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Date: Sun, 15 Nov 1998 11:22:05 -0800 (PST)
From: Frank Marquardt
Subject: Report from Webzine98, Part the Second
To: Scott Rettberg
I attended this so-called conference. It cost me
five bucks. (www.prehensile.com/does/bestof.htm). I
overslept which made me late. I missed R.U. Sirius
(www.the-revolution.org), but I have a feeling if he
had been on the stage I would have done something
untoward, like rushed him and made a grab for his
tongue, which I would have fed to my dog. Nobody
bought me a beer. I put our URL up and some guy I
dont know who scrolled through it and said this is
neat and we chatted about something, I dont know
what, he was balding like me but he had much longer
hair, like he hadnt had it cut since 1997. Mostly I
remained Unknown. I asked the bartender how was her
night and it took three tries to understand that she
was saying, brilliant. There was food upstairs, which I did not
eat. Nobody scratched my back. When I first
came in, a woman in an sexy-looking outfit was
speaking stridently about something or other
revolutionary about the Web which sounded
prelapsarian or irrelevant, your choice
(www.kvetch.com). While I was
there, various techno luminaries (www.awaken.com)
sat on a stage, surrounded by musical instruments,
and called up URLs on a laptop. I wished the band
would come in. I took mental notes to direct your
attention to
www.zing.com and
www.butt.com
which both seemed interesting enough. I left as soon
as I realized I had no real strong desire to talk to
anybody. I walked passed Nates BBQ (www.bbq.com) on
my way home and stopped in at the Shotwell, my
neighborhood bar, or one of them, and ran into Dina
and Terri and Paul (please see www.drue.com), three
people I dont really know. Nevertheless, I joined
them for a beer and we discussed biostatistics and
urban planning.
Mentally, I am ready to go play football. I am ready
to bust some ass or kick some butt, Im not sure
which. It turns out that www.butt.com is an adult
site. You can, however, find information about the
Spice Girls at www.bust.com.
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