I totally agree with all your points... While it would be awesome to connect with these people I only know through a screen (and may or may not know I exist), the sheer amount of estrogen in the building may overwhelm me. Since the girls' high school youth group retreats, I've used the line "Large groups of girls scare me" and avoided large all-female gatherings. (This fact might have influenced why I went into computer programming... Not many women in my office.) I don't do fashion or high-heels or make-up or small talk, and feel terribly awkward when I'm around a bunch of women who do.

So, anyway, BlogHer was so close to home this year, but I may have gotten there &amp; panicked, or hidden in a corner. As it is, I'll hopefully get together with blogging friends closer to home this weekend, in a smaller, more manageable group. :-) I'll go to BlogIndiana this year &amp; work myself up to BlogHer some other year. Until then, I'll just keep enjoying writing on my humble, small-time blog.