West Michigan Meet'n'Greet

robotland · Post by **robotland** » Sun Jan 04, 2009 7:10 am

Hey kids! Bell's Brewery, Kalamazoo, Friday, five o'clock. Discussion topics to include Chinese Dragon Building and the upcoming Lakes Of Fire event in June. Oh, and we might drink an Oberon or two.

Sail Man · Post by **Sail Man** » Sun Jan 04, 2009 9:39 am

Woo Hoo! Drinks are on me!

Oh, wait, I gotta work

Woo Hoo!! Drinks will now be on Robotland

Simon of the Playa · Post by **Simon of the Playa** » Sun Jan 04, 2009 9:41 am

can we go to the U.P.?

or maybe Saginaw? now THERES some fun.

Sail Man · Post by **Sail Man** » Sun Jan 04, 2009 12:17 pm

Simon of the Playa wrote:can we go to the U.P.?

or maybe Saginaw? now THERES some fun.

Eh, da UP ! Many of us trolls love the UP, I know I do. But Saginaw? Blech!! But Simon, wouldn't you rather spend this dreay day and enjoy a good Climax instead? I know Robotland is picking up what I'm laying down

http://www.climaxmichigan.net/

And let us not forget the fun filled town of Flint as well.

dragonfly Jafe · Post by **dragonfly Jafe** » Sun Jan 04, 2009 1:17 pm

...Simon, perhaps you should also consider a stop in Hell?

(and don't forget my personal favorite, Hickory Corners)

robotland · Post by **robotland** » Sun Jan 04, 2009 8:07 pm

Sail Man wrote: I know Robotland is picking up what I'm laying down

http://www.climaxmichigan.net/

Hey, that's one reason to live in Southwest Michigan...the ability to reach Climax by a short drive. Colon's not far either, if that's what you're into....

robotland · Post by **robotland** » Sun Jan 04, 2009 8:11 pm

dragonfly Jafe wrote:...Simon, perhaps you should also consider a stop in Hell?

(and don't forget my personal favorite, Hickory Corners)

Happy New Year, buddy!

...I just went through Hell shortly ago....The kid voted "stupidest person to EVER be on "Survivor" was from there. Hell's party store (and post office) has good pizza!

Sail Man · Post by **Sail Man** » Tue Jan 06, 2009 3:23 pm

robotland wrote:
Sail Man wrote: I know Robotland is picking up what I'm laying down

http://www.climaxmichigan.net/

Hey, that's one reason to live in Southwest Michigan...the ability to reach Climax by a short drive. Colon's not far either, if that's what you're into....

Nah, I never was really very good in English Class

robotland · Post by **robotland** » Tue Jan 06, 2009 7:36 pm

Sail Man wrote:
robotland wrote:
Sail Man wrote: I know Robotland is picking up what I'm laying down

http://www.climaxmichigan.net/

Hey, that's one reason to live in Southwest Michigan...the ability to reach Climax by a short drive. Colon's not far either, if that's what you're into....
Nah, I never was really very good in English Class

Yeah...din't figger you were into "punctuation".....gringrinwinkwinknudgenudgesaynomoah

dragonfly Jafe · Post by **dragonfly Jafe** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 5:25 pm

robotland wrote:....Hell's party store (and post office) has good pizza!

...now that is worth remembering! May come in handy later...

robotland · Post by **robotland** » Thu Jan 08, 2009 10:42 am

dragonfly Jafe wrote:
robotland wrote:....Hell's party store (and post office) has good pizza!
...now that is worth remembering! May come in handy later...

Better "later" than "sooner", metaphorically speaking. Strike and Reverse, if it means you're contemplating a Michigan visit...if so, I'll See You In Hell!

Sail Man · Post by **Sail Man** » Thu Jan 08, 2009 11:37 am

And it's safe to say that Hell is currently frozen over

BAS · Post by **BAS** » Fri Jan 09, 2009 12:47 am

Hey, keep me posted! I've got vacation time to use, and might be able to convince some people to come. A friend of mine is interested in Burning Man, and his wife would be if it weren't for the slight problem of heat being a trigger for her epilepsy. Michigan might be close enough to Wisconsin to interest my brother. (And I might try to look up a guy at a place I temped at a couple summers back...) Anyway, maybe I could get a Wisconsin contingent together!

(What days in June and where in Michigan it will be would be a good start...!

) (Actually, the UP doesn't sound bad to me... I haven't been that far north since I was a kid.)

Sail Man · Post by **Sail Man** » Fri Jan 09, 2009 9:58 am

BAS, Lakes of Fire will be held June 26-28 at the Willow Ranch near South Haven, Michigan.

http://www.michiganpeacefest.com/willow ... ome_of.htm

The Wisconsin contingent is most def. encouraged to come, Nay! Required!!

Spread the word out among your peeps I'm getting the medical team in order and looking for volunteers. They can hit me up at [email protected]

http://groups.google.com/group/Lakes-Of-Fire?hl=en

This site was used as our Decomp this past Sept. and has been used for other sm festivals. It's location was also chosen because of it affording a good central location for all of the midwest, including Ontario. From Wisconsin, maybe consider taking one of the ferries across Lake MI. That would be a cool component of the road trip.

BAS · Post by **BAS** » Sat Jan 10, 2009 4:46 pm

Just so long as that isn't one of the University's Blackout Dates (one of which is the weekend of Burning Man, every year), I'll try to make it.

(Now, who do I ask, since my supervisor retired...?)

Sail Man · Post by **Sail Man** » Sun Jan 11, 2009 11:30 am

BAS wrote:Just so long as that isn't one of the University's Blackout Dates (one of which is the weekend of Burning Man, every year), I'll try to make it.

(Now, who do I ask, since my supervisor retired...?)

Hmmmm, Wisconsin........

University........

Good God BAS!!! Your not one of them are you??!!

SilverOrange · Post by **SilverOrange** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 1:28 pm

Just moved back to Kalamazoo after 20 years in Cali, and damn it's cold. I've met a few burners here, but am looking to meet more. I see I just missed a perfectly good excuse to go to Bells.

Looking forward to meeting up.

robotland · Post by **robotland** » Fri Jan 16, 2009 2:41 pm

Hey Silver! Some of us are going to Bell's TONIGHT...The Ragbirds are playing, and we like them. Look for a brown-haired guy of about average height- That's ME!
Okay....I'll wear a green L.L. Bean chamois shirt. Might not wear the kilt tonight, given the temperature....
Get onto the West Michigan Announce List! There's an event coming up first week of February, down in Bridgman! We're plotting another Meet'n'Greet for soon, possibly in Grand Rapids.

Sail Man · Post by **Sail Man** » Fri Jan 16, 2009 8:51 pm

robotland wrote:Hey Silver! Some of us are going to Bell's TONIGHT...The Ragbirds are playing, and we like them. Look for a brown-haired guy of about average height- That's ME!
Okay....I'll wear a green L.L. Bean chamois shirt. Might not wear the kilt tonight, given the temperature....
Get onto the West Michigan Announce List! There's an event coming up first week of February, down in Bridgman! We're plotting another Meet'n'Greet for soon, possibly in Grand Rapids.

Don't forget the red eyes

In case you miss him, he look's like this:

BAS · Post by **BAS** » Sat Jan 31, 2009 10:46 pm

Sail Man wrote:
BAS wrote:Just so long as that isn't one of the University's Blackout Dates (one of which is the weekend of Burning Man, every year), I'll try to make it.

(Now, who do I ask, since my supervisor retired...?)
Hmmmm, Wisconsin........
University........

Good God BAS!!! Your not one of them are you??!!

Those are who I work for-- as in "clean up after"! (Clean up their vomit, unplug their toilets, and even more disgusting things than that!) I did feel kinda zombie-Badger-like after this Friday: we're down one supervisor, the student worker position for cleaning the laundry rooms was eliminated at the start of this semester, and the other worker who was supposed to be on duty for the Southeast Area called in sick (and no one bothered to tell ME!). Oh, and I forgot about the eight calls I got in addition to my regular work (overflowing toilet, fire alarm at Chadbourne, vomit on elevator all came at once...)

Saturday, I finally remembered to mention Lakes o' Fire to some of my friends, and just sent an email out to them with the info from this thread.

Well, I need to get to bed, in need to get some sleep, just in case my coworker is still out Sunday.

West Michigan Meet'n'Greet

West Michigan Meet'n'Greet

Third time around. Back in Kalamazoo.