Bridge Day at Greg Donoho's

My Horoscope du Jour says:

VIERGE: votre horoscope du 22/12/200

On pourrait avoir des réactions violentes à votre égard.  Vous feriez bien de faire attention à tout ce que vous allez pouvoir dire.  Préparez-vous à faire preuve de compréhension.  Sachez modérer vos affirmations.  La situation va évoluer très lentement vers un heureux dénouement.

These, of course, are good rules for life; but they're peculiarly apposite as rules for sensible bidding at bridge, particularly if we're going to be changing partners for each new rubber.

Today will be the fourth time (in two months) that the Relicts (myself, Mildred, Helen, and Greg) from Central Union Church will have met for a private bridge party; the second time we'll have met at Greg's.  What great fun it is.  Reminding one that, for as long as there has been bridge, it has been played in Honolulu....