PARTY HATS AND SUCH

There was a good turnout for the surprise party/roast at the club thrown on Wednesday night in honor of Dan Kenney, our faithful club manager and bartender who is celebrating his 21st year with the Pen & Pencil.
Among the team luminaries on hand, were general manager Chris Brennan, wearing both his club president hat and a perfect Manhattan most of the night, Mike Galan, Tom DiNardo, Ron Goldwyn, Ellen Kenney (natch), Kathy Matheson, Kerry O’Connor, Brian Donlen, B.J. Clark and Tom Hickey. (Oh, yeah. He showed up for this.) The Management was also there and said a few complimentary things about Dan and uncomplimentary things about our fine team, none of which Danny heard even with the amplifier on, but nevertheless. A good time.
In other club news, our own Julie Dugan was quoted in this ESPN.com article about the positives of wearing a skirt as part of a team uniform. I don’t know how the writer got her name, but there she was. (Come to think of it, I’m not sure how the writer got my name, but that’s another story entirely.)
This got me to thinking and, yes, we will all be wearing skirts next season. New hats, too, and Julie is modeling one of them in the photo.
Lastly, the annual team party is still in the planning stages, according to Brennan. It will not be a surprise and there will be no speeches. Brennan is still promising surf and turf, though, and he’s a journalist, so you can trust him.