At 09:03 AM 12/8/98 -0500, Michael Baum wrote: >It occurs to me that, pace such relatively dull events as the turn of the >millennium, it is not too soon to start laying plans for a very Serious >Blowout of a Party upon the next Transit of Venus, which I am reliably >informed will occur on June 7, 2004. I propose we all meet on St. Helena.