April 05, 2005
ON THE CHICAGO BLOGMEET: BLAKE OF THE LAUGHING WOLF
I hadn't read The Laughing Wolf much before the blogmeet, but he came highly recommended by Tammi of Road Warrior Survival - one of her favorite reads. Mostly what I knew was that he had to be good people, since Tammi is more finicky that Morris the Cat.
I was not disappointed.
I walked into the restaurant & he introduced himself & started chatting away quite naturally. Like most bloggers I've met, there was an instant comfort level. When you have blogging in common, it's a solid platform to launch from.
Although I was a little surprised, I guess. He hangs around with wolves. I was half-expecting some sort of loincloth-wearing Mowgli character.
However, he was fully-dressed, intelligent, friendly, inquisitive & well spoken. A good sense of humor, as evidenced by the fact that he was willing to carry a foot-tall ceramic gnome around the streets of Chicago after dark.
So maybe he was a little loony, too, but who am I to hold THAT against him. Besides, he was the only attendee who thought to bring a laptop along. A regular "be prepared" little Boy Scout, he was.
Definitely on my list of "bloggers who bear further investigation", since he had more good stories than there was time to listen to during one short evening - especially given the presence of certain verbose & gregarious characters.
Therefore the plan is to infiltrate Blake's domain at the Wolf Park once the weather gets dependably nicer, after which I'll be able to give you a better report about the man behind the pixels.
Stay tuned...
Oh, and speaking of the Wolf Park, Blake is doing a little fund-raising for them. Details here.
Personally, I figure since the wolves make Blake happy, and I like Blake, the least I can do is buy a Guinness for that poor Beta wolf who got dragged around by his penis.
ROFLMAO! Yep....you got that all exactly right.
And you're right....I have excellent taste in friends! ;-)
I was surprised that the gnome made it all the way through the evening without being dropped or bummed off a shelf or something... LOL
"However, he was fully-dressed, intelligent, friendly, inquisitive & well spoken." Are you sure you don't have me confused with that nice guy at the bar?
Thanks! And it was a pleasure to meet you too, and all the good things I had heard about you from your blog-daughters still did not do you justice. It was a sincere and real pleasure to meet you and your better half. Come on down, and will be glad to show you the foxes and wolves.
BTW, that is spot-on about Tammi! LOL
... Blake is definitely good people... although, I can't believe he was live-blogging the event instead of shooting pool....
Eric...shut...your...pie...hole....... ellipsis-boy!
Laughing Wolf... always a good read.. plus he likes Eric's blog design.
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