catattack

We met at a breakfast get-together for some Bay Area local 43-thingers. Except that she’s not local. She was kind enough to drop in on the way to a wedding.

I found her…how do you summarize someone who’s uncatchable with just a phrase? Energetic, certainly. Intelligent, kind. Very thoughtful. Erudite….she must be a writer. And dozens of dozens of stories; she tells them like a storyteller. I could just imagine paying a visit to India.

It was a pleasure, bookish.

catattack adores cats. and dogs. and she’s fun to have crepes with, of a Saturday morning. and she’s got a nice smile. and she’s kind of mellow. and she’s a good listener. and a good asker of questions. I found myself explaining my vegetarianism to her… I wish I had asked her more questions though… I bet her answers would be interesting! But that’s the thing with good listeners. They are so good at drawing others out that you often down’ hear enough from them!

Saturday at Ti Couz in San Fran’s Mission District. Evesdropping a bit across the table I gleaned golden bits about Catattack. She’s a gem.

Us dogs got to stick together!

Robert Anson Heinlein was my favorite author as I was growing up. A lot of my values, I feel, came from my parents and Heinlein’s writings. Unfortunately, since Mr. Heinlein passed away several years ago, I will never have the pleasure of meeting him.

We met in 1985 at a series of trivia games on the now defunct People Link system. They had a great system there, where you could IM people during the game if you were bored. Well, we were bored a lot. We met, became friends, and the rest is more than virtual reality history.

Cat and I met about 20 years ago, playing an online trivia game on a now-defunct system called American Peoplelink. Now we both have better computers.