OK, so who here DOESN'T know that I have serious geek potential? I mean, come on...it's written all over me...sometimes literally.
Anyway...for some time now I've been involved with this Yahoo! online discussion group for my alltime favorite author, Diana Gabaldon, and I finally got my friend Tracy in AL to read the books...after years of begging, literally...and she got hooked enough to want to join this group too. Now, this group is made up of people all over the world, which makes it kinda neat...and I've made a couple of really awesome buddies on this list, a couple of whom are in my friends list here. *waves*
I finally started talking to one girl who lives fairly close, and we decided to try to get together a couple of weeks ago, for coffee, and so we could actually meet in person. One thing led to another, and we wound up putting out an all-points bulletin on the board for anyone who lived in Atlanta and wanted to join us. We wound up, even on short notice, with 5 people coming (one being Tracy) and more who said they would have if they could have planned ahead of time.
We met at a restaurant in Snellville, and had a BLAST...a real girl's night. Wound up closing down the joint and still weren't through, so we said good night to a couple of the girls, and three of us took the party to the Waffle House to continue our conversation over coffee. I can't remember when I've had such a great time just gabbing! It was a much enjoyed...and much needed...diversion. We hope to do it again, soon.
In the meantime, I've managed to get Tex semi-hooked on the books, too, and I've been posting his comments on the board, too, as A Man's Opinion. The ladies are eating it up!
So, he's a verra popular lad right about now, and I've got a major feather in my cap for landing such a 'caring and sensitive' guy...
Who'da thunk it?
