HAPPY NAUTILOID DAY! Got back Saturday from NY, NJ, PA trip (a week). Got to spend a little time with the Brain & Brain Jr., watching the RANGERS beat the DEVILS for the 7th time this season (7-0). How sweet was THAT? HAPPY NAUTILOID DAY to Nautiloids everywhere! I DON'T KNOW! We even got some ink out of Kink: this article appears in the March, 2008 Texas Monthly. The most important sentence, on page 2, has been highlighted for your convenience. We had an event in Winter Haven, FL on Thursday night that went great! There was a 3 piece band playing on a temporary stage outside. Guitar, bass & drums. They were good, 3 local guys playing some rock and blues. Then, all of a sudden, someone starts SMOKIN' the lead guitar ... I looked outside to see what was up and this Bob Segar lookin' guy is up there that was just in the shop bullshittin a few minutes before. I found out when he came back in that it was Les Dudek. Les played for the Allman Brothers way back when, and also did some work with Boz Scaggs.   Why I won't try Alligator Wrestling And a special thanks to Peter Frampton for making this possible. Here's a picture from the Brain ... two Nautiloid fossils.   Here's Kinky's autograph he put on one of his campaign posters at the trade show last week. The poster is from the Texas Governor's race last year. Click it for a larger view!     The pics below are of his old cigar, and here's the link for his website where he's selling the cigars we made for him. The trade show was in Houston and went well. Despite lower attendance, we sold more than last year, and that's the bottom line! A Box of Kinky Select Cigars. Check out the autograph. A stick of Kinky Select Kinky & Hanko Here's a pic I took of a little place in Clearwater, although I saw a few of them around up there. The Brain will especially appreciate this - I don't know if anyone else will. Here's one for the ages .... if you can't get there yourself, here's the next best thing I guess. Courtesy of Jobless Dave ... thanks Dude. **************************************** Bandit had some surgery. Needed his anal glands removed. Poor boy's got a raw ass. Here's a pic courtesy of the Brain ... a proud Daddy Clam. Here's a little laugh courtesy of Derek "The Strangler" Jones. Things you can only say on Thanksgiving.

Talk to you soon.

I'm OUT. C-Ya!

El Hanko