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Founded in April 1993 by the wayward yet literate descendant of destitute Russian immigrants, LTBC is a collection of mildly mature males meeting monthly within the confines of Bernalillo County, New Mexico, USA, with occasional Field Trips to the outside world. Our founder insisted we select and judge our reading material based on five inviolate criteria: universality; insight; use of language; appeal to emotions; content. Primarily we consider the size of the dessert portion at risk. We
are the proud guardians
of The Streak.
We are the keepers of The List.
We are the Last Thursday Book Club. Our current
book selections are
indicated on the LTBC
Meeting Schedule for
calendar year 2006. Membership in the LTBC is limited to
a total of twelve potential apostles, plus or minus. Applications
can be submitted to any member in good standing.
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Books On The Coffeetable: A collection of other people's recommendations and thus possible future reading selections. |
1]
The LTBC is one of only two book clubs
honored with an inscribed rock at the base of
the Children's Peace Memorial currently located in
Santa Fe, New Mexico -
although we are not officially on record as being
supportive of peace. Or children.
The Memorial can
be viewed at the Plaza Resola,
401 Old Taos Highway, Santa Fe, New Mexico
(505.982.8539).
2]
The LTBC is the
proud guardian of The Streak.
Our own Tom Genoni
holds
the unofficial national Book Club record of
maintaining perfect attendance: all Last Thursday Book Club
meetings, starting from the founding meeting of April 1993 down to June
2003: 10 years plus two meetings. This includes all Field Trips,1 all summer
meetings, and even on one heralded occasion
necessitated his returning from the East Coast memorial services for
his mother-in-law to keep The
Streak alive. The fact that he sometimes
watches NASCAR, women's billiards, and poker events and never actually
completed the reading
of Magister Ludi bears no relevance on his otherwise
unblemished attendance record.
3] The LTBC is
one of a
select 100 book clubs featured in
The
Book Club CookBook
now available
for your reading and eating pleasure.
We have donated
all of our royalties from this work to The Children's
Peace Memorial.
Our Once and Future Pulp Fiction
Filter: Ben Smith
- we
love
him yet
Our Once and Future Profanity Philter: Don Benoist - we
love
him still
Political
Correctness Monitor: Tom Genoni
Plot Contrivance and
Trivia Sensor: Mike Blackledge
Rookie Bookmark: Dave Southwick (sponsor: Jack Farrell)
Former Chief
Recruiting
Officer (FCRO) and current California Liaison: Gary
Ganong
Secretary/Webetary:
Mike Blackledge
Our
hero: Lance Armstrong
  
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