Re: Conlangcon Boston today!

 --- "Nathaniel G. Lew" <natlew@...> wrote: >
I am sorry I missed you.  It sounds like you had
> fun.  I got held up in
> traffic (big accident coming in on 93) and then lost
> trying to find
> Alewife Station.  (I *hate* Boston-area roads.  I
> *always* get lost.
> Hasn't anyone there ever heard of clearly marked
> road signs?)  As a result
> I got to Harvard Square at 2:20, and there were no
> conlangers to be
> found.  I checked Finagle a Bagle and Cafe Algiers
> (two spots previously
> mentioned in email), as well as the linguistics
> sections of the Harvard
> Bookstore, Wordsworths, and (I am ashamed to admit
> it) the Coop, and in
> addition to finding no conlangers, I can also report
> that the selection
> was abysmal at all three.  When it started to rain,
> I figured that it was
> a signal of some sort, grabbed some lunch, and
> headed home.  Alas.  Of
> course, I am fishing for sympathy here, but really,
> I am fine, just
> disappointed.  I doubt there'll be a next time, but
> if there is, might I
> suggest more definite plans and an exchange
> cellphone numbers?
>
> - Nat (back in the cold northland)
naive question this, but don't most conlangers have
mobile phones ? :->

( i know about one person who doesn't have one, and
that's because she got fed up with it and chucked it
ceremoniously in the thames . . . ! )

bn

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bnathyuw | landan | arR
stamp the sunshine out | angelfish
your tears came like anaesthesia | phèdre

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