GU-3 belonged to the newbies the way GU-1 belonged to, well, us damn it! Message board friends Scott, Keith, Biggles, Joe, and Jim joined the fray, while old lurker Hutch blindsided us with a surprise appearance Saturday night. We were also privileged to meet several new people, including Maria Konrath, Barbara, Tim Broderick, a friend of Paul's who had food poisoning, and some guy named David who eluded our cameras. We were even stopped a couple times by strangers who wanted to take pictures of "F. Paul Wilson's groupies." It was enough to make our heads spin, but not in that pea soup Linda Blair way, just in the "we're having such a good time" way.

Anyway, here are a few pics of the newest GU addicts. See you next year, guys!

Co-Queen Susan is surrounded by newbies Biggles, Scott, and Jim, and appears to be enjoying herself, if you know what I mean.

It's Jim, Tim, Brett, Hutch, and Susan. A delightful mix of old, new, and "Where the hell have you been for the last two years?"

Joe, Some Chick, and Dave hanging out at the impromptu Friday night bash. And yes, Some Chick is actually her birth name. I checked.

Uh oh. Tony can't take having to remember so many new names. He lets out a silent scream of frustration as Maria and Joe Konrath stand oblivious behind him.

Note how Brett is surrounded by newbies. Note how this is the only picture where Brett is not wearing his patented Joker grin. I think you know what I'm getting at here. That's right, Brett has Tourette's Syndrome! Poor Brett.

Scott, Keith, and Biggles close ranks around FPW. Fortunately Mike Hanson still has his wits about him and cleverly averts the GU mutiny (would that be a GUTINY?) by hypnotizing the newbies into submission via his t-shirt.

Scott is interrupted for the 3,445th time as a stealth newbie descends from the corner of the room to assault FPW. Hmm, Effy looks pretty ticked, too. I bet he's saying to her, "No, you cannot sleep with me! Only Lisa and Susan and sometimes Tony are allowed in my bed during GUs!"

You might think this is a picture of Susan, but Biggles thinks it's a picture of his crotch. And he is really offended by it. No wait, he's kidding. No no, he actually meant it. On second thought maybe he is joking after all. Or hungry. He really can't decide, but he does know lawyer stuff and goshdarnit you're going to hear about it until he gets his munchies.