Could someone please explain to me...

[xp_tarot]

Could someone please explain to me why there is always one crazy speaker at a conference no matter what the subject is? The topic sounded perfectly normal, and then the speaker was a crazy Gaia theorist!

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[x-leosamson.livejournal.com]

I feel your pain. I just escaped a 45 minute argument between two of the most insane women I have ever met on the possibility that winged mutants were angels of God in disguise.

I'm using this brief break till my next seminar to watch my brain out with soap.

[x-tarot.livejournal.com]

I really should not complain too much, all of the rest of the speakers were sane and some were quite engaging.

[x-bamf.livejournal.com]

The last time I encountered that viewpoint, it ended with a mob led by my father trying to burn the girl at the stake.

I am glad I was not there to hear that argument.

[x-leosamson.livejournal.com]

For your sake, I'm glad you were not as well. Though to be honest, I'm not sure it would have helped. These two women were of those variety of individuals who paint mutants in the same category as celebrities. One had made mention of a "theory" that mutants were remnants of our old mythological stories come to life--fairies, elves, leprechauns and unicorns, etc.

I doubt they would have regarded you with fear or disdain. Rather, I fear they would have wanted your autograph, requested which manner of elf kingdom you were from and demanded you pose for pictures with them.

I'm still trying to determine how they managed to get in here...

[x-cypher.livejournal.com]

I, by comparison, have the most monotonous Ben Stein-esque speaker at mine. He's driving what could be a very interesting topic (how mutant powers affect the concept of "human-computer interaction") and driving it straight into snore-inducing land.

I should be good and not pipe "Bueller? Bueller?" through the sound system.

[x-tarot.livejournal.com]

Sneak out, leave a mini recorder and come to dinner. I owe Mark all you can eat sushi. He actually found a sushi bar in Germany that is good.

[x-cypher.livejournal.com]

Sneak out of a panel? What would Emma say?

...actually, she probably would have done something embarrassing to this guy for being so staggeringly boring.

I'll meet you in ten minutes.

[x-tarot.livejournal.com]

If you cannot sneak out of that panel without being noticed, I think the phrase goes "You are doing it wrong?"

[x-cynosure.livejournal.com]

If they advertise that they are planning to waste everyone's time up front, then they lose their chance to inflict themselves on a captive audience. Self-preservation should always win over in such cases.