Saying Goodbye to Mark

Mark Stubblefield, a very close friend and comrade of mine, will soon be leaving the fair city of San Antonio and returning to his hometown somewhere in Missouri (all I know is that he does not live in St. Louis). In celebration . . . er . . . recognition of Mark's departure, Mr. and Mrs. Bob Howell graciously hosted a very enjoyable going-away dinner for Mark at their home this past Thursday evening. Major kudos to Mrs. Howell and Brian for an awesome meal of beef and chicken fajitas, refried beans, incredible queso and chips, other edibles I am forgetting, and chocolate brownie-cake for dessert.

Guests at Mark's dinner included Peter Pollack, Shannon Moeller, David and Joel Wean, Brian Howell, Nathan Barnes, Josh Lavin, Michael Fowl, and yours truly. Oh, yeah, Mark was there too. With this assembleage of characters present the evening's entertainment was completely self-sufficient. As one might imagine, the laughs were many and the intelligent commentary rather lacking. However, we did break away from our reveries long enough to swap tall tales of how great Mark is and how much we're all going to miss him. Funny thing is, I think he belived us. Go figure.

Following are a few pictures from the evening, taken by a very annoying red-headed dude with an ever-intrusive camera. Enjoy!