Tonight the Macaroni Grill became the epicenter of a massive flux of webloggers, as David mentioned. Surprisingly, the structure was able to hold the pure concentration of opinionation that descended upon it, perhaps because we were so content after being pacified with dessert thanks to a generous offer from Ron. Hopefully someday we will be able to adequately pay him back for all of his kindness, and a good start would be if my research that was running this weekend while I was slacking off comes through.

The other noteworthy event of the evening was that I got to meet Christie, who as I've previously mentioned occasionally makes less-than-flattering references in her posts to some other, non-Festival, Chris which often make me do a double-take. I think that she should follow my lead in the handling of the dual-Amy situation and refer to him from now on as "Evil Ex-Boyfriend Chris".

This makes two people now (Rachel being the first) whose innermost thoughts I've read before actually meeting them in person. It's interesting to think about how first impressions differ so much but are still a factor. In real life, first impressions are based almost totally on appearance, but in the wacky world of weblogs it is completely the opposite since all you can see are a person's thoughts (well, and my 7 AM blurry photo on the about page).