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September 29, 2005

in the immortal words of keith jackson…

whoa nellie!

if you’re wanting to stay at the marriot town center in redmond for next year’s smb nation, you best get on the phone right fracking now!

9 rooms left, as of 5 minutes ago.

oh yeah…i booked for sept. 7 through 11. also booked the 6th, but it was at their regular $229 a night (!?!?) rate.

hopefully tanw can pull a rabbit out of her hat on that one.

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6 comments »

  1. Hopefully I should see you there or else I’ll have a room reservation to flog for some lucky attendee!

    comment by Susanne — September 29, 2005 @ 5:48 am

  2. you better be there!

    who else will we get to tell jokes?

    comment by happyfunboy — September 29, 2005 @ 10:07 pm

  3. You really saved my butt. I scrolled through your blog and as I saw the number I figured it may as well be too little too late…

    … but just called them a second ago and confirmed it for next year. 7-11 here as well so at least I’ll have someone to talk to.

    comment by Vlad — October 2, 2005 @ 10:32 pm

  4. glad to help, vlad!

    i figure they might have some cancellations over time…but no way i was gonna take that chance.

    i actually booked 6 until 12 too (full price tho on the first and last days), just in case there is some pre- or post- conference stuff announced later.

    comment by happyfunboy — October 2, 2005 @ 10:37 pm

  5. I just don’t know if I’ll be willing to spend that much time in Redmond next year. Planning to run the Disneyland half-marathon next year which I believe is that week so till Microsoft starts paying the Disney salary they can kiss my …
    ;)

    comment by Vlad — October 2, 2005 @ 10:58 pm

  6. c’mon man.
    don’t hold back…tell us how you really feel.
    ;)

    comment by happyfunboy — October 2, 2005 @ 11:09 pm

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