I'll be making a preliminary report to The Hobbit about expected guests for our SOLO dinner post-Linz's speech and the PARC booksigning at Borders Books, so any last-minute arrangements for joining us on this glorious evening should probably be given consideration about now.

After the speech, both Linz and James Valliant will join us for dinner, and, though a total of 16 can be seated, there are still a few seats available at the table.

Online bygones can be bygones for a chance for face-to-face engagement and mutual enjoyment in a civilized setting. With a six-course meal fit for a hobbit, a cellar of thousands of wines, a balcony on which to smoke cigars, and an occasion on which to celebrate Ayn Rand, as she can now be appreciated after so many years of unjust calumnies that went unopposed prior to the publication of James Valliant's book, this is a night to remember.

Join us for a refreshing alternative to dining with the Brandens down the road. Won't you?

Hope to see you there and to raise a glass with you across the table... (but email me quick to dib the last few seats!)

This thread does not met comunity strandards.

--Brandt

Is that a sword fish I smell or are you happy to see me?

www.adambuker.com

I'm with ya all the way. And I'm not just fishing for compliments!

Ross, I thought merging and thrusting and eating is what you guys were already talking about...

Well, not doing it solo, of course. You brought that up.

Ash is right on the, ahem, button.

The well-rounded heterosexual male *adores* fish. As a gourmet, I can testify that there's nothing better than preparing a delicate fillet and then drenching it in sauce.

LP, maybe we should be done with it and simply merge SOLO Thrust & SOLO Food

Must... keep... straight... face.

---Landon

Inking is sexy.

http://www.angelfire.com/comics/wickedlakes

I love fish. It is tender, delicate, nuanced, and you can enjoy it day and night. It definitely requires close attention to color, moistness, and what tools you use with it, but I enjoy eating things I have to work to prepare.
I like beef, too. Those first few bites are delicious, it just seems like it's gone too quickly. Often I find that fish and a vegetable make for a more satisfying evening.

You're a disgrace!

And you know with the beef there are always seconds! Even thirds. All-night snacks, indeed, if you find the right animal.

So pull yourself together woman!

Probably right, just I saw a lot of things that could have a double meaning in that post.

Fish, beef, preparation and tools. But taken literally it still seems pretty benign.

---Landon

Inking is sexy.

http://www.angelfire.com/comics/wickedlakes

"Was there as much double entdre in that post as I thought or am I just reading waaaaaaaaay too much in?"

Huh? Wha? I don't know what you're getting at. She's talking about how fish fits into a well-rounded diet. I don't know what you're reading into it. Looked pretty straight-forward.

Was there as much double entdre in that post as I thought or am I just reading waaaaaaaaay too much in?

---Landon

Inking is sexy.

http://www.angelfire.com/comics/wickedlakes

I love fish. It is tender, delicate, nuanced, and you can enjoy it day and night. It definitely requires close attention to color, moistness, and what tools you use with it, but I enjoy eating things I have to work to prepare.

I like beef, too. Those first few bites are delicious, it just seems like it's gone too quickly. Often I find that fish and a vegetable make for a more satisfying evening.

Ross E:
"If I wanted fish I'd be heterosexual."

Ladies, defend yourselves! Lesbian ladies especially!!

Seconded.

Go Lindsay Go!

(promise kept)

James Valliant will be signing "The Passion of Ayn Rand's Critics," the book that has caused all this trouble, and Linz will be speaking at the event with James, right down the road from the TOC summer seminar at Borders Books.

You may come, I suppose, if you tell me...unless someone tells me not to...and if you don't mind possible people you don't like in the audience. But you would have to promise not to picket me and to try your level best to only ask reasonably intelligent questions in the Q&A. U might want to keep 'em on the topic too...

I should think I'd be lynched. And even if I survived the lynch mob, the requirement of asking only intelligent questions would pose an insuperable barrier to my attending. But thanks anyway.

> And here I was thinking you'd invite *me*!! [Linz]

You may come, I suppose, if you tell me...unless someone tells me not to...and if you don't mind possible people you don't like in the audience. But you would have to promise not to picket me and to try your level best to only ask reasonably intelligent questions in the Q&A. U might want to keep 'em on the topic too...

We're there, dude.

Never mind, Craig. I'll invite ya. Me and the boys are having a GPU reunion in Bolivia on Stalin's birthday. Bring some vodka!

I guess I need to borrow some of your Kiwi charm: Barbara hasn't invited me anywhere. My ties to the GPU, maybe?

Jeff, as a TOC Summer Seminar lecturer, I'm allowed to invite guests to either of my two lectures. So, check the website (Heroes and Role Models, Ancient Greece ), decide which one,...and email me (you have my home email) if you want to come!

And here I was thinking you'd invite *me*!!

But don't worry. Barbara already invited me to hers.

I am sorry for the interuption, but what book will the leader be signing? Have I missed something?

Pardon the ignorance.

I will can be in L.A. then and hope to "Meet" the leader then.

gw

I am coming to L.A.

Can't wait to meet you in person!

gw

> I'll be in L.A. that week.

Jeff, as a TOC Summer Seminar lecturer, I'm allowed to invite guests to either of my two lectures. So, check the website (Heroes and Role Models, Ancient Greece ), decide which one,...and email me (you have my home email) if you want to come!

If anyone else lives in L.A./Orange Country and wants to hear my lecture for free, Solomail me and I'll add you to my guestlist. I'll email back any directions that are not on the website if you do it soon (even if you and I have crossed swords on these boards, support ARI*, no problem...you can come and see if TOCers have horns - I have to warn you that my talk will not be the largest because I am up against stiff competition in each time slot.)

*I promise to supply you with a chador and if you bribe me not send an email to ARI that you attended and sat within fifteen feet of TOC people.

"If I wanted fish I'd be heterosexual."

Ladies, defend yourselves! Lesbian ladies especially!!

Wish I could make it, but there is just no chance.
Drink some wine for me!

"Personally I'm delighted to see this establishment's emphasis on real food. If I detect so much as a whiff of fish (or a vegetable), Casey knows I'll shoot him."

Hear, hear!

"If I wanted fish I'd be heterosexual."

Oy, vey.

(You realize this means war...)

("To the Revolution!")

These Objectivists are crazy!

Imagine the waiter's respectful inquiry, "And how would you like your Riggenbach, Sir?"

Personally I'm delighted to see this establishment's emphasis on real food. If I detect so much as a whiff of fish (or a vegetable), Casey knows I'll shoot him. If I wanted fish I'd be heterosexual.

Linz

Maybe he thought they were going to roast him.

(Someone stop me).

Give me beef any time over fishies and birdies. The main dish for the evening is Medallion of Veal with Calvados Demi-Glace. However, fish or fowl are always available as alternatives. And between courses guests are encouraged to stroll through the other rooms, balconies, etc. No sitting straight through. That would be beastly. There is a cigar lounge, as well. And yes, there is a full bar, with plenty of wonderful drafts of ale and beer. This is, after all, The Hobbit!

Just click on the "About Us" link on their website for an idea of what the restaurant serves. Since we will be skipping the champagne and hors d'oeuvres course (which starts at 7:30) and going straight to the main course at 8:00 and the following courses after that, the entire evening will span 3 hours.

It's seems fishy to me. I smell fowl. I think Jeff chickened out.

Brownbagit!

--Brant

When I wrote Jason privately a couple of weeks ago to ask whether he thought I'd be ejected bodily from such a dinner if I showed up for it, he was kind enough to speculate that actually there might be at least a handful of people there who'd be interested in meeting me.

So I thought I might join the group, since I'll be in L.A. that week.

Then I did a little online research on The Hobbit.

Alas! The place is characterized as offering "Continental" and "French" cuisine -- the types of cuisine I regard as the least interesting and least appetizing on the face of the Earth. A list of forthcoming entrees at the restaurant's website features "filet mignon," "beef wellington," "veal," "New York steak," "rack of lamb," and similar inedible or barely edible substances. It's as though fish and fowl scarcely existed. And while there's much blathering about spoiled grape juice, there's nary a word on any of the world-class ales brewed along the West Coast of the United States. One suspects that anyone entering The Hobbit in search of a truly fine beer would be presented with such swill as Budweiser and Miller. For this one is expected to shell out $80-$100? And one is expected to tolerate having the entire mess divided into many courses and "served at a leisurely pace," so that "dinner lasts all evening long," and by the end of the evening, one is so stiff from sitting in the same hard chair for hours that one can barely move? What a treat!

I'm afraid I'll dine that evening on first rate seafood and drink my fill of the delicious stout at the Belmont Brewing Company in Long Beach.

JR