Our more observant followers may have wondered what happened between our 12th and 14th meetings. I’m pleased to announce that just in time for Halloween (okay one day late), we have searched the Archives to discover the meeting that was thought to be lost to the great aether. Here then, is the meeting wherein the Gents discuss the walking dead and all things Zombie!
On the Agenda:
1. Introduction of the attending Gents and Opening Toast by Gregory Bass
2. Open Discussion on the topic of Zombies in popular culture
3: Advice from a Gentleman presented by Lee Dunteman: In case of Zombie Apocalypse, make a pact
4: Open Discussion on the topic of what to do if you find yourself in the middle of a Zombie Apocalypse
5: Closing Toast led by Derek Bass
Don your masks, sharpen your fangs, and perfect your impish grin! Halloween is upon us! It’s the time of year when the wall between this world and the next crumbles to dust. Spirits evil and vile will be free to cross over and walk among us. But do not fear. The centuries have proven that these spirits can be fooled. All you must do is make them believe you are one of them. So for one night, become a devil, a demon, a ghost or a goblin – any wicked creature of your imagination – and join us at this nefarious drinking establishment. The LGA is hard at work preparing a host of decorations to transform the Ruby Room into a delightful nightmare. Entertainment shall begin with a never-before-seen burlesque fetish freakshow, Pink Boombox. Then, we shall have a ghoul’s night out with the most devilish band in the land, The Burning of Rome, who will be performing an entire set of songs by The Misfits.
Event Details:
Seedy Soiree
Nighttime, Saturday, October 30th
The Ruby Room, 1271 University Ave, San Diego
Tickets can be purchased at the door for $15 or for $12 in the online presale.
Please let us know your coming on Facebook!
Special Event: Dante’s Divine Comedy in the Arena of Verona. When this poster presented itself to me and my wife yesterday evening, I was intrigued. When I read that this opera would be on stage just one night – that very evening – I immediately understood that all of the obligations, charters, bylaws, codes, and maxims of the gentleman adventurer canon demanded that we attend.*
The Romans built the amphitheater in Verona in 30 AD. Despite the Romans’ best efforts to wreck the place with civil wars; nonstop invasions by Visigoths, Ostrogoths, Byzantines, Lombards, and Charlemagne; and a strictly-enforced anti-bridge policy imposed by the Nazis, the arena is still just as much an amphitheatre now as it was two millennia ago. And wow could the Romans build themselves some sweet amphitheatres.
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Gentleman Jesse makes a triumphant, yet fleeting, return as Sergeant at Arms to discuss the hallowed subject of Barguments.
On the Agenda:
1. Induction of new members to the proud ranks of the League.
2. Open Discussion on the subject of Barguments. Listen in to find conclusive and definitive answers to questions such as “Who would win in a fight between Picard and Kirk?” and “Which is a better superpower, flying or invisibility?”
3. Jesse is surprised.
4. Gentleman Lee delivers a slightly tipsy closing toast to the “speer aventrrrrr,” which we believe translates to the “Spirit of Adventure!”
There may well be a long-lost chapter of the League of Gentlemen Adventurers in Sweden.
Recently a team of adventurers was diving in the Baltic Sea, off the coast of Sweden, and while exploring a shipwreck, they discovered bottles of champagne that are over 200 years old. By far the oldest ever found, and, according to one estimate, worth almost $70,000 each.
Now, that is certainly an adventure, but it’s not why I believe LGA members may have been present. This is why:
The first thing they did when they got back onto the boat was to pop one open and drink it.
Mr. Ekstrom & co., today I raise my glass to you and say, Quam bene vivas refert, non quam diu. You embody the spirit of Gentleman Adventuring.
And, gentle reader, I ask you: were you on that boat, wouldn’t you have done the same?
