A 4 O'clock Club Christmas

The 4 O'clock Club--a.k.a. the Southbounders--held its December meeting today at the Acoustic Coffeehouse. All were present--Dennis, John, Joe, Sam, Bo and I. We weren't the Southbounders at this meeting, however, as the Acoustic now has 1554 on tap. We did away with three pitchers and a plat of nachos Sam bought. (Dennis also had a quesadilla, and Bo and Joe each had a reuben.)


Although the meeting began with some funny-but-difficult-to-hear stories about things that come out of our bodies--kidney stones, in this case--the conversation switched to better stuff. We had some good laughs, as usual.


Once again this year John shamed and pleased us all with his generosity and forethought. Last year he gave us all the wonderfully handy 1G jumpdrive built into a bottle opener. This year his gift was perhaps less handy but more sentimental. He gave us a tree ornament (pictured here with a candle my wife was trying out). As you can see, the bottom of the tree reads, "4 O'clock Club." The star at the top reads, "2008." All around the tree are bears wearing Santa hats. And on the white band of each hat, a name: "Dennis," "Sam," "Joe," "Michael," "Bo" and "John."


Thanks, John!