Of Douglas Adams and Oyster and Champagne Extravaganzas

Just sent the following to about 30 people at the firm, with full knowledge that it will be just myself and Inch in attendance. Still, nothing says tradition like a "First Annual".

"This must be Thursday", as Arthur Dent so memorably said in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. "I never could get the hang of Thursdays."

Other exciting events are happening tonight. Syracuse University hosts the Ole Fanger Memorial Celebration this afternoon. The Los Angeles Forum of Architecture and Urban Design and Surface magazine are celebrating the publication of DOMUS (I kid you not) 1928-1999, Volumes 1-12 this evening in Beverley Hills. John Nichols is presenting "The Genius of Impeachment" tonight in Brattleboro, Vermont. The 27th Annual Winter Solstice Celebration begins at The Cathedral of St. John the Divine in Harlem. And in Scottsdale, Arizona, the Ostrovsky Fine Art museum is putting on a show entitled simply "Victor In Black & White".

It is probably too late for us to make any of these appointments. But it has been proposed that, in Stayner's Wharf fashion, we celebrate a First Annual Second Last Thursday Before Christmas Douglas Adams Oyster and Champagne Extravaganza. So Little Fish it is, at 4PM onward.

Any takers should advise as to other worldwide events occurring today for commemoration (my list being admittedly US-centric) and confirm participation. Unless, of course, you remain under your target billables for the year. In that case, we only ask you be discrete.

The Management