New Meme: Blogger Meetings

Last Saturday night Soccer Dad and I, along with our lovely spouses, got together for chinese food and chit-chat. Of course, this had little to do with our being bloggers; SD and I have been close friends since way back in our Freshman year in college, when I was majoring in "New Technology: The Wheel" and he was taking "Dinosaur Hunting", if I recall correctly (or was it the other way around, SD?). In fact, we didn't even talk about blogging that night (much).

There are a couple of other J-bloggers that live in my community and I knew previously, at least as "friends of friends"; I won't "out" them though since they blog anonymously. However, nearly all the J-bloggers I have met in the past almost six months that I've been doing this, are folks I only know through the blogosphere.

I've also read at least one interesting account of a blogger-meeting; I'm sure there are more such stories that I haven't seen.

All this has got me thinking about which bloggers I would like to meet in real life. For added fun and annoyance, I'll make this a new Meme, with the rules as follows:

• List three or more bloggers - besides the one tagging you - that you only know on-line, and would be interested in meeting in person, and (briefly) why.
• Bloggers that you maybe once met in childhood count, but not ones that you've interacted with - even as acquaintances - in recent memory.
• The bloggers that you list are then tagged with the Meme.

So, to start, I'd like to meet:

• Mirty: Her incredible life story, her sensitivity, and our shared childhood community and fathers' friendship, though the two of us didn't know each other then.
• Robert: He's a politically conservative frum Jew who made it in Hollywood - how cool is that! Plus, of course, we share a bond as bereaved parents that no others can - or ever should (please God!) - understand.
• Jack: His eclectic writing and interests, his willingness to share his life and feelings, and of course his being one of my most loyal commenters!

There are others but I'll stick with three for now so as not to set the bar too high for the tagees. And awaaaay we go!