I first met Contagion of Miasmatic Review (in the virtual sense, anyway) in the comments at Frizzen Sparks. Geez, he was all OVER the place there. Runnin' his freakin' yap in damn near every one of Graumagus's posts.

Pretty good stuff, too.

So - as I often do with talented writers - I said, "Dude. Get a blog."

To which he responded something very much like "Up yours. I've got a website. I don't need a stinkin' blog. Piss off!"

The website is mostly dedicated to his hobby of historical re-enactments. Which is pretty cool, because you get to blow stuff up with black powder and you get to take pictures of hot babes next to archaic weaponry.

Two things intrigued me about him. He's a Packers fan living in Illinois, and he's a friend of Grau's. Figure those two things alone added up to someone I had to meet.

What you DON'T know about Contagion from reading his blog is how good he can talk trash. On his site, he's gentle & good-natured (relatively speaking) and I've even caught him doing good deeds by helping out his fellow bloggers.

But get him in good company, and MY how the smackdowns do fly. Which is a GOOD thing. I gather from reading his blog that he doesn't often get the chance to cut loose to his hear's content, but he was in fine form on Saturday. Had me laughing for hours, he did. Kinda gives lie to that "shy" claim he makes. But I imagine that if you put him in a group of stuffed shirts he'd clam right up - if only to keep from stangling all the idiots in the room.

Although it's hard to choose, I'd have to say that my favorite part was when he brought out his cop instincts and started profiling everyone at the table. Me, I'm a shoplifter. I talk big, so any crimes I'd do would be of the stealthy sort.

Beloved Wife TNT of Smiling Dynamite?

Serial killer.

It's always the quiet ones, ya know. Figure one of these days I'll come home & she'll ask me to help her bury her co-workers in the back yard. So if anyone can get me a good deal on 50 pound bags of lime, I'd be appreciative.

Anyway, Contagion's a great guy to hang with, and I had a blast in his company. I look forward with both anticipation & dread to the time when I get to go drinking with him and Grau at the same time. I have a feeling they'll just feed off each other's twisted senses of humor something terrible.

If either one of them has a bag of lime in the trunk, I'm leaving immediately.

[Contagion's version of events can be found here]

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