I can’t believe how exhausted I am after not going to BlogHer. Not flying across the country, not seeing old friends or meeting new people, and not squee-ing like a 12-year-old girl for 48 hours can really take a lot out of a fella. Like any blogger worth their salt, I made sure to document my time not at BlogHer with plenty of photos.

Here’s me not in Guy Kawasaki’s backyard:

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In case you hadn’t heard, there was an itty bitty conference in Chicago over the weekend, and Navy Pier was overrun with estrogen and vaginas. Since the Windy City is the home of IP headquarters, we thought we would try to latch on to the fun and reap the benefit of seeing great writers and friends while skipping sitting through the Feed Your Family Writing About Your Cat seminar.

We started with a pre-festivities gathering on Thursday night, hoping to lure our columnists and a handful of others into our trap with the offer of free alcohol. And it worked! (If you were not invited don’t be insulted, it’s us not you. OK, maybe a little bit you.)

For entertainment, we had Helen from Electronic Arts showing off the new Wii dance/karaoke game Boogie. Why, you ask? Because not only did it sound like fun, but I’m a cheap bastard and she offered to provide the booze. And how did I show my gratitude? By messing with the complicated A/V setup at our party space, managing to knock out the side panel of the entertainment center where it proceeded to fall on all 82 pounds of Helen leaving a nice gash in her forearm. A little word of wisdom to all you wannabe big time internet publishers out there:

DO NOT MAIM YOUR CORPORATE SPONSOR.

Fortunately that was the only injury of the night, besides the damage done to the buffet and liquor cabinet.

View the photographic evidence:

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