BSD Meet and Greet 2 PM Monday
by BSD on May 31, 2009 9:15 PM EDT
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PrintFor those of you in the State College area, I will be at the Gingerbread Man at 2 PM tomorrow (Monday) if any of you want to get together to discuss some football, blogging, or grottos.
Sorry for the short notice, but I wasn't planning on doing this until last minute. I mentioned to some of the Big Ten Bloggers I was flying in on Monday and Tim from Happy Hour Valley (I guess that's three times now) suggested he and I get together for a beer. So we figured why not open it up to anyone else who happens to be in town.
Besides, Tim said he's buying. So I plan on ordering every appetizer on the menu and asking for a lot of doggie bags.
Hope to see you there. Look for the bald guy that looks 20 years older than everyone else in the place. That will be me.
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Should have mentioned
I can only stay for an hour or two due to the fact I have to drive a few hours west Monday afternoon to reach my final destination. So don’t think you can show up at 8 PM and meet up. If you can’t make it by 3:30 I wouldn’t bother showing up.
There’s an ouside chance I may be able to do another meet and greet this Friday afternoon. Depends on my schedule and how much interest there is. So stay tuned.
Mike
Black Shoe Diaries
You had me at "beer"
Mike,
I’ll try to make it over but it’s been so long since I’ve seen you I don’t know if I remember what you look like.
I’ll give you a call when/if I get there.
Cheers!
Look for the guy with the grotto behind him
I bleed Blue and White.
by Horse N Buggy on Jun 1, 2009 2:27 PM EDT up reply actions
I wish I had
a portable grotto. A full sized one too, not one of those desk top versions you mend with a tiny rake.
One man doing the work of 100's for the good of 1000's
True story
Many years ago, a bunch of coworkers and I went to a Mexican place to celebrate a few birthdays. The waitress took our picture using a Polaroid with a jazzy fiesta frame on the film. After she snapped the picture and we waited the 30 seconds for it to develop, one of my coworkers asked who was holding the frame behind us and how did they put it up and take it away so fast without anyone seeing it. You can’t fix stupid.
"The sea was angry that day, my friends." G. Costanza
grr should have waited a few weeks,
I will be in State College at the end of the month
"Want a donut go to dunkin donuts, want a linebacker go to Penn State." - Chris Carter
Maybe this will spark some further incentive to show up.
I will reveal my latest set of “Big Ten Power Rankings” before I actually post them up sometime this week.
We’re gonna need a bigger table…
http://www.happyhourvalley.com/
Sorry, I won't even be awake at 2pm tomorrow
plus the whole 3 hour drive from Philly.
You should definitely put a little name sign on your table at the G-man so the throngs that show up for autographs know where to go. Just be sure to bring plenty of headshots with the grotto in the background like any celebrity would.
Oh, you're kidding me, right?
I was just in State College this weekend, visiting a friend who is taking a couple of summer courses. And I actually mentioned to her that, if it weren’t for the fact that tomorrow is the start of the accounting month end, I would’ve called in sick and stayed in SC for another day. Now I’m home again, with a wonderful day of work on the horizon, and I’ve got this extra incentive being waved in my face?! Bah…so it goes.
(And thanks for picking the G-Man – the Icers-connected bar gets business for one more day!)
"...You know, Reemer, someday I'm gonna own a big sports bar."
Stephen Obeng-Agyapong is not amused by your gross misspelling of his first name.
DO YOU HAVE ANY PRIDE, DANNY?
by ReadingRambler on Jun 1, 2009 9:19 AM EDT up reply actions
Actually, he thinks it's hilarious.
"Never. We would never shoot nuclear weapons at Decepticons." -- Gen. Jack Jacobs
by Run Up The Score on Jun 1, 2009 9:36 AM EDT up reply actions
Is that....?
Drew Brees’ face on his right arm?
by NittanyBadger on Jun 1, 2009 10:12 AM EDT up reply actions
I probably won't be able to stop by
even though I live in State College, BUT if by some chance I do, you’ll still be the bald guy, but you’ll no longer look like you’re 20 years older than EVERYONE else.
"the secret to loving your job is having a hobby that you really despise"
Awesome
I dig your style. I’m not in town, but I’ll catch you one of these days.
When I say to a kid, ‘Hey, get ready to get knocked on your rear end,’ I also tell him, ‘Learn. Learn why you got knocked on your rear end. --jvp
Darn it!
I would LOVE to, but this lady has to take her son to his last tee-ball game.
Proud member of the Come Early, Be Loud, Stay Late Tailgate Crew since 1998!
Some of us have work, you know.
It’s not all just grottos and jet-setting to posh locations like State College.
But in all seriousness, since Mike’s in Houston for the vast majority of football season, perhaps I’ll take it upon myself to host a little BSD tailgate this season out in the fields behind the baseball stadium. (Or hell, you people could organize it without my half-assed planning skills. That would be nice.)
I suppose the problem is that most of our games are 12:00 kickoffs. Maybe a post-game deal for one of the first three home games would be easier. I don’t know.
"Never. We would never shoot nuclear weapons at Decepticons." -- Gen. Jack Jacobs
by Run Up The Score on Jun 1, 2009 11:34 AM EDT reply actions
well,
we kinda always have a tailgate – but then, so does TS, i suppose.
With Iowa being an 8pm start – that would, theoretically, leave enough pre-game tailgate time for some sort of thing.
I can supply the PSU outdoor dance floor – RutS is in charge of poetry.
These things are all true.
I’m not able to volunteer our usual tailgate for this purpose, because it’s more or less sponsored by a gaggle of very nice, but older folks who wouldn’t take kindly to a ton of people they don’t know suddenly showing up (which is totally understandable, of course). But we should all work on some sort of solution once the season gets closer. I’m totally in for that (and I’m definitely swinging by your tailgate at some point this season).
"Never. We would never shoot nuclear weapons at Decepticons." -- Gen. Jack Jacobs
by Run Up The Score on Jun 1, 2009 1:56 PM EDT up reply actions
It is an epic tailgate
Seriously, they have a dozen main courses
Blogging about D.C. Baseball since April '04. Penn State alum. Also partial to the Washington Capitals, New York Yankees and Yale football.
by WFY on Jun 2, 2009 9:41 AM EDT up reply actions
Sounds like a great idea.
I also tailgate behind the baseball stadium. The crew that I tailgate with would enjoy talking PS football and such. We arrive just before the parking lots open. I even have a cheesy home-made banner with the URL on it. I would gladly open my tailgate to the BSD congregation. (Not sure if I know what I’m getting myself in to) You may be required to BYOB. I’m not sure if I can supply the masses. Maybe we can get the “overpaid” bloggers with the grottos and such to sponsor it.
Settle it on the field!
I’d totally be there if I was in the area. Sadly, I’m stuck in Erie.
Penn Staters belong at Penn State. The problem with a lot of kids is they just don’t know they are Penn Staters yet. -jesse. @ BSD
by TheK-GunNeedsReloaded on Jun 1, 2009 12:30 PM EDT reply actions
It's Still On
I’m currently typing this from the HUB, but I got a call from Mike about 20 min ago and we’re still meeting up in about 20 minutes. So those of you in town can still stop on by the G-Man
http://www.happyhourvalley.com/
Yeah, really.
We need an open thread of this meet (not meat) n greet:
Mike
Just took a sip of his Yuengling
- Galen
I just
shared my nachos with BSD Mike!
- Happy Hour Valley
OMG!
I just shook Mike’s hand!
- New BSD Groupie
When I say to a kid, ‘Hey, get ready to get knocked on your rear end,’ I also tell him, ‘Learn. Learn why you got knocked on your rear end. --jvp
by jtothep on Jun 1, 2009 2:58 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
additional dialog from the G-Man....
G-Man Employee
Hey, where the hell did this grotto come from?
Co-ed
Who’s the old dude wearing, what are those – denim shorts???
G-Man Dishwasher
Awesome, I knew jorts would be cool again, YES!!
One man doing the work of 100's for the good of 1000's
by rahpsu92 on Jun 1, 2009 3:32 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
Poor Mike
Y’all are making me feel so bad I put up that photo of him with the jorts on. I didn’t know they were fashion faux pas. He won’t let me put up any more photos of him ever again.
It's okay
I’m just glad my soon-to-be wife hasn’t put up any pictures of me and my pegged acid-washed jeans yet.
"Never. We would never shoot nuclear weapons at Decepticons." -- Gen. Jack Jacobs
by Run Up The Score on Jun 2, 2009 9:20 AM EDT up reply actions
With pegged acid washed jeans
naturally comes a mesh shirt and a mullet. Shudder.
One man doing the work of 100's for the good of 1000's
He'd rock the mullet
If his hair wasn’t thinning
Blogging about D.C. Baseball since April '04. Penn State alum. Also partial to the Washington Capitals, New York Yankees and Yale football.
by WFY on Jun 2, 2009 9:42 AM EDT up reply actions
He's being a great sport
And a real model for us all in taking it. I think he knows there’s real respect here behind the jesting.
When I say to a kid, ‘Hey, get ready to get knocked on your rear end,’ I also tell him, ‘Learn. Learn why you got knocked on your rear end. --jvp
OR
He’s gonna smack everyone upside the head when they come to the bar for his “meet and beat”
"The sea was angry that day, my friends." G. Costanza
true
Maybe we’re all just Fredo’s waiting for a boat ride with Michael.
Speaking of, has anybody heard from happyhourvalley since Monday afternoon?
When I say to a kid, ‘Hey, get ready to get knocked on your rear end,’ I also tell him, ‘Learn. Learn why you got knocked on your rear end. --jvp
It's all starting to make sense
Mike puts up the “What it means to be a Penn Stater” post and gets everyone to give him their name and address. So the ones he doesn’t take care of during the “meet and beat” will wake up with a fish on their front porch. Genius. Pure, evil genius.
Lock your doors! Watch your back!
"The sea was angry that day, my friends." G. Costanza
OH GOD
You’re right, we went one jort joke too far. He really is the Godfather, and this time he’s not even going to bother giving us an offer we can’t refuse.
Though it would be ironic if he whacked us by using a pair of jorts as Garrotte wire.
Death by Jort! Story at 10
Also, Joe Paterno is old.
"The sea was angry that day, my friends." G. Costanza
I'd be up for a meet and great at some point during the football season
summer break means I’m roughly 5 hours away. I’d definitely like a chance to meet the granddaddy of em all (all Penn State blogs, that is). Should I call you the godfather? Either way, All of us over at NWO are big fans of your all your work. Even if you are the competition.
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