Wild Card — HBO Gang, Capones Survive Blogfest ‘07

Photos: Stebbijo

I want to thank all of you who made Blogfest ‘07 special by attending Saturday afternoon. For a guy who works with words, I don’t quite know what to say. Capone’s lived up to each reputation for dyne-oh!-mite pizza and a great place to stage this kind of event. I’m humbled that so many would come, including Brent Andrews all the way from Tennessee and Sam The Reporter and The Lovely Kathryn from Bellingham. I can kick myself for not opening the gift from Noah Kroese sooner and sharing it with you — a ‘toon about my life as the HBO Blogmeister. If he can send it online, I’ll post it Monday. Stickman’s huckleberry cake was in a league of its own, too. I was blown away by it all. So was SR Editor Steve Smith. Above all, it was nice to chat with so many of you face to face. That old ‘60s song comes to mind: Something’s happening here … what it is ain’t exactly clear. ‘Twas a wonderful way to start Huckleberries fourth year. I’ve said it many times. But it’s worth repeating many more. Something good is going on in our tiny part of the blogosphere. Thanx for being part of it. (Now, I’m going to brace for that cell-phone shot that Mommy Dearest took of Rocket and Larry Spencer jumping my mother-in-law’s car so I could get back home. You’re never safe when there’s a blogger with a cell phone around.) I’ll leave behind this Wild Card as I shuttle off to bed with the wonderful memories I took home from Blogfest ‘07 …