Thoughts on writing, living, and believing…
No such luck Buster!
It’s two below out, and your mild-mannered bloghost has officially gone ’round the bend…
What’s that you say? You want some music? O’tay!
How ’bout Swedish Elvis doing Yailhouse Rock?
Continue reading “You Thought I Went Away, Didn’t Ya?”
They are The Cardinal. Their mascot is a Tree.
Here is The Leland Stanford Junior University Marching Band.
They are one of only 10 “scatter bands” in Div I college athletics. Their unofficial fight song is All Right Now by Free.
Why? Because, hippies.
Thanks to FOB Jack for this gorgeous rendition of Christmas Time is Here by The Women’s Ensemble of John Carroll Catholic High School.
As Jack says, “Somewhere Charles Schultz is smiling.”
You will too!
The 50,000 watt blowtorch of the Great Lakes came in perfectly, even in Kalamazoo. Still does. I remember how my brother used to collect the WLS Top 40 sheets from the record store.
Another bit of childhood gone. So long Uncle Lar…
Or in English, Up with People!
Yay people!
Ah those jolly, fun-loving Germans! Kinda reminds me of Springtime for Hitler.
h/t Ace
Who will be B1G Champions? Here’s some simple math:
Legends > Leaders (Next year we’ll be in the same happy family)
Sparty > Brutus (Who thought a buckeye would make a good mascot??)
Red Cedar > Olentangy (The Ol’ Red Cedar is a nicer shade of brown)
Lansing > Columbus (And that ain’t sayin’ much believe me. E.L. is much nicer!)
Lastly, as much as it pains me to say it—and the pain is excruciating—they’ve got one of the best bands in the country.
Spartan Marching Band > or = OSUMB
In the interest of equal time, here’s the SMB Drumline with “The Series.”
From the Land of Sky Blue Waters,
From the land of pines’, lofty balsams,
Comes the beer refreshing,
Hamm’s the beer refreshing…Hamms!
No that’s not right. Lemme see…
Oh yeah
The bane of greens-keepers everywhere, those pesky Golden Gophers burrow into Spartan Stadium tomorrow. Luckily Max and the boys have set some traps!
Bonus video below!
Continue reading “University of Minnesota”
Nestled on the western shore of Lake Michigan, just north of Chicago, is a picturesque little campus covered in purple.
There’s a famous old NU joke that goes something like this:
MSU Student: “We’re gonna beat the crap out of you in football Saturday!”
NU Student: “Oh yeah? Well you may beat us on Saturday, but you’ll be washing my Bentley after we graduate!
Hey, when you can claim Moses as an alum, you must have something goin’ on!
The Spartans visit the snake-bit ‘Cats this Saturday. Here’s hoping there’s no divine intervention on their behalf!
Continue reading “Northwestern University”
