[UFO Chicago] UFO Chicago Meeting Tomorrow (Sunday)
Brian Sobolak
brian at planetshwoop.com
Sun Nov 14 15:04:20 PST 2010
I'm planning on attending.
Sent from my iPod
On Nov 14, 2010, at 15:09, "Jay F Shachter" <jay at m5.chicago.il.us>
wrote:
> Centuries ago, Nostradamus predicted that Neil R. Ormos would write
> on Sat Nov 13 21:51:01 2010:
>
>>
>> Our 2nd Sunday of the month UFO Chicago meeting is scheduled for
>> tomorrow night at 7:00 PM.
>>
>> Who is planning to attend? I will probably attend if it looks like
>> there will be a critical mass.
>>
>> --N
>>
>
> 1. I intend to be there. This means that, so far, the same three men
> will be coming to this meeting as came to the last one, which Neil
> Ormos does not consider to be a critical mass, because, after being
> informed of our arrival, he did not come. Perhaps, if we gain
> enough
> weight, Neil will consider us three to have reached critical mass,
> but
> we will have to begin each meeting with weigh-ins, in order to
> verify
> the gain empirically and not just anecdotally.
>
> 2. I am glad to hear that Matthew Gibbs expects to be at tonight's
> meeting, because I flew in from New York this morning, and wished to
> buy a 1-day CTA pass at the airport, because, expecting to use the
> CTA
> thrice today (once from the airport to my home, once from my home to
> the Golden Nugget, and once from the Golden Nugget to my home), it
> would have been cost-effective. Matthew Gibbs, however, refused to
> sell me a 1-day CTA pass at the airport. Matthew Gibbs is no longer
> willing to sell 1-day passes at any CTA train station, so I had to
> spend more money, on an ordinary CTA card.
>
> 3. On October 30 of this year, it occurred to me that we are not
> conducting our UFO meetings in proper character. If we are a nerd
> club, then we should act as a nerd club, which means that, instead
> of
> gathering together twice a month to solve the world's problems,
> which
> any group of barflies can do, we should be playing Dungeons and
> Dragons, or, at least, Go. I shall be bringing a Go set to
> tonight's
> meeting, so that we can begin conducting our meetings in proper
> character.
>
>
> Jay F. Shachter
> 6424 N Whipple St
> Chicago IL 60645-4111
> (1-773)7613784
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>
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