Here here!

Also we gotta hang out, It's weird I met so many faces at the gathering, but never really had enough time to hang out. Then again I was also dreading that 30 hour drive back home.

Ouch! 30 hours!! The Gathering is an awesome event, Franco puts together a spectacular group of performers, fanatics and the like. The first time I met him was at a tattoo convo in Reading PA where he had me on the bill. I met Harley Newman, Ses Carny, Tyler Fyre, Angelika, and many more for the first time at that one... and I've been e-mailing and board-posting with all of them for so long prior to that. You'll be sure to see me there, Matt... performing the inconceivable!

TGN

Wonderful! By the way, I'm on the bill too this year and I was just wondering if Franco happened to mention to you who else was going to be performing? (He hasn't to me but I'm always curious).

By the way! I just got an email from Dan Meyer this morning and Guinness made it official that the Big Swallow in 2002 was a world record for the "Most people sword swallowing simultaneously"! I just thought that since many of those following this string are probably sideshow buffs that they might be interested.

By the way, FacadeTheStiltBoy... 30 hours?!?! ***, now that's dedication!

Yeah I rode up with my mentor Crispy from the Crispy Family Carnival, they came up from Denver, slept over at my place for a bit while I wired up the hitch carrier on his truck and drove like hell to get to the gathering. (**** road construction and low speed limits).

(they are about another 500 miles west of me (8 hours)

Crispy is a great guy. I haven't seen him in about a year though (I hear that he finally got down sword swallowing! He was working at it a hell of a long time and I was glad to hear that it finally happened for him). Next time you talk to him do me a favor and tell him that I said hello.