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by: Frankenoid

08/19/08 @ 06:27:29 PM MDT


(Either that or the dancing space aliens might scare him away.  Party planning in the comments. - promoted by johne)

Cross-posted at Daily Kos

Dear Mr. Colbert:  Frankenoid again, in "that oxygen deprived, granola snarfing, watery beer making, mountain bike riding, Camelbak toting, Patagonia wearing, Norad adjacent, rectangular state bordered,  John Hickenlooper mayored, high miled [sic] cesspool" known as Denver.

Last week I invited you  to be the keynote speaker at the SquareState/Garden Blogging DNC Open House and Meeting of the Colorado Chocolate Fountain Caucus.

Not only that, I sweetened the offer with the promise of all the watery beer you can drink, courtesy of SquareState.net, the Convention credentialed blog for Colorado, and I promised to name our kitten after you.  How could you resist both saving a dear little pootie from being called Caligula and knowing we were shouting "Steve Coal Burt" around the neighborhood as we called the cat?

I was disappointed to have not received an acceptance.  But then I figured it out.

It's the Big Blue Bear.

Frankenoid :: To Stephen Colbert: It's The Big Blue Bear, Isn't It?
Mr. Colbert, I know you are phobic about bears.  And, like many easterners, you likely imagine that Denver is plopped right down in the middle of the mountains, with moose and mountain lions and bears ambling through the city streets.  But really - the wildlife is confined to the suburbs (or, like the homeless, the bears and moose have been given tickets to the zoo and the movies, to keep them out of the way), and the Big Blue Bear is fake.  It's not a real bear.

Besides, the Big Blue Bear is confined to the area by the Convention Center; it won't be anywhere near the Garden Blogging Garden.  I live in the Baker Historic Neighborhood, two miles away.

So e-mail me at frankenoid at conen dot net, and I'll give you the address.  The party starts at 1:00 on Sunday, August 24, and will continue as long as folks are still here.

We still have a sweet little kitty to name after you, and no Hungarians are coming.  Just bloggers and delegates (although, as they are Democrats, you may find that as frightening as a house full of Big Blue Hungarian Bears).

Very truly yours, Franki

P.S. - the invitation extends to those who are not Stephen Colbert, as well as to notstephencolbert.

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And the count continues to rise (4.00 / 1)
I've been contacted by 16 non-locals who are planning to attend -- each diary produces a few more.  And that's not including our usuals.  

I will have some sweet corn from my garden available, but we'll need to supplement that; do I have a volunteer to round up a couple of dozen ears or so from Sakata farms or Olathe?

I'll also have home-grown cauliflower and romanesco broccoli for the start of a crudité plate.  My cherry tomatoes are for crap -- anyone have any that can be added?  The garden is finally dry enough that I can get out there and see what else is growing.

Our local Albertsons has recently had Rocky Ford cantaloupe, so I'll pick up a few melons today and put them in the fridge.  They'll keep until until the weekend.  I need a volunteer to find a couple of watermelons (with seeds, please; they taste better).

With the potential size of this crowd, I'll get 3 or 4 containers of mini cream puffs for the chocolate fountain.  I'm going to try for compostable cups today -- it may be that we'll have to use plastic, though, if the brick & mortar Staples doesn't carry their complete on-line stock.  And I'll double the amount of flank steak from the last shindig, and get some hot dogs and buns for back-up.  And I'll get soda of various types.

Jenn is getting peaches; Colorado Brahman is making quiche; Something the Dog Said is making cheesecake; greenchile dem is bringing something Mexican.

Luis, are you still up for ribs?  Johne, when do you want to deliver the keg(s)?  And does anyone have any folding tables (damn... we gave away several of those when we moved our office the last time).

Will post again after I do today's shopping, and let all ya'll know what else might be needed.

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