Envious...

The 2A Blog Bash in Phoenix is coming up in a few weeks, and the list of attendees is quite impressive indeed. It's a veritable "Who's Who" in the gun blogosphere, from the educational Anarchangel, to the World's Most Dangerous Librarian, all the way to TD, alan, and most of the Gunblogger Conspiracy Crew.

Man, it sure would be sweet to attend...

Many factors contributed to my decision not to attend, the first and foremost being that our impending Disney trip has sucked most of the discretionary income out of the G. budget. The Saturday of the meeting is the yearly fundraising drive for our Cub Scout Pack, and it's generally poor form for the Cubmaster to miss the largest (and only) money-making event; even poorer to attend an NRA/2A event (I'm in MA, remember...) Not to mention Phoenix is a helluva long drive from MA, which would really necessitate me getting on an airplane - both expense and fear being a limiting factor...

But, as the expression goes, excuses are like assholes; everyone's got one, and even your own stinks...

Thinking about my true reasons for not attending, I'm struck by the same sort of apprehension that Breda writes about today. There's a good number of folks on the attendees list I've been reading for years; people whose writing and knowledge I respect and enjoy. Sure, it'd be cool as hell to listen to Kevin Baker pontificate, or to meet Sebastian and Bitter, or find a range somewhere with Cowboy Blob.

Who the hell am I to think I can run with the big dogs?

That is all.