Can you hear the whistle blow?
That's the sound of the annual Democratic Jefferson-Jackson Dinner chugging this way. The rails it is traveling on are twisted, buckled, just plain warped - yet through sheer tenacity this train is staying on the track. I wouldn't care - but I agreed to help with the program. Which has changed three times in the past 4 days as our first invited keynote speaker (the illustrious Mark Dann) has been asked to resign, our second would put everyone within a mile of the place to sleep, and the third (who is in the same class as the first, but without the proof) has not yet confirmed he'll come. Did I mention the dinner is Thursday evening? You wouldn't think with a pathetic turnout expected the organizer would want much with the program - but so far I have three bios, an extended list of speakers, 65 sponsors, 6 door prize offers, and many many lists of thank-yous. All for a folded 11 x 8.5 sheet of paper. And, really nothing about the program (except the sponsors) has been confirmed. And the only really responsible member of the banquet committee will be out of town as of tomorrow on business. I did mention the dinner is in three days, right? Still plenty of time for a spectacular wreck.
Tuesday, May 06, 2008
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It's certainly going to be an interesting evening! Possibly quite entertaining!
I just hope that this whole situation demonstrates the danger fraught with men of a certain age messing around with emotionally unstable twenty-six year olds. Smack him and say "Dude, is it really worth it?" And smack her and say "Ewwwwwwwwwwww."
Yep, it will be entertaining!
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