Thom Forbes

First, Jason is offering his biannual refuge from the dens of inequity, such as my house, from which Art is usually dealt his miserable hands. That means we're playing at 4 Hall Place at 8:29 on 7/8. You will also have the opportunity to cast a ballot in favor of  8/1 or 8/15 for the annual poker/pool soiree in Garrison.

Second, if you listen carefully to what seems to be scat in Melody Gardot's appearance on David Letterman (below), you'll hear that she is actually commiserating with Art, who 

"Ain't been dealt a decent hand/Since Princeton came to Jersey land." Or something like that.