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They definitely knew you were there. They got you.

Johnscalzi Johnscalzi Johnscalzi ... . . .... Ok, you're not beetljuice

I've been trained by State Farm commercials to expect things like this.

I would have jumped so high, I would've literally not been able to land on my own feet.

"like a good neighbor, Scalzi is there..."

It was probably a rep from the GSV Mind How You Viaduct.

This is the correct joke.

The matter displacer had a tiny tiny chance of error, which is why Banks preferred to use the ... no, you are right, he used the matter displacer.

Entertained by the idea of manifesting a person out of thin air by speaking their name, but also they were having a nap so they appear groggily looking around in a nearby chair

What are the odds?! Pretty close to 1:1 for you, now and again. Pretty close to extremely long for the other guy 😂

you need to sacrifice a burrito.

This is a fantastic story, John.

He said Scalzi 3 times?

I was in a hospital lobby, just reading stuff on my iPad. Some people a few rows over were talking loudly and said "God's going to get you for that." I calmly put my iPad down, looked them in their eyes, said "Nah, I'm okay with that," and resumed my iPad work. They skulked off rather quickly.

I passed a guy sitting alone on a laptop in LAX and went "you look a lot like Cory Doctorow" and he said "I am Cory Doctorow" and I went "Cool" and gave him a thumbs up, and then left him alone.

Everyone knows if you say SCLAZI three times aloud you’ll appear and give a withering stare.

Two surprises for me were 1) meeting Tom Power from CBC radio (his show is called Q). He was just as open, interesting, and genuine in person as he was on his show. 2) Meeting Tom Wilson from Blackie and the Rodeo Kings and part of his family. Open, welcoming, and down to earth. Great people.

This rules

I would have lost my shit

In his lounge at the airport dread Scalzi waits dreaming

I sat next to one of the news anchors on my local network on a flight home from somewhere and I kept thinking "I know I know that guy," but it just did not click until FINALLY someone else came up and said, "Are you?" and I hope he was amused instead of offended.

Rowan Atkinson tells a story about a guy telling him he looked JUST LIKE the guy who plays Mr. Bean. Atkinson said, “well, actually I am the guy who plays Mr. Bean.” The guy responds with “and you’re funny like him, too.” Dude refused to believe he was Rowan Atkinson.

I wish I could do that because there are some authors I'd very much like to have a word with.

www.facebook.com/watch/?v=734...

"WHO AWAKENS ME FROM MY SLUMBER?" "Steve, Mr. Scalzi." "THANK YOU FOR RECOMMENDING MY BOOK, STEVE. EVERY LITTLE BIT HELPS."

A missed opportunity to run a teleportation prank.

And now I'm thinking about, "...that's funny, because I happen to have Mr. McLuhan right here..." 😏 youtu.be/sXJ8tKRlW3E?...

(And it was at a Nebula thing, there was no excuse! *blush*)

I definitely startled the shit out of a podcaster I like once, when I recognized him and asked if he would take a picture with me on a completely not-podcast-related boat tour where I spotted him. (He was very (pleasantly!) confused and very nice about it.)

I nervous laughed here. Absolutely weird to be in both places!

I was at SFO, waiting for a connector, watching Breaking Bad on my tablet when someone came up behind me, grabbed my shoulders and said, "That's the best damn show ever!" When I turned to see who it was, It was Brian Cranston, he waved at me and walked on.

Immediately what I thought of - that scene from Annie Hall.

Speak of the Devil...

I like to think that my response would be:"I'm not sure I can trust your answer on this but am I hallucinating?". When in fact it would probably be "Holy Shit it's John Scalzi. I love your work and how is that private campground thing working out?"

This is not the time or the place but I have spent about 450 hours of my life researching the ins and outs of Portia spiders and its all your fault.

“I will grant you three sentences.”

I ran into a former coworker at a glacier in Iceland

I have run into folks I did marching band with in both Monet's garden and the Piazza Navona.

Did Jon then take you to the hidden restaurant in the airport with the most amazing dumplings, where he swears he has never before beeen but all the staff treat him like family and serve you in the kitchen while conversing in a language that none of you share?

I was on the TGV to Paris with my very young colleague on her first trip. She squealed, jumped up and approached an elderly, handsome man across from us. "are you Boutros Boutros-Ghali?" "yes, I am. And you are?" Niche Geneva Fandom, but she was EXTRA cute and I bet he had a little moment..

I was walking down high st in Columbus once before a concert and someone approached us when I wasn’t really looking and ask if we were looking for him… the him.. Weird Al. He saw our “We want Al” sign all of our friends signed to give him. Ended up having lunch with him. Great guy for sure

Bonus points for meeting the Ben or Jerry analogue in line to get ice cream.

What to say? Everything seemed wrong. " Well. I thought you were a good president" did not ring right. I just scuttled silently by.

"Speak of the Devil"... as they say. ;)

If it was going to happen anywhere at any time, an airport lounge in the middle of your nap would be it.