So I’m stuck away from home on my birthday, so I thought rather than just sitting in the hotel watching cable I’d do one of my favorite things: chat with GWC friends! If you have the time and would like to join, there’ll be virtual cake, virtual booze, and virtual pantslessness.
Ok, maybe not. But there will be real fun.
Here’s the TalkShoe page for the (unlisted) call:
http://www.talkshoe.com/tc/31972
For those of you new to TalkShoe, it’s really easy. There will be two conversations going on – one via an online text chat and one via voice. To just listen and participate in the text chat, just navigate to the page above and join the call.
But screw that. You want to talk, too, right! 
You can join the voice chat by either plugging a headset into your computer, downloading the TalkShoe Pro (“ShoePhone”) software, and connecting with that option. Or if you have an unlimited long-distance phone plan, you can just dial into the number shown on the screen above. (You can, of course, use Skype-Out to dial the number as well.)
Either way you’ll want to sign up for an account with TalkShoe. It’s free, and once you’ve signed up they’ll give you a special code to enter when you dial in so instead of appearing as “Guest23” or whatever you’ll show up as yourself – much better for participating in the text chat, and everyone can see when it’s you talking. All good things.
Hopefully one of the recent TalkShoe pros will chime in here with some better instructions, but this should at least get you started. If you’re planning to participate, you might want to sign up ahead of time and test out your headphone/etc. beforehand to make sure everything’s working.
See you there tomorrow night (if you can make it)!
Although that is less in US dollars, it kind of translates dollar to dollar in many ways compared to what I’m earning