The One About a Blogger/Del.icio.us Gathering

Last night, at the del.icio.us three-year + millionth-user bash I attended, somebody asked me what I blog about, which I must admit isn't something I'm asked often (or ever). So, of course, I had trouble answering it. I think I said something like, "Well, uh, at the moment, because the postseason just started, I'm writing about baseball, but I also write about hiking and stuff."

I suppose a better response (or at least a different response) would have been, "I write about life in general." If it catches my attention, piques my curiosity or seems worth remembering, I'll write about it.

Since quite a few things happened last night, it's all rather a mess in my head, so I thought the best way capture the parts I wanted to remember was to make a list.

• Last night was the regular blogger gathering at Barefoot Coffee Roasters.
• Elkit, Hank, Silvia, Kevin and Rich attended.
• According to Hank, Casa de Fruta, the monster-sized fruit stand on the outskirts of Hollister, hosts a Civil War reenactment every year. I hope to see it next summer.
• NaNoWriMo is nearly here. Elkit already ordered her NaNoWriMo shirt and mentioned there's even a special NaNoWriMo coffee blend this year. Now, all they need is special NaNoWriMo Skittles and I'm set.
• Due to the less-than-ideal furniture arrangement at Barefoot, a suggestion was made to hold one of the monthly blogger gatherings at the new It's A Grind near the Apple campus.
• Someone proposed a margarita night at Aqui in Willow Glen.
• Kevin highly recommended a podcast by Garrison Keillor called The Writer's Almanac.
• The de.licio.us event took place at the Yahoo! campus in Sunnyvale.
• I met a few friendly people - Andrew, Eszter and Richard - last night. (Since it was a del.icio.us event, I thought it more appropriate to link to their del.icio.us accounts rather than their blogs.)
• Rich and fling93 were also in attendance.
• I recognized some folks in the crowd, either from their blogs or their Flickr accounts, which reminded me of just how intertwined the various social networking sites are. The bees are busy cross-pollinating in this virtual garden.

That sums up my night and provides a relatively fresh sample of what I blog about.