On Saturday, August 29, 1998, the Garfield Barbeque roared back to life after
being dormant for the past six years. On this, the Unions' silver anniversary year,
an affirmation of our united hatred towards Garfield and all he represents came
at an opportune time.
Scaled down by necessity from the four previous Barbeques, those in attendance
(all UMC members and veterans from previous years) nonetheless had a good time
enjoying hot dogs, burgers, and steaks grilled over coals fueled by daily
Garfield strips.
The impromptu nature of this year's Barbeque, held with only three days'
formal notice, meant the elaborate fanfare from years past would not be feasible,
but we still had plenty of offensive strips to burn and enough time to produce the
traditional Garfield cake, complete with strawberry cake guts and orange fur
frosting.
There had been some discussions on staging a Barbeque during the interim years in Austin, but this never progressed beyond the theoretical stage.