The Iron Heart 20th Anniversary Party

[steelworker]

@Kasi:

You afraid of your wife 

I've never met his wife and I'm afraid of her. 

[Matt]

She’s no joke.

[steelworker]

wives rarely are.
mine wasn't.

[Matt]

I wouldn’t trade her for anything.  She has all our money.

[Tago Mago]

@Matt:

Dude I’ve got it all laid out.  The shirt is a bday present.  The pants if they happen will be Xmas.  A GAH ring is a gift from her that I convinced her she should give me to celebrate her getting a raise next year and if a tee happens that will be my souvenir.  And I should be able to sneak a cap into the bag when she isn’t looking.

And if I can find someone to tat me up I’m getting an IH tat.

It’s like Oceans 11 around here right now.  The machine does not stop working.

Sneaking a new pair of denim into the rotation isn't a problem really, after all it's a blue pair of trousers to most people… Shirts on the other hand are a tad more tricky. Plus, her initial response right now is "we're buying a house, we have to save everything", which applies to shirts, denim and vinyl/cds but weirdly enough not to rum or gin (not that I'm complaining, mind you). Having said that maybe I just need to up my scheming game

[endo]

you could trade gin and rum here for denim and shirts

[Signal11]

@Matt:

I’ve already started weaving the necessary web of half truths and subterfuge that will be necessary to pull all this off with my wife standing right next to me, with her dumb condescending face.

Dark Arts.

So you will be bringing the family as well?

[Tago Mago]

@endo:

you could trade gin and rum here for denim and shirts

I have a sneaking suspicion these exceptions to the rule exist because she lilkes gin and rum, so absence of just one bottle will be noticed

[Matt]

Just my wife and I.  Her dad is flying out from MD to stay with the kids.  Needless to say, I’m very excited.

[mclaincausey]

@Alex:

That’s two people I’d have loved to see missing out. Fingers crossed things change for you guys

Same–I really want to meet y'all and other members of the community in person and there's no better opportunity than such a momentous occasion. The trouble is a looming client event that is finally going in-person again.

[Matt]

Is it the Catalina Wine Mixer?

[steelworker]

@Matt:

Just my wife and I.  Her dad is flying out from MD to stay with the kids.  Needless to say, I’m very excited.

Maybe she'll  see all these impeccably attired people and think, "Maybe Matt has the right idea." 
And maybe the moon will fall out of the sky.

[Matt]

She’ll def be the worst dressed person there.  The entire contents of all her luggage and the cost of her flight will be comparable to whatever pants I’ll be wearing.  She has plenty of great qualities, sense of style not being one with which she is burdened.  She’s unashamed about it.  I love her.

[Signal11]

[Chris]

@Matt:

She’ll def be the worst dressed person there.

She may not be the best dressed, but she's certain to still be better looking than three quarters of the reprobates that will be there.

[Matt]

Agreed.  I doubt many of us would feel so strongly compelled to dress up in such finery if we weren’t all so self conscious about our goofy looking faces.

That reminds me, will I finally get to meet @Seul person?

[Giles]

No way - @Seul  avoids human interaction like the plague…..

[vaquero357]

…who am I to talk. :-\

[Matt]

That word accurately describes my lifelong worldview so I guess it’s me.  Lucky you.   

[Matt]

Whose got two thumbs and thinks the definition of “stranger danger” is the strong likelihood that I will become hostile or violent towards most strangers?