Weekend Jubilee/Extravaganza At The Union

I'll try and post more about this, but mark it down on your calendars that this weekend (Saturday and Sunday nights) I will holding court at the Indiana Memorial Union hotel (in Bloomington, IN). Numerous fine dignitaries and luminaries will probably come by and pay their respects, and you're all invited, too! We'll even go out and drag back a couple of frosty kegs, if need be. Reuben, consider this your shout-out! Hot chicks are particularly welcome.

Indianapolis Coffee Houses

Linked is a list of Indianapolis-area coffee houses. I'm going to be sharpening this list, down to what I think are truly coffee-houses. If you have any suggestions or corrections, please let me know.

Indianapolis photos

In keeping with the theme of the previous post, here's a site that features Indianapolis photos.

A new Indianapolis website

There's a new website to promote Indianapolis a preferred place to live and work. Don't laugh if you've never been here: Indy's downtown is extremely pleasant: very clean, very easy to traverse, a lot of things to do, very safe. My two cents.

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Post deleted at lawyer's insistence.

Workin' Like A Dog

...but not for "work", per se. I've done a lot of website work the last few days. Buying a laptop was a great idea, it turns out. Put some descriptive 'tags' on my new ASP.NET/C# blog, and some other details. Am picking up the ropes (?!?) on ASP.NET/C#, generally speaking. Tonight, I went to The Abbey, and plugged the laptop in for a couple of hours. Did some work, drank some coffee. I feel satisfied with the results. Didn't socialize with anybody worth a damn, but I wasn't in the right frame of mind for it. As far as babe-sighting goes, I probably need another venue to do it in: The Abbey was a horrendous sausage-fest tonight, and in general it doesn't seem to be a likely place for my preferred aged 28-38 pleasantly white-collar chick demographic, anyway.

Asked a girl out

Hey y'all, I asked out a girl at work today! A nice little Indian chicky, too. Didn't get a definite response (her friends were nearby, which I think made us both nervous). Anyway, I made the move.

Note about Brinkster (and databases)

Brinkster, if you don't know, is a large webhosting company. I have my website posted there. Based on my experience with them, they seem to do a pretty good job. Anyway, I discovered today that to add a record into a hosted Access (or SQL) data table, you type a straightforward Append/Insert query into the site's Database Manager Data Window (not actually called "Data Window", but it's easy to find and understand once you're in the Database Manager), and just leave off the 'FROM' element of the statement:
INSERT INTO Blog ( Title, Post, Name, PostTime )
SELECT "Non Sequitur" AS Expr1, "Women are inscrutable. Arrgh!" AS Expr2, "Ross" AS Expr3, Now() AS Expr4;

Pretty simple! I'd forgotten you could run a query without the 'FROM'. Good to know.

Dear Diary

Dear Diary,

8/19 Saturday Nite; I went to the Abbey again. Finally got a little bold: some college-ish gals were there at a booth, one struck me as pretty (dirty hi-lite blonde locks, clear complexion, green/yellow eyes, healthy Welsh/Anglic nose, bubbly bootee). My Guinevere! After a while, I walked by their table, said "Hey, I noticed you were looking at some books. Here's what you should read...Martin Amis...he's British, any of his stuff("Is it wild, etc.?") "Oh yeah, it's wild partying, his 70's shit is pretty wild, any of his 70s and 80s stuff is great." I gave the bloody book away! Hey, I actually sounded pretty suave there, the gals were impressed (well, WHO does shit like that, free novels?). Great experience; no phone number, but I felt emboldened, and built some mystique with some strangers. I need a supply of giveaway books, awesome tool. I read Warhol used to give away swag, it might work for me. The girl at the counter said green-eyes IS the one of the group she's seen in the joint before. I'll see Guinevere again. I know, you're thinking I'm a bit full of myself. Yes, I am. Screw you if you can't handle it!

Open Stage/Open Mic/Open Mike Nights In Indianapolis!

UPDATED 8/20/2006. CAUTION: much of this information has NOT been verified. You may want to call these places before you try visiting.

Open Stages
Acoustic Music Open Stage
Barley Island Brewing Company
639 Conner St.
Noblesville, IN 46060
(317)770-5280
Sundays at 6 from 6/1/06 through 8/31/06 (OR Wednesday open stage at 9? CONFLICTING INFO)
No Cover Charge

Melody Inn
3826 N. Illinois St.
Indianapolis, IN 46208
(317)923-4707
Monday 9
NOTE: Every Monday unless another show is booked

Thai One On
7508 Beechwood Center Road
Avon, IN 46123
(317)272-1115
Tuesday 9
No Cover Charge

Locals Only
2449 E. 56th St.
Indianapolis, IN 46220
(317)255-4013
Tuesday 9, Wednesday 8
Sunday 7 from 8/1/06 through 9/30/06
No Cover Charge

Tuesday Night Jam
Mo's Loading Dock
1045 N. Senate Ave.
Indianapolis
Tuesday 6-10pm
(317)637-2680

Harley's Tin West
10 W. Hanna Ave.
Indianapolis, IN 46217
(317)788-0922

Doghouse Sports Bar
18 Whittington Drive
Brownsburg, IN 46112
(317)858-1066
Thursday 9
No Cover Charge

Fire in the Dawn
Mickey's Irish Pub
13644 N. Meridian St.
Carmel, IN 46032
(317)573-9746
Friday 9pm

Wordsmiff Fridays
The Lighthouse
5522 E. Fall Creek Parkway North Drive
Indianapolis, IN 46226
(317)460-9548
Friday 7-11 from 5/26/06 through 12/31/08
Price: $5

Trader's Mill Grill & Bar
Wednesday 9-12
5650 W. 86th St.
Indianapolis, IN 46278-1420

Birdys Live
2131 E. 71st St.
Indianapolis, IN 46220
(317) 254-8971
First Monday of the month only

Harolds Steer-In
Sunday 8:30pm-12:30am
5130 E. 10th St.
Indianapolis, In 46219
(317)356-0996
9am to 6pm only.

Monkey's Tale
925 E. Westfield Blvd.
Indianapolis, IN 46220
(317)253-2883
Acoustic Sunday

The Point After
3940 S. Keystone Ave.
Indianapolis, IN 46227
(317)780-8890
Thursday

PS O'Rourkes
6155 E. 86th St, Suite B
Indianapolis, IN 46250
317-594-1200
Castleton(off of 86th street, near Castleton mall)
Wednesday 8-12

Zanies Too
5914 E. 10th St.
Indianapolis, IN 46219
(317)357-6022
Wednesday 8
Sunday Blues Jam 8pm

Hideaway on Hillside
6160 North Hillside Ave
Monday 9, Thursday 10

Rock's Pub
Thursday 8-11
124 S. Girls School Rd.
317-209-8892