JoCo Show

Because of certain EVENTS in life, I failed to indicate that The Wife and I went to a Jonathan Coulton show in the greater Philadelphia area in late March. Was it everything I hoped for? Yes, except that "JoCo" and I did not have a witty exchange and become fast friends at the end of the evening. I could have hoped for that.

It might have even happened, except that I hamstring myself with certain rules, such as, "When meeting someone whose work I admire, be friendly and complimentary, and avoid pallsy off-the-cuff comedy routines, because that is the domain of lamers and wannabes."

In practice, this rule is occasionally self-contradictory. Jonathan Coulton probably would have been okay with a spirited attempt at ad lib japery.

The emcee before the show said that talking to Jonathan Coulton always made him want to BE Jonathan Coulton. I found it an eerily accurate assessment.