Comments on: Hey Everybody, I’m Blogging From Red Lobster!

By: MarkHB

MarkHB — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 23:32:38 +0000

Truth.

By: hugh57

hugh57 — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 23:31:07 +0000

Yes, HK is in China. My only point was that being able to buy and sell stocks in China via the Internet isn’t really as amazingly cutting-edge as the ad suggests anymore.

By: MarkHB

MarkHB — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 23:19:00 +0000

Pretty sure Hong Kong is in China, ever since the British lease expired. Or am I missing something?

By: hugh57

hugh57 — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 23:04:51 +0000

The next year, everyone had a claim-alike ad to promote their percos; two years later, Mr. Coffee was kicking all the percos to the curb. Location ceases to amaze. I have a similar reaction to a current ad for E-Trade, where a geeky-loking dude breathlessly brags: "I just bought 100 shares of [something-or-other] on the [whatsit] Exchange in Hong Kong! ::dramatic pause:: That's in CHINA!!!" The ones with the talking baby are a bit behind the times, as well.

By: MarkHB

MarkHB — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 22:47:34 +0000

It would almost be worth setting up a health-food store to get:

“I’m blogging from Moonbase Alfalfa!”

Thank you, thank you. Tip your waitress. Try the veal, it’s Scalzi.

By: Christopher Hawley

Christopher Hawley — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 22:27:36 +0000

Looking forward to future installments:
• Hey Everybody, I’m Blogging from My Riding Mower!
• Hey Everybody, I’m Blogging from a Big Ol’ Jet Airliner!
• Hey Everybody, I’m Blogging from the Pink Poodle!

Actually, that’s untrue[1], as the “I’m blogging from X” has lost much of its mystique with the advent of better communication technology[2], and now just makes me think “If the location Xis so awesome, why are you not absorbing the scene with your full attention? You could blog about it afterward in greater detail, from memory.”

FWIW, your geek cred needs no maintenance: it’s in you[3], and always will be. Hope you have great fun and mucho I-n-O at LosCon!

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[1] With the possible exception of the last item, which would interest me mostly for Kristine’s commentary. :-)

[2] I mind an old 1960′s advertisement for General Electric’s amazing coffee percolator, the virtues of which were touted by a wetsuit-wearing promoter speaking from bunchteen feet underwater. At the end she surfaces and pours something resembling coffee into a conveniently dry cup and saucer …
The next year, everyone had a claim-alike ad to promote their percos; two years later, Mr. Coffee was kicking all the percos to the curb. Location ceases to amaze.

[3] Knows what man(1), finger(1), and newsgroups are and how to use each — knew them all before knowing them was cool.

By: Bosswriter

Bosswriter — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 14:27:32 +0000

Two things:

1) Your geek card has just been automatically renewed for another year.

2) I recall eating dinner at Red Lobster in Branson a few weeks ago and a mother and teenage son (I assume) were dining near us and he had a laptop on the table watching a movie with headphones on. Not so bad but when the food came he still watched the movie with the headphons on.

He is a lifetime member of the geek club.

By: Karen Funk Blocher

Karen Funk Blocher — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 08:00:15 +0000

Gee, and I typically have trouble connecting while inside an actual hotel room, following the hotel’s instructions, and subsequently paying for it on the hotel bill. And you just glommed it from across the street? Gee.

But to answer your question, I have accomplished precisely nothing today, other than fulfill my contractual obligation to my dogs to take them to the dog park every day I remain unemployed.

By: Tom

Tom — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 05:53:18 +0000

They sell coffee at this location

Therefore it is a coffee shop.

So so sad.

By: John Scalzi

John Scalzi — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 05:17:22 +0000

Oh, I don’t know. I don’t think I could eat at Red Lobster every day. It’s one of those “one a year, maybe” restaurant experiences for me.