The Mandelbrot Empire Returns to Dallas

Not only was I able to be in the presence of Lerxst this weekend, but Roger Hayes graced us with his presence as well. I am not really sure why he keeps returning to Dallas once a month except for Match.com dates, but his company is always fun. Roger and Lerxst are the President and CFO respectively of Mandelbrot LLC., a venture capital company they created to do God knows what. Nude modeling? Tax lien investments? You can never know what the two of them have in those crazy little minds of theirs. But, they are having a board meeting in Las Vegas next weekend so I might need to find out I can procure my spot on the board.

Anyway, Mandelbrot LLC and the rest of the gang met up at another one of our old spots in downtown which used to be called Metropolitan but now has an Irish name. Here are the pics of the gang:

Funny conversations of the evening:

1. Roger Hayes decided to give a long overdue wedding gift to a couple in the group. The gift consisted of the new Tucker Max book of stories along with a card containing some cash in it. Apparently when Roger had driven down from Atlanta to attend their wedding, he ran out of cash and as usual, his ATM card did not work. So, Roger opened the gift and spent the money. He then decided to not give them a gift at the wedding as there was no money to give. So, now about 5 months later, he is finally able to replete the cash in the card and decided to formally give them the gift, complete with a resealed envelope (he made no point of hiding the fact that he had opened the card)!

2. For those of you that don't know, Tucker Max is a hilarious website that chronicles the drinking and sexual adventures of Tucker himself. Robin Leach had never been introduced to Tucker, so Roger was quick to catch him up on some of the more infamous Tucker postings like the Sushi Pants story. Log on to Tucker Max and read how Tucker had a crazy drunken adventure in New Orleans as well as waking up without his pants the next morning. Now, Robin Leach spends hours each day reading about Tucker. Roger, are you trying to ruin my relationship???

3. It seems that whenever this group is together, the topic of Fat Man (aka Mr. Ex-Football player in the entry of my dating disasters) is mentioned. We were all out once when Fat Man proceeded to tell us about a recent trip to Cuba where he paid for young prostitutes and bought them perfume. Apparently, these small tokens of his appreciation brought "tears to their eyes". What a disgusting thought imagining Fat Man with some young girl! We could laugh for hours telling Fat Man stories!

The drink of the evening was a little concoction I discovered when I was trying to get over Karate Man. I told one of the bartenders once to make a drink that would "make me happy". The result was the Strawberry Cosmopolitan, complete with fresh strawberries floating on top. Thank goodness Lerxst was picking up the tab!

And finally, the picture of the evening. Does Roger Hayes look crazy or what? (please leave a comment and let me know what you think)