Well, YearlyKOS is winding down and it's caused this Kossack to do some review. Below the fold I have a confession to make, it is Sunday after all. Then I want to throw an invitation out there for Chicago area Kossacks to get together for fun and camaraderie.
Ready......read on.
CHICAGOKOS
(georgia10 will have to represent me if KOS sues!!)
To make sure this happens BEFORE this scrolls off the list---June 22nd anytime after 6pm--the rooftop at the Rock Bottom Brewery. Let's start that and see where it goes. If you want to e-mail me off list--there's an address in my profile.
Ok, here's the confession part. When I first joined DailyKOS, it was because I needed the outlet to go to when something so insanely stupid appeared on the news. "Is nobody, but ME, getting this?" was a common thought. Yes, I have intelligent friends and family, but the passion was missing. They got to the point where it was just ANOTHER administration misstep. WTF? I'm outraged---I need to shout it from the top of the Sears Tower.
So, while surfing one day I discovered DailyKOS and found a whole "community" of like-minded thinkers. Ok, I'll admit, that word bothered me....when I first heard that word uttered here, my immediate thought was ---some of these people don't get out enough--social misfits, if you were. And then there were the incessant attacks on topic du jour and I took the misfit assumption one step further--these are people whose only bravado is from the safety of behind their keyboards. For some, that probably still remains true. Oh, you know who you are!! But then..........YEARLYKOS happened. Oh yea, I was thinking......"what kind of losers does it take to go to a political convention?"
Then the pictures started rolling in and CSPAN was covering and it not only looked like a great event, but I didn't see a single pocket protector. Footnote: I am in the technology sector, so I KNOW geeks. The pictures from fabooj, neutron and others were great. These guys (and gals--hold on a second, I have to sharpen my claws) are HOT!!! Where's the geeks? Where's the "I wouldn't be caught dead in a picture with these people" people? Are they ALL Republicans? Ok, like any of you would want Tucker Carlson or Karl Rove or Ken Mehlman!! No, what I saw was fun, happy, socially tuned people.
I started thinking........I want to talk (not type) to some of these people over a cold beer or a warm cup of coffee. So, I put out a message in Open Thread last night about a MeetUP in Chicago. People responded---hell, georgia10 was interested, so let's do it!! If you're in the Chicago area, how about an after work beer to get things rolling. I was thinking Rock Bottom Brewery---it has a rooftop deck--but if better suggestions come, they're welcome. Let's start the discussion and see what we can put together. Maybe, it's MY turn to prove I'm not just a total geek!!