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May 8, 2005
BlogNashville Saturday Pictures
By QBlog in Blog News
More photos shot Saturday at BlogNashville. The pics include a toon that Cox drew of yours truly.
Who dat is?
Turns out Dan Gillmor is a bit
of a bore. That's Ben Cunningham of Tennessee
Tax Revolt in the background.
Some people think JD Lasica looks a bit
like Dr. Evil. What do you think? Oh, and did he mention that he's selling some
book or something... I forget.
Brittney in the foreground. She's a professional blogger. No, really. She was
hired by WKRN to
blog. That's all she does. She gets paid to post to Nashville
is Talking. Sweet.
Went to the Red
Restaurant for dinner with Bob
Cox, Mark Glaser and John
Jay Hooker. It was one of the most interesting dinners I've had in my life.
John Jay Hooker is a bit of a legend around Tennessee and in the political arena.
He claims to be friends with Muhammad Ali, Robert Kennedy (when alive) and Oprah
Winfrey. He doesn't have a blog but is interested in how blogs can help him
in his fight to reform
election laws.
During dinner, Cox and Hooker (does that sound like the title of a bad porno?) had a lively discussion about the so-called "Nuclear Option" currently being debated in Congress. At one point Hooker pulled out his copy of the U.S. Constitution (doesn't every lawyer cary a copy wherever he goes?) and read to us from one of the articles discussing Senate rules... or something. It was a rather surreal moment that I was able to catch on camera — John Jay Hooker reading the U.S. Constitution to a couple of bloggers inside a gay bar.
I most enjoyed witnessing Hooker's enthusiasm for blogging. He's a 75-year-old man who knew virtually nothing about blogs prior to BlogNashville and is now saying that he senses something really big is happening with the blogosphere. He wants to take blogging to "the next level."
It's late and I need to get some sleep. I'll post more about BlogNashville tomorrow.
Comments
Damn. Sorry for the mix-up dude. I fixed the link. It was really cool meeting you and Cox and thanks for drawing that helpful map to the Gaylord Entertainment Arena. I think if the whole Political Toon thing doesn't work out you have a future in cartography.
Good stuff. Nice report and photos. It was definitely one of the more interesting dinners -- and locations. From what I understand, Bob Cox is going to set up a blog for John Jay one day soon. I can't wait to read it!
Great website! I didn't realize it was so big and this area is nice to read various posts and opinions.
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Hey, QBlog ... As much as I'd like to take credit for the drawing, it was actually John Cox who drew it. Don't blame me! It was great meeting you.
Posted by: Forkum | May 8, 2005 10:05 PM