From: Robert A. Eikel 
Subject: The Thirteenth Annual Fortieth of July

Do you need a good, stiff drink? Good. So do a lot of other people.

Do you wish you had a proper holiday to celebrate the advantages that living
in the US confers upon us, namely, superiority to Canada, freely available
malt liquor, and beef? Now, you do.

For the last dozen years, we have taken a sunny August Saturday to throw a
party that spits in the pasty, rolling-rock-drinking faces of all the other
parties. We assemble a crew of punks, drunks, molecular biologists,
consultants, reprobates, engineers, mooks, medievalists, runners, rowers,
venture capitalists, lawyers, programmers, misanthropes, and even chemists.
We barbecue like our lives depend on it, and they do. We transport
questionably legal quantites of beer within and across state lines. We
listen to punk, funk, blues, country, and blues, and punk. There is no
bullshit at the 40th. We have a simple, honest, brutal good time with no
pretenses at all. We think maybe you should come.

What: The Thirteenth Annual 40th of July
When: Saturday, August 9th, 2008 from 3:00 PM until whenever
Where: 20 W. Masonic View Ave, Alexandria, sweet sweet VA
Web: http://reikel.org/40th

Driving directions: Take GW Parkway South toward Alexandria. The Parkway
will turn into N Washington St. Six lights after the Parkway ends, turn
right on Wythe St and take until the end. At the end of Wythe, jog left and
then immediately right onto Braddock Road. Take Braddock Road under the
Metro tracks and through one stoplight. Two blocks after the stoplight take
a left onto Little Street (there is a stone church on the corner) and
immediately turn right onto E Masonic View Ave. Drive on Masonic View for
several blocks, crossing Commonwealth Ave (where E Masonic View becomes W
Masonic View). We are on number 20 West Masonic View (on the left).

Metro directions: Take Yellow or Blue line to Braddock Road stop. Walk under
the metro tracks on Braddock Road and follow directions above.

Map: http://tinyurl.com/39px68

If you get lost, call 703-836-0247 and we'll send someone out to find you.

P.S. This invitation probably missed a lot of people who should have
gotten it. Please feel free to forward it as necessary.