Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2007 18:38:14 -0500
From: "Michael Walsh" <MJW at press.jhu.edu>
To: <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: 90 orbits
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>

> kfl at KeithLynch.net 12/16/07 5:28 PM >>>
>"Michael Walsh" <MJW at press.jhu.edu> wrote:
>> Dec 16th is the 90th birthday of Arthur C. Clarke.
>
>And also the 60th anniversary of the transistor.
>
>And also the 30th anniversary of my arraignment, two days after
>my false arrest.
>
>And also Beethoven's 237th birthday.  As always, I'm playing nothing
>but Beethoven today, and tomorrow I will switch to playing Christmas
>music.

More events for today:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_16

Hmmm ... it's also Philip K. Dick's birthday.

>As far as I'm concerned, the holiday season begins around now.  Not
at
>the beginning of December.  And certainly not before then.  I do my
>small part to keep it in its proper place -- whenever I see a store
>has its Christmas decorations up or is playing Christmas music, if it
>isn't Decemebr or January, I turn right around and leave.

While in London right after Philcon, I noticed that just about every
store on Oxford St, Regent St, around Picadilly, etc etc  had Christmas
windows.  Even Ann Summers.

mjw