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io9 Meetup in New York City 5/28

regis — Thu, 22 May 2008 15:00:54 PDT

come north to boston for the weekend!

regis

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World's Greatest Dad — Thu, 22 May 2008 05:33:31 PDT

have fun, you lovelies. i'm stuck in Oxford. but crystal skull at 2:30, so whatevs.

World's Greatest Dad

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bluewyvern — Thu, 22 May 2008 05:32:31 PDT

Just post a reminder the day before or I'll totally forget about it.

bluewyvern

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joetato — Thu, 22 May 2008 00:50:21 PDT

Torpedo Factory, meet my Thing costume (Fantastic Four, not John Carpenter's amazing remake). I'll see y'all on the 21st!

joetato

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LicenseFarm — Wed, 21 May 2008 22:16:44 PDT

It's a pity this won't be the following week; I'm coming up to NYC for the MoCCA Festival June 7-8 and sticking around for some time thereafter. I'd have thought io9 central might be in attendance in pursuit of the obscure and up-and-coming.

@Miranda Kali: Presently I live just north of the MD/PA line, about 100 minutes from DC, and I often come down. If this turns into an official io9 meetup I might make a point of attending.

LicenseFarm

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Annalee Newitz — Wed, 21 May 2008 21:35:57 PDT

@Evil Tortie's Mom: We are actually going to Wiscon, and then to NYC. We love BayCon, but we really really wanted to go to Wiscon this year.

Annalee Newitz

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WorstthingUS — Wed, 21 May 2008 21:29:28 PDT

Wednesday!?! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Sigh. Leave it to geeks to get even a night of drinking wrong.

WorstthingUS

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Acheman — Wed, 21 May 2008 20:58:15 PDT

SCREW YOU IO9 for having a meetup FOUR DAYS AFTER I LEAVE THE COUNTRY.
You had better come to London damned soon, is all I'm saying.

Acheman

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Efflux — Wed, 21 May 2008 18:21:17 PDT

How many people do you guys expect to turn out?

Efflux

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Evil Tortie's Mom — Wed, 21 May 2008 17:13:42 PDT

So there's a big con this weekend in io9 home-space and the eds. go to NY instead?

Evil Tortie's Mom

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Lizzie24601 — Wed, 21 May 2008 16:09:45 PDT

Oh nooo I don't think I'll be in town. :( :( Make sure it goes fantastically, so that there will be another NY meetup I can make!

Lizzie24601

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Annalee Newitz — Wed, 21 May 2008 15:59:04 PDT

@Mouser_UK: Next time I am in London! I promise. Maybe we can get the Outpost Gallifrey nerds to come too.

Annalee Newitz

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Annalee Newitz — Wed, 21 May 2008 15:57:59 PDT

@putch: On a scale of one to awesome, it will be super great.

Annalee Newitz

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clandestiny — Wed, 21 May 2008 14:32:59 PDT

@putch: Oh hey. Thanks for the support.

clandestiny

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putch — Wed, 21 May 2008 14:28:03 PDT

oh man, bar full of sci-fi nerds? awesome of awful? guess we'll see next wed...

putch

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Mouser_UK — Wed, 21 May 2008 14:09:22 PDT

damm when are you doing a london one :-)

Mouser_UK

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Annalee Newitz — Wed, 21 May 2008 14:07:24 PDT

@Efflux: You won't be alone. There will be DRINKS.

Annalee Newitz

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Miranda Kali (Desperate But Not Serious) — Wed, 21 May 2008 13:54:03 PDT

@Ma1agate:
Excellent! I'll check one for "skrull in disguise".

Miranda Kali (Desperate But Not Serious)

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Ma1agate — Wed, 21 May 2008 13:44:31 PDT

@Miranda Kali: Wow, that's just a little bit exactly smack in the middle of my 'hood. I live about five minutes away from the Torpedo Factory.

I'll do everything in my power to be there. No promises on a funny get-up, though.

Ma1agate

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Log1c — Wed, 21 May 2008 13:40:31 PDT

@braak: I think that was sarcasm.

Log1c

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Ed Grabianowski — Wed, 21 May 2008 13:39:43 PDT

@Annalee Newitz: It's about a 7 or 8 hour drive. D.C. is actually just as close to Buffalo as NYC, as the Crow (T. Robot) flies. Not really day-trip material. Though I guess I have a free donut coming...

@Miranda Kali: I'm a cyborg, I have no fingerprints. I suspect I'll be out there sometime this summer though!

Ed Grabianowski

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Miranda Kali (Desperate But Not Serious) — Wed, 21 May 2008 13:22:14 PDT

@Ed Grabianowski:
Splendid! Yes, I think an io9 reader meet-up would be all the better with someone who actually writes for io9. ...'Nother set of fingerprints is always handy, as they say.

I'll still probably try to get together a pub crawl on the 21st, though. It's been too long since I last put on funny clothes, and drank with a gang of rowdy geeks. ...well, out in public at least

Miranda Kali (Desperate But Not Serious)

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braak — Wed, 21 May 2008 13:21:16 PDT

@Efflux: What, you think the rest of the folks here are bringing dates?

braak

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Efflux — Wed, 21 May 2008 13:20:05 PDT

Is it sad to show up this alone? I work pretty near there in SOHO.

Efflux

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Annalee Newitz — Wed, 21 May 2008 13:13:35 PDT

@Ed Grabianowski: Can't you, like, take a train or car or something? Does this show my profound lack of understanding of NY geography?

Annalee Newitz

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clandestiny — Wed, 21 May 2008 13:06:18 PDT

I'm down.

clandestiny

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drmoldawer — Wed, 21 May 2008 12:59:44 PDT

Finally! I'm canceling my plans for that night to attend.

drmoldawer

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Log1c — Wed, 21 May 2008 12:59:11 PDT

@Aethyr: Just go in on someones arm, thats how all the chicks do it here. Card the boyfriend, let in the girl.

Log1c

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Ed Grabianowski — Wed, 21 May 2008 12:59:00 PDT

Buffalo's too high-class for all y'all, eh? I see how it is. NYC. Pffff...

@Miranda Kali: I visit D.C. semi-regularly. Next time I'm there, we will totally have a D.C. meetup (not that you can't do one without me). Usually hang at the Capitol Lounge.

Ed Grabianowski

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Moff — Wed, 21 May 2008 12:58:53 PDT

@Annalee Newitz: Maintain that mind-set and this is going to be a good meetup.

Moff

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Klebert L. Hall — Wed, 21 May 2008 12:58:24 PDT

Dang, if I only made twice as much, I'd totally drive down to The City next Wednesday for drinks...

You guys should keep doing these, maybe I can get to one some day. NYC is way more likely than SF or even DC, at least.
-Kle.

Klebert L. Hall

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TheKeyMaster — Wed, 21 May 2008 12:58:23 PDT

@Annalee Newitz: ooooo, I think I might have a crush on Annalee.

TheKeyMaster

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Moff — Wed, 21 May 2008 12:57:12 PDT

@TheKeyMaster: You're totally invited. Annalee's probably just having a hot flash or something.

@Aethyr: Do they card here? I thought New York City kids all started going to bars when they were 16.

Moff

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braak — Wed, 21 May 2008 12:56:55 PDT

@Aethyr: You can hang out outside. We'll wave to you through the windows.

braak

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Annalee Newitz — Wed, 21 May 2008 12:53:13 PDT

@TheKeyMaster: Har har har. Now shut up and make me coffee, bitch. In your maid outfit.

Annalee Newitz

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Annalee Newitz — Wed, 21 May 2008 12:52:31 PDT

@Aethyr: Sorry! Can't you get a fake ID like normal people?

Annalee Newitz

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TheKeyMaster — Wed, 21 May 2008 12:51:16 PDT

@Annalee Newitz: @braak: RELAX GUYS, it's a joke. Geez.

TheKeyMaster

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Annalee Newitz — Wed, 21 May 2008 12:50:13 PDT

@braak: C'mon, skip work! You know you want to. And *we* want you to.

Annalee Newitz

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cmg — Wed, 21 May 2008 12:50:05 PDT

@braak: yeah! and if it can fall on payday, even better.

cmg

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SeeingI — Wed, 21 May 2008 12:48:43 PDT

Crap, I will be in New York from Friday 31 till June 9. Wednesday? What's up with that?

SeeingI

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Aethyr — Wed, 21 May 2008 12:47:36 PDT

:< That sucks, I'm underage. Though I do live in New York.

Aethyr

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braak — Wed, 21 May 2008 12:47:05 PDT

@braak: Preferably on a god-damned Friday.

braak

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braak — Wed, 21 May 2008 12:46:35 PDT

@TheKeyMaster: It's too late, you've been made.

The get together's off, everyone! We'll have to have a new, SECRET one, that no one can tell that guy about.

braak

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Annalee Newitz — Wed, 21 May 2008 12:46:21 PDT

@TheKeyMaster: Any chance a chick will want to talk to you after you post shit like that? Nope. You are totally not invited.

Annalee Newitz

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randallnathaniel — Wed, 21 May 2008 12:41:40 PDT

I think this might be fun. And I never go to stuff like this.

I usually drink by myself in my closet. Nude. Crying.

randallnathaniel

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waytogeaux — Wed, 21 May 2008 12:41:06 PDT

I would love to be there, but can't make it. (sigh) There will be another get together soon, right?

waytogeaux

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dequeued — Wed, 21 May 2008 12:40:31 PDT

Cool.
I am there too.

dequeued

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TheKeyMaster — Wed, 21 May 2008 12:39:32 PDT

@moff: Yeah, you're right. Any chance they'll be some ugly chicks? into Scifi?

TheKeyMaster

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Moff — Wed, 21 May 2008 12:36:57 PDT

@TheKeyMaster: Probably not if you post comments like that.

Moff

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braak — Wed, 21 May 2008 12:36:46 PDT

@moff: Heheheh. That's a valid point.

braak

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TheKeyMaster — Wed, 21 May 2008 12:35:35 PDT

any chance they're will be hot chicks there? Hot chicks into SCIFI? Please God.

TheKeyMaster

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Annalee Newitz — Wed, 21 May 2008 12:30:45 PDT

@braak: Hell yeah, take off work. We can write you a note on psychic paper and sign it "the Doctor."

Annalee Newitz

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Log1c — Wed, 21 May 2008 12:28:51 PDT

@Log1c: even if you don't do anything.

Log1c

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Log1c — Wed, 21 May 2008 12:28:37 PDT

@braak: Plus going to work hungover sucks.

Log1c

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Bowlactus, Smoker of Worlds — Wed, 21 May 2008 12:26:53 PDT

I am so there. we should see if there doing a sneak preview of the Sex and the City movie afterward, and we can all go see it together!

Bowlactus, Smoker of Worlds

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Moff — Wed, 21 May 2008 12:22:23 PDT

@Annalee Newitz: I threw it away.

OR DID I?!?!???

Moff

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Moff — Wed, 21 May 2008 12:21:35 PDT

@braak: Dude, we can all see your comment history, so telling us that the world will come to a stop if you're not doing your job is so not going to work.

Moff

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Belabras — Wed, 21 May 2008 12:21:22 PDT

Ya'll have to do one of these in Texas sometime.

Belabras

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braak — Wed, 21 May 2008 12:12:30 PDT

@Annalee Newitz: It's a Wednesday. I'd have to take off work to come up to New York in the middle of the week.

braak

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Annalee Newitz — Wed, 21 May 2008 12:09:48 PDT

@moff: Bring your Skrull mask!

Annalee Newitz

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BloggyMcBlogBlog — Wed, 21 May 2008 12:07:05 PDT

My only hope of making it is using Ben's island moving machine. :(

BloggyMcBlogBlog

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Moff — Wed, 21 May 2008 12:04:28 PDT

@Ma1agate: I was hoping they meant whores.

I'm not just gonna be there. I'm gonna be there with FUCKING BELLS on.

Moff

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Miranda Kali (Desperate But Not Serious) — Wed, 21 May 2008 12:03:24 PDT

That's it...
D.C. people.
June 21st
7pm
Old Town Alexandria, the Torpedo Factory Food Court
Sci-Fi Pub Crawl. Come dressed as someone or something at least vaguely sci-fi. (remember that foam rubber soaks up lots of spilled booze & cops will shoot at people holding anything that looks even remotely like a gun)
All for it say "yea!" ...or just make bleep bleep noises.

Miranda Kali (Desperate But Not Serious)