I was drinking scotch and milk with a sliver of ice.

December meeting was awesome thanks to our gracious host, the arrival of our real glasses, and the appearance of our newest associate member. Welcome, Lindsay. Hell yeah.

It was festive and I think everyone enjoyed reading through Carver's story more than the Poe story, and it definitely generated more discussion in issues of race, gender, finance, the economy, and added a bit of suspense to our reading. Thanks for the delicious Glenfiddich Scotch from Steve P.

Hope that everyone has a great holiday break, and can't wait til our first meeting of 2010.

The Vote is In- BIG NEWS

Based on your votes, our winning scotch glass is the English Highball (or pick #2). The order has been placed, and the highballs may just be getting etched with our club's name as we speak. Hopefully by next meeting we'll have glasses to clink, so wear your cuff links and practice your classy laugh- we're rolling now.

December '09 Meeting

Thanks to Xi for selecting the following stories for our December meeting:

1. Story by Raymond Carver:
Vitamins
2. Story by Edgar Allen Poe:
The Angel of the Odd

Read up so we can drink up on the 16th!

The 4-Year Old Liked Thanksgiving

Hope that everyone got their fill of relaxing and drinking things other than scotch over Thanksgiving. The first meeting of the Scotch and Short Stories club was a hit. Thanks for the Black Label, Josh. Steve P. thanks for starting us off right with the stories.

Looking forward to the next meeting. We have the following laid out so far:
Place- Xi's
Story selection- Xi's
Scotch selection- Steve P.'s
Snacks- everybody
Date- Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Time- 8PM

The story will be emailed out ASAP!

First Meeting This Wednesday

We'll go over a funny selection of stories by Ross Murray, selected by our first official member, Steve. Hope everyone enjoyed reading them! Josh and I are bringing the Scotch to this one, and snacks will be served.

Everyone should come with ideas for story selections for future meetings. See you Wednesday.

Stories by Ross Murray:
The 4-year old enters anger management
The 4-year old finds religion
The 4-year old is busted for a DWI
The 4-year old on a blind date
The 4-year old's workday

Ladies and Gentlemen, We Are a Club

First meeting will be held on 18th November 09. The details and short story selection are in your email. Get ready, and stay classy.

Put a pipe in your mouth and wear your blazer with the elbow patches.

Scotch and Short Stories is an idea that we threw around for a couple years, and it's about time we got things started. Heard it is going to be a cold one in DC, and it seems like a nice idea to keep us warm. The club should meet once a month. The location and scotch selection should rotate through the members, and the short story selection in the beginning will come from here because there are so many to pick from: Fifty-Two Stories. We'll all read the story in advance of the meeting, and discuss it while we sip scotch. Who's in?