And speaking of Anarchists

BD made another appearance, and drew the usual large, adoring crowd, at this year's (relatively late) summer outing. He's got quite a following. (AJG was escorted by PM's wife J, who tried at times to pass herself off as SG).

SM and HD were not there. Both had "prior commitments". TS didn't make it either - something about a baby shower to go to. Whatev.

The food was good, the ice cream great. (Though they should hire an operations consultant to optimize traffic flow next time).

There was no speech this year, and no freebies. RG modeled another of his fantastically acerbic T-shirts. VS made it back from India, and RA from the outer banks (just ahead of Gabrielle, darn it!).

CC's oldest 2nd oldest seemed to be younger than she was last year. Only the girls used the pool, due to the cool, gray weather.

A delegation made its way to the waterfall, which was a wan shadow of its usual self.