Q&A baby that spells Q&A

One of my unexpected favorite events on the Joco Cruise was the Q&A session. So many unplanned things happened, and thanks to Cernoise's Youtube channel, we can all watch them again and again. She managed to record dozens of unexpected nuggets on this cruise. Go follow her on twitter (@macaronique) and check out her cool blog.

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C'est la vie, C'est la vie, look what you've done to me

I spoke in this post about the question I asked during the Q&A session. I remember being extremely nervous, and that certainly shows in the video below, but what I didn't remember was the couple of laughs I got before scurrying off to my seat.



Video originally posted here.

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Keep Portland weird

We also had an odd experience that all started with this question, where Wil Wheaton talks about saving Dave Foley from an overly familiar fan in Portland. (You can skip to about 4 minutes to hear his story, originally posted here. First half of the answers is here.)



That's Taylor wooing for Portland. It's a good story, and it gave us a chance to cheer for our favorite city, which we love in spite of the hipster quotient (and John Roderick's disdain for it). Meanwhile, our fellow Portland friends Chris and Annie didn't make the Q&A, so they didn't know anything about this.

Two days later, the four of us all swam with sting rays on Grand Cayman, then hiked over to get Caribbean Lobster at a place called The Lobster Pot. While we ate, we talked about the Q&A session, and we mentioned how Wil Wheaton talked about watching fireworks at the waterfront on the Fourth of July. That's as far as we'd gotten when Chris broke in.

"You know what happened on the waterfront on the Fourth of July? We were all watching the fireworks when suddenly our friend sees Dave Foley. He actually invited him back to his house to play Cornhole."

Cue our jaws dropping. We told them the rest of the story, and we all marveled at the coincidence.

Ten minutes later we stopped into a little shop to buy Cuban cigars, and there stood Wil Wheaton himself. So Chris and Annie got to go over the story again with him in person. Wil Wheaton joked about the whole thing, and said, overall, the experience makes a great story, and that's all that matters.

Here's a pic of Chris and Annie being mustached by Paul of Paul and Storm, with Peter Sagal just peeking into the frame on the left.



(Picture by Randal Schwartz, originally posted here.)

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Is it any wonder you are too cool to fool?

Finally, you've heard about the ascension of Famous Tracy during the Q&A session. Here is video of the event.



I like to note how, when faced with the mic and all that attention, I bob and gesticulate wildly; I look like a spooked mare. Meanwhile, Tracy comes right in and owns the room.

This goes to prove you were always famous, Tracy. The rest of us just didn't know it yet.