Flatland Bloggers - Plain Talk by Plain Folk

There's not a lot pretension among bloggers here in Saskatchewan.  We got together for a barbecue in Wascana Park Saturday, and there were more baseball caps and t-shirts than references to social media and Web 2.0.

That's not to say the IQ level was lower than you would expect among a group of bloggers, or the level of technical innovation here is somehow substandard. We just don't like to make a big deal about things.

There were 10 bloggers and another dozen friends and family on hand for burgers, cake and some beer surreptitiously sipped from travel mugs, at the picnic benches just up from Wascana Lake. It was a nice chance to meet in person the people you bump into online.  And there were some folks whose blogs I had never visited, who I've now checked out. (Where a blogger is anonymous online, I've used their online nom-de-plume.)

Typically, one of the organizers of this get-together is Stephen Glauser, a Saskatchewan guy who now lives in Calgary. With that city now officially exceeding the population of our province, there's no secret here about where many of Alberta's new recruits to the workforce have come from over the past decade.  Stephen sent an e-mail explaining why he couldn't make the event. managed not to make it to his own event, but what do you expect from an Albertan? ;-)  The other main organizer, Saskboy, arrived with Mom and Dad, gf and friends in tow, and they are the nicest folks.

Miraculously, there was no jello salad -- a staple of potluck dinners across the province. To celebrate Soulfood's birthday, she brought a cake with the Saskatchewan flag in yellow, green, red and white icing (photo by Saskboy). In addition to dogs, kids, games, food and all that jazz, there were bocce ball jugglers.

I had some family obligations, so I didn't make it to the Riders game after the barbecue, and I ended up missing everyone at the bar after the game. But at least I now have faces to attach to blogs, which makes me feel more like a part of the Sask blogging community than I did last week.

Special thanks to Lance Levsen, whose Saskatchewan Blogs Aggregator makes keeping track of who's blogging here, and what they're saying, much easier.

Other bloggers:  Kate McMillan, Brandon and Lins, Krydor, Uncle Meat, Andrew Pilon and Pilot.

Some photos here and here. I've got some photos that I'll add tomorrow.

Tags: saskatchewan, blogs, bloggers, meetup

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Comments

[Ross]

before you criticize someone for not making an appearance at this event you should get the facts as to why they didn't show up. whether or not your comment was serious or tongue in cheek it was inappropriate.

[Lance]

Hmm.
"beer surreptitiously sipped"

From thefreedictionary.com

surreptitiously
sur·rep·ti·tious Pronunciation (sûrp-tshs)
adj.
1. Obtained, done, or made by clandestine or stealthy means.
2. Acting with or marked by stealth. See Synonyms at secret

I have _no_ comment.

Good to meet you Eric!

Cheers,
lance

[Eric Eggertson]

Ross: Didn't mean to offend. I wasn't actually trying to crititicize Stephen, I was just trying to give a bit of a description of the event, and threw that in to give a bit of flavour for the fact that events don't always go exactly as planned. If it came across as criticism (and I can see how it would), I apologize.

Stephen sent me an e-mail, and I edited the post. And yes, the comment was supposed to be tongue in cheek.

[Soulfood]

Hey!

Don't worry, I didn't read most people's blogs either! Before I went I told myself that I would read every blog on the RSVP list. Well, that didn't happen. But for the people I did meet, I'll be reading their blogs now. I already pissed off the guys at Ford Focus Wagon with my Conservative views. haha.

And I was going to make a jello salad. But somehow forgot about it and just made a lettuce salad. Oh well.