Now its not all that much of a "surprise" if you basically shout into the mic that GitEmSteveDave is getting a lab coat at the meetup.

I think I know who that famous person is.

And at first glance, it looked like the arrow was pointing at the girl, as if saying "yeah, she'll be there too".

@MostlyHarmless: OMG.. I'm so potentially excited for SteveDave!!

/NotGoingtoAttackHim

Too bad I live too far away, it would be fun to go drinking for once and have someone else start the fight.

@MostlyHarmless: @Kimaroo - No Stars Upon Thars: I'm not getting my hopes up. I usually end up getting let down. Yesterday our farm had a horse race, and he would have one, but Sarah Jessica Parker beat him by her nose. But I will be there anyway with hat and green LED nametag on!

BTW, I don't mind attacks. Ask my kittehs. My ankles apparently insulted their mother.

I already requested to get let off of work early for this, so i will def be there. Can anyone recommend a good parking place nearby that is cheap?

Interesting, but not worth the cost of a passport...

"No no, I'm 'mad-og', I've got a sta... I've had at least one good comme... no, I don't know where 'GitEmSteveDick' is, stop asking."

I only live a few hours away, and if it were a weekend, I'd totally be in. Boo. :( Have fun, though! :)

@GitEmSteveDave_Right: 1 Wrong: ∞: I thought all you yankees used public transportation or cars.

@madog: ...and if you need some 'splaining. That's an example of how I would spend my night at the meetup if I could go. Then I'd get drunk, and people would start loving me (cause I'm a fun drunk), but then I would get too drunk, start getting upset because the trash can wouldn't give me her number, and then everyone would just start feeling sorry for me.

Shame I can't make it!

@The Porkchop Express: uh, cabs that is, cabs.

@GitEmSteveDave_ThatChickRockingKicks: Would have one what?

@katstermonster: I'm with you on that. I'm a bus ride away in DC, so it'd be relatively easy on a weekend.

Which reminds me. DC meetup? Anyone?

@thesadtomato: Won. Grrrr, sometimes I'm not to sharp before my Adderrall.

@GitEmSteveDave_ThatChickRockingKicks: Well a kitteh attack is much different than an attack to the kneecap with a lead pipe like some other commenter suggested before.. lol.

The chance of being let down is why I said I was potentiallly excited for you, I'm holding some of it in reserve in case it doesn't really happen.

I just hope you remember the little people, if it does happen.

I'll be there with a camera so we can all remember the event (open bars tend to have a mind-erasing ability)...

@madog: Don't feel bad. She's a stuck up snob.

@katstermonster: We can have our pitty party on Twitter together.

@GitEmSteveDave_ThatChickRockingKicks: Then you better have one. :)

Why does it have to be 21+?! I want a T-Shirt =(

Sounds like fun! I wish I could go.

But, I'm in Philly, and the thought of going to up to NYC after the first 4 or 5 World Series games ...

Then again, it might be a good way to recover.

@Radi0logy: I am also sad.

@thesadtomato: Just took my 1 & 1/2.

@Kimaroo - No Stars Upon Thars: Is it weird I have actually rolled on the ground crying "why, why, why me?".

@LetMeGetTheManager: I'm not sure I like the idea of people being able to see pictures of me on the internets...

@GitEmSteveDave_ThatChickRockingKicks: Maybe.

Oh no thank you, I'll pass. I'm a bit introverted, anti-social, lazy & not in need of a T-shirt at the moment.

The site is sufficient interaction.

Have 1 for me though.

@GitEmSteveDave_ThatChickRockingKicks:
You've, uh, POSTED pictures of you on the Internets. ;)

what happens when like 500 people show up (consumerist is much more popular than it may appear to be)

@GitEmSteveDave_ThatChickRockingKicks: You know, Stephen David, if I weren't a married man................. I would be a single man. But if I lived in NJ, I would be outside your window. Watching. Waiting.

Lo...lita house? Count me in!

Augh. I would so love to come, but I am in school on the opposite vertical end of the country. Phoo!

@madog: There's no need to watch outside his window..

www.gitemstevedave.com

@GitEmSteveDave_ThatChickRockingKicks:
You may be able to find street parking depending on what time you show up... it just may take you a little bit of searching.
But, honestly, you really should try to take the train/bus there because 6 p.m. traffic is a pain.

Will they remove the trash from in front, before we get there?

@danno5-0: Propbably not, no. There's almost always trash in the streets of nyc.

@Eyebrows McGee (now with more baby!): Wonder if we paid shipping if they'd send us tshirts?

@pervy_the_clown: you'll soon learn that alcohol makes meeting strangers, as well as driving, a pleasent experience.

@GitEmSteveDave_ThatChickRockingKicks: interwebs ate my comment, nom.

I'm loving the image of tiny Ms. Aroo thumping you in the kneecap with a lead pipe.

Peace, people, peace. We can make our own labcoats at home.

if i could actually get there i'd go, but i gotta work... and then i'd have to drive a good 6 hours

@Trance1861: I'm working in Linden NJ now, so it's easier than trying to find a train station with secure parking for the GitEmSteveDave-mobile.

@WraithSama: What?! Where?!

will all attendees get gold stars?

You better disclose the tab dollar limit ahead of time or you may have a KFC-style riot on your hands. Free food is only trumped by free liquor (okay, maybe free sex does too).

@subtlefrog: Lol.. I said before, I wouldn't do that... My tactics are more nimble and ninja like. Small and quick, you know?

I think the draw is that it is an OFFICIAL Consumer Reports Lab coat. Would they sell us the official patches?

@gStein_has joined the star bandwagon: If that is the case, I will be SO annoyed.

When's the Chicago Consumerist meetup?

Thank the gods it's a dive bar.
If the Meet-Up was held inside Trump Tower, I'd have flown over there personally to perform my cat-juggling act live in front of The W just to tempt Consumerists away.
...And you know Cat Juggling is the one act that would draw this crowd away. (Well, free drinks is a close second).

@GitEmSteveDave_ThatChickRockingKicks: Ha ha ha ha ha ha. Ha.
Oh wait. You were serious about cheap NYC parking?! You poor, poor dear boy...

@GitEmSteveDave_ThatChickRockingKicks: Newark.