Visiting with Vance
There’s something about meeting an online friend in person. It’s so strange, and so fun. One of the highlights of this Semantic Technology conference trip was having an opportunity to visit with Vance (Meditations on an Eyeball) – and Nancy and Meryn, too!
It was a very enjoyable evening. We went out to a seafood restaurant, and then for coffee – all the while engaging in a rollicking conversation about all sorts of things. I was probably a little hyper-energetic – I was on that edge of nervous exhaustion. It was a long flight, and my internal time-sense had me at a later hour.
After some yummy after-dinner chocolates, I dragged out my camera and got a couple of pictures (I’m really tedious that way).
Nice, huh?
I even got the chance to drag Vance off for about 45 minutes for a beer, and a quick chat about the book he’d recommended to me, and to exchange some insights about some of the questions we’d been discussing for a while now.
I’ve got to think some more about -really- what postmodern thought implies about truths and Truth (besides an sort of penultimate, if not ultimate, contingency).
In any case, the night was a lot of fun. I can’t think of a better way to have spent my first evening in California. Thanks!