Klarinet Archive - Posting 000254.txt from 2005/12

From: "Don" <dhatfield@-----.org>
Subj: Re: [kl] Grateful to be back on the list
Date: Sat, 31 Dec 2005 17:43:16 -0500

> Happy New Year, everyone! Kevin and I plan to stay home and swill an
> entire bottle of sparkling cran-apple juice. Last year, we thought we'd
> try drinking actual booze, but we forgot. This year, we do want to see if
> we can stay awake until midnight. We figure if we can make it past 10
> p.m., then Shadow Cat will keep us awake the rest of the time by climbing
> all over us and ranting at us to go to bed. I plan to keep myself awake
> this evening with the usual New Year's ritual of oiling the wooden
> clarinets. Maybe the clarinets will keep Shadow Cat at bay....
>
> Lelia Loban

Happy New Year all!

Somehow I read this and keep thinking there's a pun in there somewhere about
the cat getting oiled on New Year's eve, but I know Shadow Cat likely won't
get too close to any work being done to a screech stick.

Don Hatfield

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