Pinky Bears and FlipFlops

I met Pinky Bear today. I'm still smiling.

You know how nerve wracking it is to meet someone that you "know" online or over the phone? One time I had a client that I worked with for a year, talking to him daily by phone. He was in Germany and I was in New York City. Then, I met him in the Frankfurt train station. It was strange to put the face with the voice. I remember staring at him for a long time and thinking we should be talking on the phone.

Well, I'd never heard Jimmi's voice, but I did read his great blog every day. And we had a running dialog here, at his blog, at Maidy's House, and over at Pax's Place. So, it was really great to meet him in person today.

Ms. LiquidTreats and I met Jimmi at Barnes & Noble. And an hour-and-a-half breezed by like it was a minute-and-a-half. We talked. We laughed. (Okay, Sarah and I laughed because Jimmi is so GD funny and clever.) We drank iced tea.

You know how sometimes when you meet people it can be something different than you imagined? (I've never been on an arranged date, like a dating service...I'm married, so of course not....but I mean never. But I can imagine it must be a little weird.) Well, meeting Jimmi was fantastic. Better than I could have imagined. Entertaining.

We left saying "Let's get together again." I'd like that. Pinky Bears and FlipFlops. Sounds like a new Pixar flick. Maybe we're onto something.