RT @chrisbergman I have to admit, I'm a little upset that I'm not down in G-town shooting. #Bengals // same here

@blankenship If I could bat my eyes and do a little "yooo-whooo" dance ala Bugs Bunny, that's what I'm doing right now.

Chewie. Squirrel. Battle. Nazis. This is the best image you will see all day. http://is.gd/dQOHo

Wiseacre Digital is proud to announce the redesign and relaunch of @MercantileLib 's new website - http://is.gd/dQKFf

Supposed to launch a new website last night, but my Internet has been down all night. Oops

I do realize that for anyone not privy to Scotch/Whiskey lingo will think I'm doing something unspeakable to my drink.

Just watched Kung Fu Hustle. Had forgotten the utter brilliance of this film. Also, I'm 4-fingers deep into some Midleton (don't judge me!)

If the internet were a family dinner, it'd be right after your Uncle Bill said something racist to break the silence

The internet is really boring lately. Someone do something interesting. Invent a inverse microwave or instant cupcake launcher.

"I think you should go on a year long trip to Hawaii and jump in a volcano, that's what I think” @thatsjustelliot yeah, he's in trouble

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Hurrah! Here Here! What a wonderful time - Not nearly long enough to meet and really get to know everyone but if just one of those folks were not there it would not have been the same.

An amazing time and a real refreshing take on the world. That many strangers can come and enjoy a time of fellowship and community - it was a truly wonderful weekend. (Paul you are right summaries are not going to do justice) I just want to know how you get that really organic, natural almost dirt taste in those grilled cheeses? i guess we will never know.

Man i love all you beardos!!

I hear if you drop the grilled cheese on the floor -- you get the most organic/dirt taste EVER.

Bravo! Great post and so true.

I know now why you alumni keep coming back, it's impossible not to.

Excellent characterization of the weekend.
I can't get over how many people are in that photo.

This really is a great post, Paul.
Yesterday I was with a few friends and I was trying to describe this feeling I have now that all this is coming to an end. I couldn't quite put it into words. I kept saying that I hadn't felt this way about something like this in a real long time, but I couldn't put my finger on what exactly made it all so familiar. Then a friend of mine said, "It's kind of like the end of summer camp". I couldn't believe it. I yelled, "That's it! That's what my brain is rooting back to". It seriously is like the end of summer camp when everyone is packing up to go home. No one knows if they will ever see one another again even though they've exchanged numbers and addresses. And even though everyone says they will be back "next summer", allot of them won't be. That feeling I had as a child was the same feeling I had the entire day on Sunday and I'm still having it this week.
It's so crazy to me that something like this could end up feeling this way. I definitely never would have guessed it.

Anyways, sap sap sap, yada yada yada.......
It really was great to finally meet you this weekend. Hopefully we'll be talking more in the future.

Great photo too!

This one time, at the Whiskerino Throwdown, I stuck a bowling ball in my beard

My thoughts exactly. Well summerized.

Oh how I wish I could have accompanied Paul and hung out with all of you amazing men and wonderful wives. I so longed to go.............

i miss my buddies. And Sonya, Sarah and I really wish you would've came along we missed you this year.

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This Whiskerino I was so burned out in taking photos and posting, but I never felt burned out in commenting, talkbacking and the entire reason I did Whiskerino was for the throwdown. If there was no throwdown, I never would have participated.

This throwdown was very good. Meeting old friends and old beards, making fun of Luke, traveling 20 hours with Josh (jnonfiction), kick'n samwiches, hanging out with Gavin, being creeped out by Phil and of course seeing you and your junk in a tight blue leotard straddling David Bean.

another great whiskerino. next time i will see you at the throwdown.

My heart is filled with sorrow. My face is filled with hair. In the future, we will all be able to teleport or fly or jump amazing distances, and the skies will be our playground, and we will nestle in the bosom of a wonderful society where ice cream flows from trees and the local grocery stores sell vast amounts of cheeses.

For now, we have the internets to bond us together. To keep the dream alive. To keep us alive.

I've already told you, but i'm glad this latest chapter in whiskerino has solidified our friendship and one day we will rule the world together. Maybe with a few others as well. We'll have to ask them.

right. next year i'm growing a beard.

paul, i agree. this whole thing has been greater than words can describe.

Paul, great commentary on the whole event, It was really nice to meet you in person, but my goal next time is to at least have a real conversation more than five minutes with you. By the way, do you or anybody else have this shot in a higher resolution. I have set it as my dual monitor desktop, but the resolution kinda sucks.

Yeah, I'm pretty much full of envy right now. Guess that means I'd better mark off my calendar for 2009 ...