The City, The Bar, The Conference

[grubbybastard]

(Nick)Names like The City and The Bar both amuse and annoy me -- "The Bar on Castro" may be (barely) descriptive name, but isn't it a bit like calling your dog Dog? Anyway, there is a library conference every year in Charleston called....wait for it....The Charleston Conference. (It's actually sponsored by The Charleston Information Group, but

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[medelle]

The answer is 42. ;)

[silverthief2]

Wow, the review committee must be vury vury busy. I even felt like 500 words was too small a limit for an RFP we issued a couple years back.

But yay for the Carolinas! When is this conference?

[grubbybastard]

Nov. 5-8. They haven't told me when in there I'll be speaking. I'm also not sure whether I'll come for the whole conference or just pop in long enough to do my talk. :p

[silverthief2]

Okay, at least it won't be blazingly hot then. You won't have to suck too many seers that time of year.

[grubbybastard]

:p

[mrmouse]

There's a lake in Minnesota that is appropriately (and now legally) called The Lake. A wealthy business bought the land all the way around it a few years back to build resorts, and had the lake renamed. I wonder if he ever built his facilities and called the The Resort? I should look it up.

[ghstlght74]

Well, you will be only about 80 miles drive away from me. If you do come, and want to meet for dinner, I wouldn't be opposed to driving up to Charleston. :-]

[southernpm]

Congrats?