May LoserBrunch

Eight is enough! An octet of fearless Losers from Virginia, Maryland and both the North and South sides of Gettysburg enjoyed each other's company as well as good food and service at the Farnsworth House Inn in that historic borough on April 6.

We now depart from our custom of knocking off with the brunches already until August. Because of the later-than-usual Flushies date, and because veteran Invitationalist John O'Byrne, Dublin, will be in town, we will meet again May 4 at the Dubliner in Washington. See here for details.

Stats Updated, Sort Of

As of Week 759, from the Washington Post edition of April 5, 2008. Click here for details.

13th Annual Flushies Announcement

The "Flushies", named for a talking toilet given out at the first Flushies in 1996, is the annual event at which we pause to honor (and by "honor" we mean "attempt to cover in abuse and ridicule") many who have appeared in the Style Invitational in the past contest year.

We will meet to do this on Saturday, May 17, 1-5 p.m., at the Holiday Inn in College Park MD. This is a real social event and no one will necessarily be asked to purchase soap or appliances. Click here to get an idea of what it looked like last year. Full details are here.

The Dueling Losers Band may perform (rope-tricks and poetic readings, perhaps, not necessarily music this year), some notable but reclusive Losers may appear, and we expect the Empress herself to attend and jump out of a rhetorical cake, sort of.

HOW TO GET IN ON THIS EVENT: Couldn't be simpler. Just mail your check for $35pp, made out to Elden Carnahan, to him at 327 Montgomery St., Laurel MD 20707. Include an e-mail address if you are not sure he has it, so he can send out other details as necessary.

April LoserBrunch

Seventeen Losers and four friends (who knew Losers had friends?) showed up for the March Brunch, including first time Brunchers Christopher Lamora, Dan Ramish, and Jim Ward. Wilson Varga received his Inker in person from the Empress. It was especially nice to see Chuck Smith alive and well after his brush with the Grim Reaper (followed by Jennifer's and Russell's fine eulogies).

The April brunch will be a bit of departure, literally. Realizing that there is a vigorous but undernourished Loser community in southern Pennsylvania, we are venturing into the North for the first time in search of Brunch. Details here.

100K Run

At 10:18am Eastern this very day, gopherdrool.com incurred its 100,000rd visitor.

If this was you, contact this office. You may have won some valuable prizes. If you did, we'd like you to share them with us.

Meanwhile, join us as we crack open a bottle of Dom DeLuise.

Flushies Announcement

The 13th Annual Flushies Awards Event is definitely scheduled for Saturday, May 17, 2008, from 1 to 5 p.m. at the Holiday Inn in romantic College Park MD. Much more detail (menus, parking, entertainment options) will be sent out in early March.