[tz] Anniversary

[Michael Douglass]

On 12/13/21 11:39, Brian Inglis via tz wrote:
> On 2021-12-09 08:27, arthurdavidolson at gmail.com (Arthur David 
> Olson) wrote:
>> Discussion at an online meeting today made me realize that, alas, we 
>> missed
>> the recent 35th anniversary of the start of the time zone mailing list.
>>
>> Put 2026-11-25 on your calendars now.-)
>>
>>      https://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz/1986-November/008946.html
>
> Noticing the date 1986-11-25, it might be a good time to lighten the 
> mood, in the spirit of the season and the group, by suggesting and 
> requesting late anniversary submissions by filkers and literary 
> posters based on:
>
>     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Visit_from_St._Nicholas

I live in Troy, New York which has close links to this poem. Authorship 
is apparently in question...

https://www.findlaw.com/legalblogs/legally-weird/night-before-christmas-trial-twas-the-verdict-surprising/


>
> and pastiches and parodies like:
>
>     http://www.appleseeds.org/twas-night_vers.htm
>
> perhaps titled "A Visit from St. Arthur", starting:
>
>     "Twas a month before Xmas, ..."
>
> hopefully including mentions of other early participants, possibly as 
> reindeer ;^>
>
> At the latter link, for inspiration perhaps look at:
>
>     "Tis the Month Before Christmas"
>
>     "The Net Before Christmas"
>
>     "Twas the Night Before Y2K"
>
> or:
>
>     http://www.poppyfields.net/filks/00227.html
>     "Twas the Night Before Implementation"
>
>     http://c4vct.com/kym/humor/cybrnite.htm
>     "Twas The Cyber Night Before Christmas"
>
> https://cybersecurity.att.com/blogs/security-essentials/twas-the-night-before-infosec 
>
>
>     http://suburbanbanshee.net/filk/compulnk.html
>
>     https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc968
>     "Twas the night before start-up"
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_Fools%27_Day_Request_for_Comments
>