Documenting EschaCon 2005, 9/2-9/4/2005 in Philadelphia, PA. More on the event at the official blog: http://eschacon.blogspot.com/ (Note that all captions are by NTodd, even on shots by other people, so direct complaints, praise or corrections to him! And please don't be offended if I don't ID you by name.)
Hell if I know which one. I do see the Wyndham in the background--I've stayed there before when teaching in Philly during Election Week 2000.
[Update: FeralLiberal tells me the spout is in "Logan Square (took the snaps on my walk back from the Rodin museum) I thought it significant as if you look closely at the figures in the middle you'll notice that they're Not Wearing Pants!"]
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The view from my room on the top floor of the 110% anti-union evil Marriott, about 5 minutes after I checked in.
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Shot this just before I checked out of my hotel room on Monday.
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It was bad enough that The Kenosha Kid kicked my ass in pool, but a hyper 5-year old? Shameful...
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I'll bet I could beat Rosie at pool: she can barely walk without help from her big sister and watertiger!
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Duncan makes sure he has all his drink tickets. They were more valuable than gasoline.
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Can you believe it? We have a fucking Benedictine monk in our midst. Prior Aelred, in his habit, chats with FeralLiberal.
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Athenae laughs at something witty. Hardly surprising, given how witty Atriots are.
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Mark Cohen holds up a copy of the "liberal" New York Daily News in front of Patrick Murphy's face.
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Ali Wade of the DCCC tells us about how they recruit and support candidates.
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An AP photog shot pics of the candidates all afternoon. He and I chatted--not about photography, but WiFi!
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Rep. Louise Slaughter, recipient of the EschaCon "Hit 'Em With The Chair" award.
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Patrick Murphy, another Iraq vet in the Hackett mode, 82nd Airborne, running in large part to honor the 19 troops from his unit killed in Baghdad.
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The Media Spy thinks to himself, "man, this NTodd guy sure is fucking hyper."
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Duncan listens to some conversation, with Prior Aelred in the background.
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Athenae and Jenny from the Blog chat as spocko harangues Murphy behind them....
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Sorry, it looks like fingers are coming out of Duncan's mouth...
BTW, the dude in the back was covering the event for the National Journal: http://www.dohiyimir.org/2005/09/maybe_now_drew_.html.
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Susie surrounded by groupies, with the Media Spy taking notes in the background.
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Atrios holds court as his lovely wife (uh, the big black dot) and Susie look on in adoration and awe.
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Heh, heh, heh...I caught them when they were talking about a taboo subject: His Noodly Appendage.
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Nobody wants to sit with the media spy.
Read more here:
http://www.dohiyimir.org/2005/09/one_last_eschac.html
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A raffle for some wonderful chocolates from the Kansas City mayor's office. Proceeds went to hurricane relief.
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Paul Krugman gestures as he briefly speaks during the morning panel discussion.
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Thersites II asked me to help him into the tree. I shot a picture. Then he said, "Okay, I'm ready to come down now."
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While waiting for the 5yo to complete his pre-batting ritual, Thers juggles at the pitching mound.
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NTodd expounds on something rather fascinating to rasdaq, with oldwhitelady and FeralLiberal in the background.
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At one point we were debating what the collective noun is for a gathering of wacko liberals...
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Watertiger is astonished by the meta nature of this shot as Uncle Smokes documents it from his space-time coordinates.
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I think Prior Aelred and spork_incident are debating the merits of film vs. digital...
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I still find the islands of greenery in urban settings to be a bit weird.
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He made amazing progress throughout the afternoon using a bat that was almost as tall as he!
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Sitting (because I was too tired to stand) in the shoe shine chair with Thers II, talking about the 15 bucks he was hiding in his shoe.
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A trike from the Fringe Fest (http://www.philly.com/mld/dailynews/12510881.htm).
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About 15 of us stayed over one extra night, so we gathered at Vietnam Palace (across from Lee Ho Fook's: http://derenegade.blogspot.com/2005/09/i-saw-lon-chaney-jr-walking-with-queen.html).
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For the record, NTodd was sticking chopsticks in his mouth, not up his nose.
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FeralLiberal had everybody sign his official EschaCon t-shirt.
Larger version here, if you can't make everything out:
http://dohiyimir.typepad.com/122_2273.JPG
FeralLiberal had everybody sign his official EschaCon t-shirt.
Larger version here, if you can't make everything out:
http://dohiyimir.typepad.com/122_2275.JPG
