Second Annual Second Last Thursday Before Christmas Douglas Adams Oyster and Champagne Extravaganza

Crazy how a year passes by - some moments as memorable as "yesterday night" (as Laura would say) and others as faint as if they occurred in another age absolutely. Yet here we are again, the second last Thursday before Christmas, and marvelously we have a chance to elevate a passing idea of late 2006 into a truly "annual" event.

For what is more enjoyable, truly, than an oyster? And why not send it gloriously down the hatch with a bit of bubbly, at that? It seemed a good idea on a random Thursday last year, and seems so again tonight. Or as AI emailed earlier:

Do you have… a photo of us with Sue U? Please send it, if you do.
And now see I that this mail dost rhyme, I must continue and not lose time.
For the day has come, and tonight we’ll swallow,
Oysters, yes oysters, in our tummies they’ll wallow.

Indeed. Last year I perused the Internet for other events happening this night, those that could not be attended. On this fair December 13 of our year 2007 , people shall be doing as follows:

Earlier today, the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources at the University of Maryland hosted "Winning the Game Post-Harvest Workshop" - The newest edition of this grain marketing series will help take the challenges out of your post harvest marketing questions, from 9:00 am - 1:00 pm in the Princess Anne Extension Office. At UCBerkely, you could attend "To Tree or Not to Tree: Phylogeny and Microbial Community Comparisons Seminar from 4-5 p.m. in Evans Hall. Tonight at the University of Texas at Austin you can hear Danny Schmidt at the Cactus Cafe (which description notes "Times approximate - this is live music.") The SCC Democratic Club in Silicon Valley is hosting an event featuring Jerry McNerney at Marianai's in Santa Clara. And perhaps most excellently, beeradvocate.com has a list of the following Beer Events & Festivals" for December 13, 2007 - (1) A night with CBC brewmaster Eric Bean - Columbus, Ohio; (2) Belgian Beer Tasting - Westlake Village, California; (3) Blue Point Brewery Tasting - Providence, Rhode Island; (4) Brewery Night & Release Party with Lakefront Brewery - Franklin, Wisconsin; (5) Cask Tapping - Spinnerstown, Pennsylvania; (6) December Monthly Taste Beering! O’Fallons, Kansas City, Missouri; (7) He'Brew Tasting w/ Jeremy Cowan - Newton, Massachusetts; (8) Pisgah Tasting @ Bruisin' Ales, Asheville - Asheville, North Carolina; (9) Seven Deadly Sins Beers: LUST Release - Anchorage, Alaska; (10) The Twelve Days of Barleywine - Anchorage, Alaska; (11) Troegs Mad Elf Night - Allentown, Pennsylvania.

So many paths, so many choices, so many lives, isn't there?

I have also just noted the release of a decision in which the "Loquacious Compendium Society" has been granted a liquor license in Tatamagouche for "Fables - A Literary Pub". Sounds like a road trip waiting to happen. And something to spur the dabbling would-be Oyster Schmoyster board into action? As Ozan the Turk so bluntly and poetically said once, "Time will show." Can't wait. In the mean time, it's off to see about some oysters!