I've met a whole bunch of crazy apostates in person at an apostafest in Dallas a couple of years ago: Elsewhere, Valis, FMZ, Rabbit, Hemplover, sixofnine, Badger, Xena, LittleToe, and so many others. They were all really nice, normal people, umm, mostly anyway!
Country Girl was my roomie at the hotel during that fest, and I know her from when I was a kid. As awesome as she is on this forum, you really need to meet her face to face to appreciate what an amazing person she is- compassionate, fiercely loyal, frighteningly intelligent. A force to be reckoned with. Very cool to have re-connected with her on this forum.