No Snivelling

My wife was working late tonight so I took advantage of my freedom -- I grabbed the laptop and headed up to Madrona Eatery and Ale House -- enjoyed a yummy swiss cheeseburger with mushrooms (yes, very very healthy) and some IPAs and reveled in my nerdness. What's amazing, and so inviting, about my little Madrona neighborhood is:
a) high quality hi-speed internet at the Ale House
b) the character who just stumbled, ranting, out of the pub... :-) (no, it wasn't me)
c) I ran into three different friends during the 2+ hours... Chris from Unitus, Michael who lives in my neighborhood, and a new friend who was geeking on his laptop at the bar, on Second Life.

I asked him about his Second Life experience, and he told me that he's actually writing a book about Second Life. That immediately spurred a conversation about my recent blog posting, and then I encouraged him to get the Seattle Second Life meetup started... I think we have our organizer.

Is great to be able to strike up conversations with locals -- I love small towns in big towns.