DiscourseMarker and I just drove 1300 miles¹ so we could be with you for our usual Geeks Who Drink trivia Thing, Monday night at Tommy Doyle's. [more inside]

RMH DINNER: We had a great time cooking dinner for people at the Hyde Park Ronald McDonald House so we're doing it again. It's like a potluck that we all make together at their kitchen, and also feed families of sick kids. [more inside]

We can't let National Barbecue Month pass by uncelebrated, can we? [more inside]

Eric Idle of Monty Python fame will deliver the commencement address at Whitman College on Sunday, May 19, 11AM. [more inside]

Break out your mask, strap on your dancing shoes, and go directly to jail for the best dance party in the city. [more inside]

Doctor Who's Series 7 Finale airs this Saturday, at 8pm. And we're pleased as punch to be able to watch it the Jersey City residence of oh yeah!, dedicated mefite and whovian. Folks can start coming over around 5 just to hang out, maybe watch some classic Doctor Who or whatever folks suggest - the episode starts at 8pm, so aim to arrive around 7:30 for that if possible. [more inside]

My band Red On Strike is doing a benefit show for the Surfrider Foundation this Saturday with Channel 3 and a ton of punk rock bands. It's an all day, all ages event for a good cause, and there's bowling too! [more inside]

Eurovision Finals Screening and Cheese Contest
Saturday, May 18th
Doors at 11:30am; contest begins at 12 noon
Betalevel (if you haven't been, read the directions)
FREE
[more inside]

The Bowie exhibition at the V&A will be an awesome meetup. Museum, then pub, then food. [more inside]

For people who want to meet for a drink before and/or after the Bowie exhibition at the V&A. I know not everyone was able to get a ticket for the exhibition, but we'd love to see you at the pub. [more inside]

As of now, Thursday is looking to be rainy (c'mon May, get it together). How about the newish The Hollow Nickel on Atlantic? Close to all your favorite public transit lines. Update: Now that this is moved up a week, who knows what the weather will be. We can update it to an outdoor place if it looks like it'll be nice.

Metafilter lunch by PSU on Thursday, May 16th. [more inside]

JTTEOTN 2013 - it's a giant game of tag (for grown ups) across the city. I will be running a checkpoint. You should come play!

Our May meetup will be Saturday the 11th. Bring your games, snacks and/or drinks. Please post in the thread what you're bringing so others can make sure they don't bring the same thing, and/or so they can drool over the thought of homemade cookies. March's board game meetup lasted 9 hours, and April's lasted 8, so feel free to come over even if you can't make it for the first hour or three. [more inside]

Hey, NYC. Mr. Mustachio and I will be there from May 6th - May 12th and I would very much like to meet you, because you are some of my favorites and are clearly awesome. We're totally on vacation, so the time is flexible, and the place, to a certain extent, though we will be transit dependent. Also, we are very good at getting lost, so we might need help finding you. a big meetup would be fun, but if anyone wants to take us on a field trip or two, that would be fun, too.

I teach a class at NYU about generative, procedural and conceptual writing. This is the final performance event for the class. It's a poetry reading where computer programs generated all of the poems. More information and poster here. [more inside]

Adobe Max is coming, in LA this year. Are you going? If so, do you want to have a brief meetup or just general hang-out at the Max Bash? I'm not a big Black Keys fan, but meeting with people of similar bent would be good.