SANE Winter Solstice Celebration

You'd better watch out;

better conserve your natural eye water;

better maintain a positive mental attitude;

I'm telling you why:

Mother Earth is bringing the Winter Solstice to town. Etc.

This year we're going to celebrate all that SANE means to us in the coming cyclical planetary revolution by doing what we have proven we can do very well: prepare and consume food. The evening will be hosted by St. Mary and Father Phil of the Alphabet Streets, and the date/time is:

Tuesday, December 13, 7:00ish to wheneverish (noting that it is a school night)

Please write back to me to tell me what you wanna bring to the event, foodwise. And how many will attend. If we have too many similar items, I might push back with "Hey, we needa"s.

A question of gifting & entertainment has come up: have we run the gamut of Yankee (etc.) Swappage? Are we merely circulating the old same unwantables? If we dare opt to NOT swap this year, do we need some organized entertainment to otherwise amuse ourselves with, and if we do, what form might that take? I leave these questions open, and do not offer my usual list of semi-related drivel, for fear it will be mistaken for real suggestions!

Please feel free to wade in on this issue, and soon, so we can alert the troops should any preparations be required. I don't want to spark a flood of "Reply All" emails, either - if folks want to email me with your thoughts (be sure to fuzz out the naughty bits), and I could condense them (say, by Wednesday) and send out a short-form for final reviewment.