Bloggers of the Round Table

I wrote the title of this entry before I realized Hank had posted an entry with an eerily similar title on the very same topic that I'm about to post about.

Last night was our First Tuesday of the Month blogger gathering at Barefoot Coffee Roasters. When I arrived, most of the usual faces (along with a familiar face from NaNoWriMo) were already present and crowded around two smaller tables. Before I could even sit down, they decided to move to the majestic round table referenced in the title, which was fine by me as it shortened my walk to the coffee bar by at least six feet. As the night progressed, a few folks slipped away and a couple latecomers appeared.

As usual, the discussion spanned a wide range of topics, from the quality of construction in the Soviet Union under Stalin to the use of AdSense on one's blog for feeding the piggybank to the invention of hovering webcams programmed to follow one's cat.

And as usual, electronic gadgets (unofficial tally: 4 laptops and 7 cameras) and cups of caffeine cluttered the table. For about three blinks of the eye, I thought I saw a slice of chocolate cake on the table in front of Jon, but I could be mistaken.

Just so you know, Elkit and Ealasaid posted real-time accounts of last night's gathering and Rich followed up today with entry of his own.