[Board] Fwd: Penguicon!

[Steve Gutterman]

Uh oh.  Knowing fen and mailing lists, if you didn't put in the original
message that you wanted us to keep this quiet, it's already known to 12,450
people on six continents, and probably has popped up on 27 different blog
posts by now.

But I won't say anything.

Steve Gutterman

On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 5:41 PM, Matt Arnold <matt.mattarn at gmail.com> wrote:

> I do hope that you will help me keep this under wraps until closing
> ceremonies of the current convention. But I wanted at least the core
> to know.
> -Matt
>
> On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 2:55 PM, Ron Blanchett <muteid10t at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Or until the last day of Con 2009.
> >
> >
> >
> >  On 3/18/08, Steve Gutterman <stevegutterman at gmail.com> wrote:
> >  > You probably should have kept this a secret until the first day of
> con,
> >  > 2009!
> >  >
> >  > Steve Gutterman
> >  >
> >  >
> >  > On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 9:49 PM, Matt Arnold <matt.mattarn at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >  >
> >  > > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> >  > > From: Wil Wheaton dot Me <wil at wilwheaton.net>
> >  > > Date: Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 9:02 PM
> >  > > Subject: Re: Penguicon!
> >  > > To: Matt Arnold <matt.mattarn at gmail.com>
> >  > >
> >  > >
> >  > >
> >  > >  On Mar 18, 2008, at 3:51 PM, Matt Arnold wrote:
> >  > >
> >  > >  > But Randall Munroe is this year's GoH. I'm talking about May 1
> through
> >  > >  > 3 of 2009.
> >  > >
> >  > >  And this is where we learn that Wil is functionally retarded.
> >  > >
> >  > >  As far as I know, 2009 is no problem at all, and I'd love to
> attend.
> >  > >
> >  > >  Provided I don't drop a toaster into the bathtub while I'm in it,
> of
> >  > >  course.
> >  > >
> >  > >  >
> >  > >  > -Matt
> >  > >  >
> >  > >
> >  > >  Wil
> >  > >
> >  > >
> >  > >
> >  > >  > On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 2:58 PM, Wil Wheaton dot Me <
> wil at wilwheaton.net
> >  > >  > > wrote:
> >  > >  >>
> >  > >  >> On Mar 18, 2008, at 3:48 AM, Matt Arnold wrote:
> >  > >  >>
> >  > >  >>> I'm not sure if this is a "no". Our hotel rooms have comfy
> spaces in
> >  > >  >>> which to do emergency book-writing if necessary, but not
> emergency
> >  > >  >>> TV-filming. Would you be willing to guarantee attendance
> barring
> >  > >  >>> medical illness, or would you need to turn us down?
> >  > >  >>
> >  > >  >> Hi Matt,
> >  > >  >>
> >  > >  >> I really want to come, but I've got a wedding I have to go to
> in New
> >  > >  >> York.
> >  > >  >>
> >  > >  >> They're good friends, so as much as I'd like to come get my
> geek on
> >  > >  >> (and meet Randal Munroe) I have to keep the streak alive.
> >  > >  >>
> >  > >  >> Please, please ask me next year.
> >  > >  >>
> >  > >  >>>
> >  > >  >>>
> >  > >  >>> -Matt
> >  > >  >>>
> >  > >  >>
> >  > >  >> Wil
> >  > >  >>
> >  > >  >>
> >  > >  >>
> >  > >  >>>
> >  > >  >>> On Mon, Jan 28, 2008 at 3:02 PM, Wil Wheaton dot Me
> >  > <wil at wilwheaton.net
> >  > >  >>>> wrote:
> >  > >  >>>>
> >  > >  >>>> On Jan 25, 2008, at 5:36 PM, Matt Arnold wrote:
> >  > >  >>>>
> >  > >  >>>>> After a couple of years, we have invited you again because
> we
> >  > >  >>>>> heard
> >  > >  >>>>> you're making your living from writing. We hoped you would
> be able
> >  > >  >>>>> to
> >  > >  >>>>> afford to decline acting jobs that weekend rather than
> cancel a
> >  > >  >>>>> third
> >  > >  >>>>> time. Do you feel confident to give an assurance of that?
> >  > >  >>>>
> >  > >  >>>>
> >  > >  >>>> I don't know, man . . . we've got quite a tradition going
> >  > >  >>>> here . . .
> >  > >  >>>>
> >  > >  >>>>
> >  > >  >>>> --
> >  > >  >>>> book  - monolithpress.com
> >  > >  >>>> blog  - wilwheaton.typepad.com
> >  > >  >>>>
> >  > >  >>>>
> >  > >  >>>> news  - propeller.com/member/wil
> >  > >  >>>> trek  - tvsquad.com/bloggers/wil-wheaton
> >  > >  >>>>
> >  > >  >>>>
> >  > >  >>>>
> >  > >  >>>>
> >  > >  >>>>
> >  > >  >>
> >  > >  >> --
> >  > >  >> book  - monolithpress.com
> >  > >  >> blog  - wilwheaton.typepad.com
> >  > >  >> news  - propeller.com/member/wil
> >  > >  >> trek  - tvsquad.com/bloggers/wil-wheaton
> >  > >  >>
> >  > >  >>
> >  > >  >>
> >  > >  >>
> >  > >  >>
> >  > >
> >  > >  --
> >  > >  book  - monolithpress.com
> >  > >  blog  - wilwheaton.typepad.com
> >  > >  news  - propeller.com/member/wil
> >  > >  trek  - tvsquad.com/bloggers/wil-wheaton
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