The Recess Supervisor, Ragnar Mentaire, Dennis York, and Jeff Mayers don their best blue jackets before a spectacular dinner at Old Country Buffet (photo: Lady Caroline Lamb)
(Madison) - Wednesday night's 2006 WisPolitics Anonymous Bloggers Summit (ABS) brought out the biggest names in anonymous blogging for an evening of revelry, debate, and above all, drinking.
Conference Room B of the Crowne Plaza Madison was the place to be, as Jeff Mayers kicked off the 2005 WisPolitics ABS with a bang.
"What a treat to have so many fine bloggers in the room who tell it like it is and aren't a bunch of partisan hacks and spinmeisters like the bloggers we host on our site. Man, Free Will has seen better days, hasn't he?" said Mayers to a chorus of cheers from the masked audience.
"The WisPolitics ABS was designed as an alternative forum to give identity-challenged bloggers the opportunity to network and share ideas," said Greg Bump, who helped to organize the event. "Ever since the Recess Supervisor went on the record for me in the WisPolitics Evening Update last month, I've wanted to pull these great minds together. Clearly, their insider analysis and biting satire has caused waves among legislators, who are terrified that all their dirtiest secrets will be revealed. And what better way for a reporter to get those secrets than by plying these masked bloggers with Jim Beam and stroking their enormous egos. After all, it works on legislators."
Here was the evening's agenda:
6:00 p.m. Dinner at Old Country Buffet (on your own)
7:15 p.m. Welcome - Jeff Mayers
7:30 p.m. Ragnar Mentaire: "Photoshopping and Scandinavian Recipes - More In Common Than You Think"
8:15 p.m. Dennis York: "Baby York, Natalie Portman, and The Evolution of Anonymous Political Blogging in Wisconsin"
9:00 p.m. Lady Caroline Lamb: "Why Neal Kedzie Is Dumb Enough To Think That Talk Radio Educates Voters" - Panel Discussion with Greg Bump
9:45 p.m. Recess Supervisor/Ragnar Mentaire: "Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About P: Drive Photos (But Were Afraid To Ask)"
10:45 p.m. Wrap-Up - Jeff Mayers
11:00 p.m. Post-summit trip to Visions (optional)
Dee Hall was on site but was not allowed into the summit because of her proclivity for slanted, biased journalism. She was overheard pleading with Mayers for a press pass, saying something to the effect of "c'mon Jeff, you know I don't have anything to write about now that the Jensen trial is over. Nobody cares what Rick Skindrud says anymore either (or do they?). I'm desperate!"
Hall was later seen between sessions trying unsuccessfully to slip a digital voice recorder to Max Power along with a $20.
Conference Room B of the Crowne Plaza Madison was the place to be, as Jeff Mayers kicked off the 2005 WisPolitics ABS with a bang.
"What a treat to have so many fine bloggers in the room who tell it like it is and aren't a bunch of partisan hacks and spinmeisters like the bloggers we host on our site. Man, Free Will has seen better days, hasn't he?" said Mayers to a chorus of cheers from the masked audience.
"The WisPolitics ABS was designed as an alternative forum to give identity-challenged bloggers the opportunity to network and share ideas," said Greg Bump, who helped to organize the event. "Ever since the Recess Supervisor went on the record for me in the WisPolitics Evening Update last month, I've wanted to pull these great minds together. Clearly, their insider analysis and biting satire has caused waves among legislators, who are terrified that all their dirtiest secrets will be revealed. And what better way for a reporter to get those secrets than by plying these masked bloggers with Jim Beam and stroking their enormous egos. After all, it works on legislators."
Here was the evening's agenda:
6:00 p.m. Dinner at Old Country Buffet (on your own)
7:15 p.m. Welcome - Jeff Mayers
7:30 p.m. Ragnar Mentaire: "Photoshopping and Scandinavian Recipes - More In Common Than You Think"
8:15 p.m. Dennis York: "Baby York, Natalie Portman, and The Evolution of Anonymous Political Blogging in Wisconsin"
9:00 p.m. Lady Caroline Lamb: "Why Neal Kedzie Is Dumb Enough To Think That Talk Radio Educates Voters" - Panel Discussion with Greg Bump
9:45 p.m. Recess Supervisor/Ragnar Mentaire: "Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About P: Drive Photos (But Were Afraid To Ask)"
10:45 p.m. Wrap-Up - Jeff Mayers
11:00 p.m. Post-summit trip to Visions (optional)
Dee Hall was on site but was not allowed into the summit because of her proclivity for slanted, biased journalism. She was overheard pleading with Mayers for a press pass, saying something to the effect of "c'mon Jeff, you know I don't have anything to write about now that the Jensen trial is over. Nobody cares what Rick Skindrud says anymore either (or do they?). I'm desperate!"
Hall was later seen between sessions trying unsuccessfully to slip a digital voice recorder to Max Power along with a $20.
2 comments:
We were awesome. But Visions has seen better days.
Many props for taking the time to link to OCB's web site. Truly, (fake) news you can news.
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