I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere: bsi2009

"Taking the Queen's Shilling" [SIGN]

<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3_0_1Atw7BP0vVAWXiABpLMTsiL0xV-jz-K-YF2aJTvCEN8AnBgXBdpnk3LdFJooeXOSDQGo5Ji_GyBjPK517R0tt0dpycPFGHez4jH0m7ZfSlHlOCWxSvwxiI-R8eYCuURGkBN79nnUc/s1600-h/BSI+Rosette.png"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264144173950728322" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3_0_1Atw7BP0vVAWXiABpLMTsiL0xV-jz-K-YF2aJTvCEN8AnBgXBdpnk3LdFJooeXOSDQGo5Ji_GyBjPK517R0tt0dpycPFGHez4jH0m7ZfSlHlOCWxSvwxiI-R8eYCuURGkBN79nnUc/s200/BSI+Rosette.png" style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 93px; height: 92px;" /></a>As you may have seen in the <a href="http://twitter.com/S_Holmes">Twitter stream</a> (the section on the right titled <span style="font-weight: bold;">"Holmes Was a Very Busy Man"</span>), the coveted Baker Street Irregulars investitures were awarded tonight at the BSI Dinner. It was a banner evening, celebrating 75 years of the BSI being in existence, and saying farewell to a large number of Irregulars who left us over the past year.<br /><br />Mike Whelan, the current "Wiggins" of the BSI, <a href="http://www.ihearofsherlock.com/search?q=whelan">states that it's his favorite part of the dinner</a> - and I can certainly believe him. Much joy was given, much joy was received.<br /><br />While the dinner is about much more than the investitures, it's clearly the thing on everyone's mind at the dinner. Having been someone who attended a number of dinners before I was called up to the podium, I can honestly say that the old Oscars cliche "it's an honor just to be nominated" does in fact ring true. I hope that this year's attendees feel the same.<br /><br />This year, all of the Investitures were story titles - coveted titular investitures to be sure - and Wiggins spent some time discussing who previously held each title and in what year.<br /><br />In the order they were announced, here are the latest Baker Street Irregulars:<br /><ul><li>Bill Barnes, "The Gloria Scott"<br /></li><li>Susan Dahlinger, "The Bruce-Partington Plans"<br /></li><li>Robert Ellis, "The Illustrious Client"<br /></li><li>Walter Jaffee, "The Resident Patient"<br /></li><li>Allan Devitt, "The Dancing Men"</li><li>Greg Darak, "The Engineer's Thumb"<br /></li><li>Jeff Bradway, "A Case of Identity"</li><li>Michael Pollock, "The Blue Carbuncle"</li><li>Sebastian LePage, "The Six Napoleons"</li><li>Jens Byskov Jensen, "The Blanched Soldier</li><li>Joel Schwartz, "The Three Students"</li><li>Barbara Rusch, "The Mazarin Stone"<br /></li></ul>And this year, Mike gave the coveted Two-Shilling Award to an individual who has gone above and beyond the call of duty in service to the BSI. The Two-Shilling Award went to:<br /><ul><li>Dan Posnansky, for his incredible work with the BSI Trust and Archives.</li></ul><br /><br />In addition, Mike also presented a special golden door encrusted with diamonds to his wife, Mary Ann Bradley, for her assistance with the BSI weekend administrative work for the last 12 years.For anyone who knows the hard work that Mary Ann puts into all of the BSI events, ensuring registration and organization, it's a well-deseeved honor. <br /><br />All of the recipients of shillings were people who have been at this for years and were incredibly worthy of the honor. And Wiggins noted that much would be expected of them in the future.<br /><br />My hope is that all of the new BSIs already subscribe to <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.bakerstreetjournal.com/">The Baker Street Journal</a>. It's not a requirement to become an Irregular, nor are all Irregulars required to subscribe. But it's something everyone should consider. You <a href="http://www.bakerstreetjournal.com/itemsforsale/subscriptions.html">subscribe</a> to the BSJ, don't you?

"Taking the Queen's Shilling" [SIGN]

As you may have seen in the Twitter stream (the section on the right titled "Holmes Was a Very Busy Man" ), the coveted Baker Str...

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by Scott Monty

"The Night of January 6th" [VALL]

Well, that time of year is upon us again! Today marks the 155th birthday of the world's first unofficial consulting detective, Mr. Sherlock Holmes.<br /><br />You may recall that in "His Last Bow," Holmes was described as "...a tall, gaunt man of sixty..." and that the story took place in 1914. In addition, of the Shakespearean plays he quoted, Holmes referenced <span style="font-style: italic;">Twelfth Night</span> twice. These facts taken together have led scholars to believe that Holmes was born on <span style="font-weight: bold;">January 6, 1854</span>.<br /><br />To help celebrate this event, I'll be in New York City later this week - but only for the BSI dinner, and not the entire weekend festivities. My work schedule is keeping me otherwise occupied.<br /><br />And while that means I won't be on hand to document the entire weekend, I'll be posting the latest recipients of BSI investitures on this blog late Friday night/early Saturday morning - and, for those of you interested following along <span style="font-style: italic;">live</span>, right below in the graphical widget. Expect the news to break around <span style="font-weight: bold;">9:30 - 10:00 p.m. EST on Friday, January 9</span>.<br /><br />If you don't follow along here, you can watch http://twitter.com/S_Holmes<br /><br /><center><br /><div style="width: 280px; text-align: center;"><embed src="http://balloon.korelab.com/twitter_balloon2.swf?image_url=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm4.static.flickr.com%2F3085%2F2557887368_53a672d4b2.jpg&twitter_id=S_Holmes&image_align=right_bottom&bgcolor=0066CC&fgcolor=FFFFFF&balloon_x=25&balloon_y=2&balloon_width=180&balloon_height=110&balloon_bgcolor=FFFFFF&balloon_fgcolor=000000&balloon_fontsize=11&hige_direction=center_bottom_right&cache=true" quality="best" name="twitter_balloon" scale="noscale" salign="lt" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" width="280" height="700"></embed><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 204);font-size:x-small;" ><a href="http://twitter.com/S_Holmes" target="_blank">follow S_Holmes at http://twitter.com</a></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 204);font-size:x-small;" >developed by <a href="http://korelab.com/" target="_blank">korelab</a></span></div></center>

"The Night of January 6th" [VALL]

Well, that time of year is upon us again! Today marks the 155th birthday of the world's first unofficial consulting detective, Mr. Sherl...

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by Scott Monty

A Note about the 2009 BSI Weekend

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Even though professional life has occupied our daily routine for the past 5 months or so and our commitment to various Sherlockian pursuits has suffered, our interest has not abated. <br />
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When one receives an invitation in the mail to the annual <a href="http://bsiweekend.com/">Baker Street Irregulars weekend</a>, the thrill of your first time comes flooding back. So if you've not yet had the opportunity to attend, we suggest you take note.</div>
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For many of us, it's been nearly a year since we rubbed shoulders with each other from venues such as the Algonquin Hotel, Ollie's Noodle House, a city club or two, or just the streets of New York.<br />
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As we did last year, rather than reproduce the entire schedule on this site, we've posted all of the information on <a href="http://www.bsiweekend.com/">a separate site</a> where you can find all of your BSI Weekend information - from schedules, to maps, to links to travel site and the general RSVP form for download. You can find this and more at <a href="http://www.bsiweekend.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">the Baker Street Irregulars Weekend site</span></a>.<br />
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Because of our responsibilities, we'll only be attending the BSI Dinner, so we won't be giving updates from all of the events, but you can still follow along on Friday evening in real-time if you'd like to see to whom the investitures go. These updates can be found in the upper-left section of the BSI Weekend site. Just think - if you can't make it to the event, you can be the first to know who receives their BSI Investitures, without having to wait for the listserv, Yahoo groups, or disussion forums to update.<br />
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We hope to see you in New York in January. If you have any suggestions as to how to improve the BSI Weekend site, or if you have questions about the weekend, please drop us a line.</div>
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