Jake #18 In The Books:

JAKE #18 IN THE BOOKS

IN THE DAYS AND WEEKS TO FOLLOW WE WILL RE-CAP AND EVALUATE THE DAYS ACTIVITIES. HOPE EVERYONE HAD A GREAT TIME - CHECK BACK EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE FOR UPDATES.

Welcome Jake Enthusiasts:

At the time of this writing Jake Day #18 is a paltry 3 days away. As is now tradition, Jake Day is and will forever be the closest Friday to the summer solstice. This year that falls on Friday June 19th.

Navigating the site is easy - simply check out the right hand column for answers to the most basic of questions such as:

What the frigg is Jake Day?

Who the eff is Jake anyways?

etc.

A little further down the column you'll find Biographies of the cats who attend Jake Day every year. We've been doing this for 18 years and I cannot imagine a circumstance where it would ever come to an end (plagues, locusts, famines, etc. notwithstanding).

It weighs 4.85 lbs... except when you're lifting it:

Oh yes...

To follow please find some additional information you might find helpful to make your Jake Day that much more pleasant.

If you think you would like to take a shower after the activities we will have 2 hotel rooms to do so. You will need to bring a towel and any other toiletries that you might find helpful to get off whatever crizzap you get on you.

Finances:

Everyone owes Heff $10 (hotel/showers)

Everyone owes Dancer $10 (lunch etc.)

Everyone owes Me $5 (beers/soft drinks/ice/misc.)

Best to get all the who owes who done early if possible - maybe at breakfast would be good.

The parking garage closest to the Aquarium will be the best lot to be in for the day. It's the most centrally located to where we will be.

The Jake Trophy will be presented at (or after) dinner to the ultimate winning (2 person) team who has accumulated the most "Jake Points" throughout the day.

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Dinner will be at The Crab and we unfortunately do not have 'trade'. We will be acknowledging a moment of silence for "Jimmy PC" who graced us with his presence and made a damned fool of himself on that very spot 8 years ago.

What To Bring:

Gentlemen,
Jake 18 is a mere 19 days away and more giddy and excited I could not be.

The picture below shows some cats who don't get much play here on the jakersdelight blog. We have 3 Founding Members, one Incidental Participant and a cat who played his way on to Full Membership status.

Chag, Dave Dev, Rosco, Dancer & TP

This picture was taken at Jake 17, 2008.

You will not need any additional equipment for this year's Jake boys just bring yourselves, a small amount of athletic ability and you'll be fine.

Breakfast Change for Jake:

The breakfast venue has changed - I've sent an e-mail to all Jake attendees. If anyone did not get the message and is reading this please e-mail me directly and I will fill you in.

Less than a month away.
The count down starts...

Heff in Ireland
Heff in Ireland trying to figure out how to get out of the rough...

Jake now on FB:

Okay - the official Jake Day Group has been created on facebook. If you do that sort of thing you can join up.

If you don't know what I'm talking about - don't worry about it. All you need to know is Jake Day is on the exact date it was when it was conceived.

June 19th...

Head Count:

Starting very soon we will be looking for a head count of those who will be in attenance. Anyone know of any "Incidental Participants" who may join us? Any stragglers?? What about Ashcan??
Questions need to be answered. Plans formulated and so forth.

Gentlemen it's almost May... If you haven't begun your training regiment you might want to start.

Word on the Street...

...is that the good Lieutenant (Stalkfleet) will not be making it to Jake 18. This is disappointing on a number of levels. First, Lt. always brings his game (not his golf game you understand). Second, he is consistantly one of the last if not the last cat standing. Third, there was rumors of a Hall of Fame nomination this year for him. Alas... not to be.

Oh well - family is important and Stalkfleet is to be commended that he has chosen to stay married instead of having a few beers with a bunch of us idiots. Bless you Lieutenant - we hope to see you at #19 which is only 14 short months away.

Below we have a picture of Doc, Stalkfleet, Heff and TP at Jake 17 (2008).


Jake #17 was on Stalkfleet's son's birthday and he opted to go to Jake Day. Solid cat? or Crazy bastard?? You decide...

2 months til:

2 months til Jake boys.
Here are a few pictures from the past to get y'all in the mood...

JAKE #8, 1999

JAKE #14, 2005

JAKE #5, 1996**

** THIS IS ONLY A GUESS BECAUSE NOBODY'S 100% SURE WHAT YEAR THIS IS...