Tonight was this month's Eugene Weblogger Meetup. I've managed to attend every one since it's inception, but this is the first time I took a guest. One of my Hello Kitties accompanied me and helped to consume the non-vegetarian pizza.
I usually come away from these meetings with useful tidbits of information on blogging. This time I learned about the Wizbang Trackback Pinger, which Michael uses. It allows you to do manual trackbacks, which is extremely useful for anyone who uses TypePad, since TypePad's trackback feature nearly never works. It also lets you choose which part of your entry to include in the excerpt.
There was also a brief conversation in which we speculated on how obsessive-compulsive disorder (particularly with regard to ideas about contamination and compulsive hand washing) manifested itself in neanderthals. No conclusions were reached.
Kat was there as well. I'm glad I hadn't read her entry for today, because then I would have been afraid. She seemed to have cheered up a little since then, though. Anyway, she brought a copy of the prototype of the magazine she gets to produce for her thesis. It's called Tanuki, and you can order a copy. Since it focuses on Japanese culture, I suggested she include an article on Gloomy Bear, but I think it's too late for additions. (Someday I'm going to buy a stuffed one and perhaps even make a stained glass window in its image.) Here she is with the magazine:
Finally, Michael used his camera phone to photograph my Hello Kitty and e-mail the picture to me:
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