The Guardian for this meeting was Bruce Mowbray. The comments are by Bruce Mowbray.

I never cease to be amazed by the connections possible in cyber-space.  Just as I was recommending Panama to Kori as a WARMER climate to live in, Steve was viewing my gallery of Panama photos and found one of Einstein's head... which I'd forgotten.   And when I opened his link, THERE was the very hostel that we'd stayed in five years ago!

How does one retain "coolness" in a world like this?  And why would one even want to?

 
Korel Laloix: heya

--BELL--

Bruce Mowbray: Heya!
Korel Laloix: heya... how you been Bruce?
Bruce Mowbray: How are you today, Kori?
Bruce Mowbray: I have been well, thanks.
Bruce Mowbray: Any snow down there?
Korel Laloix: I am refusing to look at the moment.. depressing thought.
Bruce Mowbray: ha ha!
Bruce Mowbray: 
Korel Laloix: I so hate snow.
Bruce Mowbray: Well, perhaps you can take some relief in knowing that Cairo, Egypt had its first snow in 112 years.
Korel Laloix: Even the fake snow here is depressing.. lol
Bruce Mowbray: Can you imagine how confused all those camels must be?
Korel Laloix: I am going to call Al Gore and yell at him.... I want my global warming.
Bruce Mowbray: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Twist...m_medium=email
Korel Laloix: depressing... might have to find that job inspecting saunas on the equator after all
Bruce Mowbray: Ha ha!
Bruce Mowbray ponders a job as sauna inspector on Equator....
Korel Laloix: I so ate being cold... but managing to stay warm at the moment.
Korel Laloix: I can dream can't I?.. smiles
Bruce Mowbray: You would NOT LIKE to be in Ohio right now.
Bruce Mowbray: My typist has continuous drizzle/rain -- and it has been hovering around freezing all day....
Korel Laloix: Probably right.
Bruce Mowbray: Yikes!
Korel Laloix: Not supposed to snow here.
Korel Laloix: So I am holding on to that thought.
Bruce Mowbray: Well, I wish you good fortune with that.
Korel Laloix: Wish you good fortune with your staying warm.
Bruce Mowbray: I would rather be in some place like Panama myself, actually.
Korel Laloix: If you go, save room for me.
Bruce Mowbray: Ha ha!
Bruce Mowbray: Plenty of room in Panama for both of us.
Korel Laloix: I fit in suitcases for sure!
Bruce Mowbray: and I know some COOOOOL (sry, WARRRRRRM) places we could go!
Korel Laloix: Never been to that part of the world.. would love to.
Korel Laloix: Sounds alluring.
Bruce Mowbray: I've only been in Panama once, but -- I think you would really like it.
Bruce Mowbray: Just a sec, please.
Korel Laloix: Wonder if I could find an epidemiology job down there.
Bruce Mowbray: Sure you could!
Bruce Mowbray: http://www.hermitdog.com/Panama/Panama.htm
Bruce Mowbray: 
Korel Laloix: ᎮᎣᎸᎣᎸᎠ ᎵᎣᏓᎳᎵᏯ
Korel Laloix: ᏓᏛᎠᏁ
Bruce Mowbray: What?
Bruce Mowbray: I don't understand.
Korel Laloix: ᏔᎯᎢᏍ ᏍᎤᏓᎸᏍ
Korel Laloix: ᏅᎡ ᎡᎢᏔᎯᎡᏛ
Bruce Mowbray: oh dear,
Korel Laloix: ᎨᏛᎨ
Bruce Mowbray: something weird is happening.
Bruce Mowbray: all of your entries in chat are in strange little boxes.
Korel Laloix: ᏛᎡᎵᎣᎦ... ᎨᏛᎨ
Bruce Mowbray: [13:27] Korel Laloix: ᏅᎡ ᎡᎢᏔᎯᎡᏛ
Korel Laloix: ᎵᎣᎵ
Bruce Mowbray: Hellow, San!
Santoshima Resident: hello
Bruce Mowbray: We just lost Kori.
Santoshima Resident: hmm
Santoshima Resident: yes
Bruce Mowbray: She was having come challenge with little boxes.
Bruce Mowbray: We were doing a thing about warm climates and Panama.
Santoshima Resident: what kind of thing?
Bruce Mowbray: Well, she doesn't like cold climates...
Bruce Mowbray: Here she is again!
Bruce Mowbray: Heya, Kori.
Santoshima Resident: wb, korel
Korel Laloix: heya
Bruce Mowbray: http://www.hermitdog.com/Panama/Panama.htm
Bruce Mowbray: So I recommended Panama to her.

--BELL--

Korel Laloix: Sorry... my Tsalagi font got turned on somehow and could not shut it off.
Korel Laloix: Another strange things about Phoenix
Korel Laloix: brb.. putting on another layer
Santoshima Resident: cold there?
Bruce Mowbray: Sort of, yes.
Bruce Mowbray: Been raining all day here-- a cold drizzle.
Korel Laloix: Down around 40 here I think
Bruce Mowbray: Oh, I am envious.....
Bruce Mowbray: Yikes!
Korel Laloix: A very not fun change in the weather.
Korel Laloix: Might have to find some hot cocoa...
Bruce Mowbray: You like boring weather, Kori?
Bruce Mowbray: My friends in Panama (actually, my TYPIST'S friends) say that the only changes in the weather they can look forward to is rain - or no rain.
Korel Laloix: Sounds lovely
Korel Laloix: I like it about 104.
Bruce Mowbray: ;-)
Bruce Mowbray: Oh yeah.
Korel Laloix: That seems to me to be the temp I like the most.
Bruce Mowbray: Our broilin' gal!
Bruce Mowbray: and get out there and run a few miles too!
Korel Laloix: It is a heat that revs me up.
Santoshima Resident: must get some tea ... please excuse me
Korel Laloix: But not good to run in it is the only thing.
Bruce Mowbray: kk, be thee well, San
Bruce Mowbray: Yikes!
Santoshima Resident: you too, you two :)
Bruce Mowbray: Bye for now!
Bruce Mowbray: A confession?  (from my typist)?
Bruce Mowbray: The thing he would like most about really hot climates is....
Bruce Mowbray: that he'd have an excuse to go naked most of the time.
Bruce Mowbray: Yikes!
Korel Laloix: Naked can be nice... in the right company.
Bruce Mowbray: for sure.... or even alone.
Korel Laloix: But I can't go naked really in the sun.... my back scars don't do well with direct sunlight.
Bruce Mowbray: and my typist is alone about 99% of the time, anyway.
Bruce Mowbray: OH DEAR!
Bruce Mowbray: Yikes!
Korel Laloix: So usually in a one-piece
Bruce Mowbray: Is that a "singlet"?
Korel Laloix: Just not a bikini
Bruce Mowbray: wrestlers wear singlets, I understand.
Bruce Mowbray: hmmmm.
Korel Laloix: ᏗᏍᎣᏅᎡᎯᎢᏔᎾ ᎦᏔᎣ ᏓᎣᎥᎡᏛ ᏅᏯ ᎨᎠᏓᎸ
Korel Laloix: ᏓᏛᎠᏁ......
Bruce Mowbray: wb!
Bruce Mowbray: The amazing thing is that in warm countries - like Panama - folks seem to wear MORE clothes, not less.
Korel Laloix: Hopefully it works now
Bruce Mowbray: ;-)
Bruce Mowbray: np.
Korel Laloix: Well it keeps the light directly off of you
Bruce Mowbray: Heya, steve!
Korel Laloix: Heya
stevenaia Michinaga: waves, waiting for the snow to rezz
Bruce Mowbray wonders if Steve has stolen the drapes!
Bruce Mowbray: Yikes!
Korel Laloix: Don't.. it's depressing.
stevenaia Michinaga: it's just like outside in RL
Korel Laloix: Very depressing then...
Bruce Mowbray: You too, huh, Steve?
stevenaia Michinaga: drapes?
Korel Laloix: Ok.. off to make some hot cocoa and cook.
Bruce Mowbray: Kori and I were just talking about that.
stevenaia Michinaga: yes, expecting 5-9" tonight
Korel Laloix: Thanks for the chat all
Bruce Mowbray: and wishing we were all in a warmer climate.
Bruce Mowbray: and blaming it all on Al Gore.
Bruce Mowbray: Bye for now, Kori!
Korel Laloix: I should be back in here a bit more now that school is over..
Korel Laloix: Hope to chat more soon.
Bruce Mowbray: kk, see you soon, then, Kori.
Bruce Mowbray: I was showing Kori some pics from Panama.
stevenaia Michinaga: how are you Bruce?
Bruce Mowbray: I am quite well, thank you.
Bruce Mowbray: http://www.hermitdog.com/Panama/Panama.htm
stevenaia Michinaga: nice and warm there, what was the trip for , pleasure?
Bruce Mowbray: Yes, it was for pleasure...
Bruce Mowbray: Actually, the gal I was seeing at the time had a college roommate living there,
Bruce Mowbray: and so she and I made the trip down to see that roommate.
stevenaia Michinaga: I like traveling and staying with friends
Bruce Mowbray: ;-)
Bruce Mowbray: There is no way that my typist would have gone there otherwise.
Bruce Mowbray: It is a beautiful country, though.
stevenaia Michinaga: great birds
Bruce Mowbray: http://www.hermitdog.com/Panama/Panama_2008_203.JPG

--BELL--

Bruce Mowbray: http://www.hermitdog.com/Panama/Panama_2008_135.JPG
Bruce Mowbray: http://www.hermitdog.com/Panama/Panama_2008_123.JPG
stevenaia Michinaga: what is Albert Einstein's head doing there
Bruce Mowbray: http://www.hermitdog.com/Panama/Panama_2008_125.JPG
Bruce Mowbray: Albert Einstein?
Bruce Mowbray: Where is that?
Bruce Mowbray: Yikes!
stevenaia Michinaga: http://www.hermitdog.com/Panama/Panama_2008_248.JPG
Bruce Mowbray: Oh yes!
Bruce Mowbray: Ha ha!
Bruce Mowbray: I remember now.
stevenaia Michinaga: :)
Bruce Mowbray: It was just across the road from the hostel we were staying in.
Bruce Mowbray: i have no idea why, though.
Bruce Mowbray: (I'd forgotten about Albert, actually.)
stevenaia Michinaga: small world
Bruce Mowbray: indeed.
Bruce Mowbray: Perhaps the Panamanians admired Albert, and so they erected a statue (of sorts) to him.
stevenaia Michinaga: when were you there?
Bruce Mowbray: uhhhhh,
Bruce Mowbray: My typist was there....
stevenaia Michinaga: nods
Bruce Mowbray: let me check the year....
Bruce Mowbray: 2008.
Bruce Mowbray: yeppers, 2008.
Bruce Mowbray: FIVE years ago.
Bruce Mowbray: Oh my.
stevenaia Michinaga: http://epiac1216.wordpress.com/2009/...via-argentina/
Bruce Mowbray: There it is!
Bruce Mowbray: That's the same one!
Bruce Mowbray: amazing.
Bruce Mowbray: I must be afk for a few sec,
Bruce Mowbray: please excuse me.
stevenaia Michinaga: http://www.panama-guide.com/article....50723175628462
stevenaia Michinaga: ok
Bruce Mowbray: [back]
stevenaia Michinaga: wb
Bruce Mowbray: wow.
Bruce Mowbray: This is really bringing back some memories.
Bruce Mowbray: THERE'S OUR HOSTEL!
stevenaia Michinaga: cool
Bruce Mowbray: wow!
Bruce Mowbray: Hello, metalwim.
stevenaia Michinaga: hello
stevenaia Michinaga: Meta
Bruce Mowbray: Welcome, and I need to ask if you've been here before, so I can tell you a few things about this sim.
stevenaia Michinaga: he poofs
stevenaia Michinaga: me too, need to cook something to warm up tonight
stevenaia Michinaga: good seeing you
Bruce Mowbray: Ahhh!
Bruce Mowbray: Sounds yummy.
Bruce Mowbray: I will wish you a pleasant and safe weekend, Steve.
stevenaia Michinaga: enjoy your evening and snow
Bruce Mowbray: Thank, you too!