturday Night](http://www.imagestation.com/album/?id=4287971711)
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### Author:  [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)
#### Post date: [January 18, 2004, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nyc-megafest-in-progress-thread/224848/15 "2004-01-18T19:09:56Z")
> [@manhattan](#):
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> I’ve got some pics, too.
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> [Blondie’s, Friday Night](http://www.imagestation.com/album/?id=4287972141)
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> [Transit Museum and Brooklyn Bridge, Saturday Afternoon](http://www.imagestation.com/album/?id=4287971753)
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> [America and No Idea, Saturday Night](http://www.imagestation.com/album/?id=4287971711)
Photographic evidence of Zoltarb eating my cheese steak.
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### Author:  [@scott\_evil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scott_evil)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2004, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nyc-megafest-in-progress-thread/224848/16 "2004-01-19T01:36:01Z")
I’m back in Montreal, safe and sound (all things considered).
Jeremy is sewing up those once-fantastic bellbottoms that I was wearing Saturday night.
Wanna know why? [Don’t sleep in the subway, darling.](http://www.livejournal.com/users/scottevil/) :mad:
Might post more later. But I have a good excuse to call in sick for work tomorrow.
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### Author:  [@saramamalana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saramamalana)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2004, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nyc-megafest-in-progress-thread/224848/17 "2004-01-19T05:36:50Z")
> [@](#):
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> Blondie’s, Friday Night
There’s a great shot of my hair in #17. Also in that picture is Ginger appearing to clap like a total spaz. 🙂
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### Author:  [@Moe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moe)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2004, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nyc-megafest-in-progress-thread/224848/18 "2004-01-19T07:37:08Z")
> [@manhattan](#):
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> I’ve got some pics, too.
>
> [Blondie’s, Friday Night](http://www.imagestation.com/album/?id=4287972141)
Wow, those pics are big. I just went to look at this one: [http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid100/pf16a85d84254983bdb2fde0dbc9f0437/f9e8b212.jpg.orig.jpg](http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid100/pf16a85d84254983bdb2fde0dbc9f0437/f9e8b212.jpg.orig.jpg)
and when I enlarged it, I thought it somehow erroneously linked to some picture of a baseball game.
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### Author:  [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2004, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nyc-megafest-in-progress-thread/224848/19 "2004-01-19T07:53:37Z")
> [@manhattan](#):
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> [Transit Museum and Brooklyn Bridge, Saturday Afternoon](http://www.imagestation.com/album/?id=4287971753)
That first picture? I’m _ALL_ for it!
Damned dogbreathed Commie pinko bastards.
Tripler
Just a shame I couldn’t see it in person. Maybe next year. ☹
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### Author:  [@av8rmike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/av8rmike)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2004, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nyc-megafest-in-progress-thread/224848/20 "2004-01-19T15:28:14Z")
Maybe it’s just my monitor, but those pictures are coming out really dark. So much that I almost can’t tell who anyone is. ☹
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