Fraters Libertas

Running The Table & Then Dancing On Top Of It

Last night's festivities at Keegan's lived up to the hype. Much beer and Irish whiskey was consumed, money was raised for Soldiers' Angels, many people signed up to personally adopt a soldier, and of course the All-American trivia quiz was contested. And won by your friendly neighborhood Fraters team. Okay, it wasn't an outright victory, as we ended up in a tie with a mysterious gentleman known only as B.D., but no one bested our score.

Actually it would have been impossible to do so. For our score card emerged unblemished after being corrected by the crack sober still breathing judges at Keegan's. Twenty-five out of twenty-five correct. But that wasn't the end of it for three other teams also managed to turn in perfect scores. To separate the wheat from the chafe, a three question playoff round was held.

Three more correct answers gave us a total of twenty-eight up and twenty-eight down, an unprecedented event in the annals of Keegan's storied trivia history. Last night, we were the Don Larsons of trivia. Dead solid perfect baby.

Back to the main point of the evening. Saint Paul, Atomizer, I all signed on to adopt a solider. The staff of Keegan's Pub is planning on adopting an entire of battalion of soldiers to support and there are rumblings about a similar joint adoption effort by the Northern Alliance of Blogs and the Minnesota Organization of Bloggers. Soldiers' Angels makes it very easy to do and it's a great way to do something constructive for the troops overseas.

I think that this presents a perfect opportunity for bloggers to get involved. And so, in a moment of hubris run amok (no doubt inspired in part by last night's trivia performance), I am issuing a challenge to bloggers everywhere to adopt a soldier through Soldiers' Angels. It doesn't matter whether you're part of the Kos Kadre, the Hewitt Horde, or somewhere in between politically speaking. This isn't about politics, it's about patriotism. Real honest to goodness patriotism.

The demands of the program are far from onerous. Send a letter or e-mail each week (this regular writing requirement does disqualify JB Doubtless) to your soldier and once a month send a care package of items to brighten their day. That's it. Considering what they're doing for you, it doesn't seem to be too much to ask.

And Soldiers' Angels makes it easy for you to sign up. Do it today. After you do so, you'll have earned the right to post this ribbon on your web site:



Drop me an e-mail to let me know when you've signed on with Soldiers' Angels.