After the last panel finished and Glenn Reynolds made his closing remarks, I meandered over to the bar across the street from the Belmont campus and joined another sort of session in progress...

Sittting to my right were Sean Hackbarth and Blake Wylie:

Here's the view to my left:

Front left is Henry Copeland chatting with the distinguished John J. Hooker, who's thinking of starting a blog. At the next table are Stan Brown, Chris Muir, Eric Janssen, and John Cox. The latter was gladly sketching anyone who sat at the end of the table -- which kept me a respectful (?) distance away!

I had a nice talk with Mr. Hooker, and I just couldn't resist telling him that he looked every inch the courtly Southern senator from central casting. To my surprise, he told me that he had played a southern senator in the movie Reds, and had just been talking with his old friend Warren Beatty about Beatty's new blogging venture. Obsessive compulsive type that I am, I did a little checking and sure enough, Mr. Hooker did play Senator Overman in the movie Reds starring Warren Beatty!

I'm trying (without much success) to figure out what the difference is between a senator and an actor who played a senator. I suspect the latter is more honest than the former.

Speaking of appearances, Sean Hackbarth links to this media whitewash:

If the attendees at BlogNashville are any indication, bloggers are very white, very male and very bad at dressing themselves.

But since when is there a blogger dress code anyway? First they said bloggers were in pajamas, and I don't own a pair. Now it's bad dressing?

What would they have us wear?

Regarding other personal characteristics, yes I'm white, and I'm also male but what is this "very" business? Please. I think it's very tired.

Later last night I went to my last blog related event, and here's a picture taken after La Shawn Barber's lovely dinner.

All very male, very white, very bad dressers. Without exception!

MORE: I almost forgot about Trey Jackson -- yet another blogger wearing a suit!