Beta Pi:
IS BETA PI BLOG WITHOUT ANY REDEEMING SOCIAL OR ARTISTIC MERIT?:
YEA . . . . or
NAY?Beta Pi Blog exists for one reason: to bring ATO, Beta Pi Chapter Brothers and ATO Gal-Pals together. The blog does not take itself very seriously - it is meant for
fun, and therefore is non-political. It includes
pictures, links,
Archives of previous issues, and
other time-wasters. To get there, go to web address: http://beta-pi-blog.blogspot.com .PROLOGUE: Reunion 2010 events stretched over 4 days and 3 nights. There are many photos, and many stories to tell. For those reasons, there will be 2 or 3 installments devoted to reporting these historic encounters.
THURSDAY NIGHT - STOOGE HOCKEY: Ever the Sports Matron, Young Ann procured Nashville Predators Hockey Tickets for us - it was Vanderbilt Childrens’ Hospital Hockey Fights Cancer Night! (Ann is a Pediatric Oncology Nurse at VUMC). So, Ann and I and Buck Biller went to the Preds vs. the Pittsburgh Penguins. We had great seats.
Excellent Hockey action.
Buck was transfixed by
And what do Hockey fans love most? Fighting! No disappointment here.
There were 3 great pile-on brawls! I had to restrain Buck, he was so agitated he wanted to go down and join the brawl.
The Preds held forth mightily, and it was a tie match that went into overtime, 5 minutes of 4 on 4. The Penguins prevailed. Both teams fought well. Great action. Thanks to Young Ann for the Hockey Action!
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FRIDAY NIGHT - Ware Bush, THERE Bush!
As we arrived at the Class of 75 Class Party, I scanned the room for familiar faces. As I approached a rather rotund little fellow,
with an extremely tight collar, he turned, my eyes caught his ridiculous bow-tie.
I immediately said the words WARE BUSH. And in my imagination - as in Young Frankenstein -
IGOR was right beside me saying: THERE BUSH!
As fate had it,
the Immortal Frank Marty Collins was also in attendance (but not Friday Night) - which may be why my imagination went there. (If you don’t get the joke, you need to watch
As fate had it,
the Immortal Frank Marty Collins was also in attendance (but not Friday Night) - which may be why my imagination went there. (If you don’t get the joke, you need to watch
Young Frankenstein, the great Mel Brooks comedy which has also been turned into a Broadway Play.)
So, that ignominious arch-rival SAE Ware was polite (Ware is always polite), and he smiled (if you call it a smile) with his usual overly-southern, ultra-sincere, class-conscious-look-down-his-nose insincerity, and said:
Larry, I got some of your political e-mails, but didn’t respond (smiling) . . . because I am not of that political persuasion (as if neither he, nor anyone worth knowing was either).
So, smiling, and looking straight at his bow-tie, and straightening it, I said:
Ware, somehow, I knew that. Nice tie.That was it. I felt as if I’d been given an audience with the King of High Finance.
The Party was excellent, good food as usual. They had coffee, in addition to spirits.
ATO ATTENDEES & GAL-PALS: ATO and ATO Gal-pals were strong in attendance.
BUCK BILLER fbiller1@msn.com MARK McGANN: markmcgann@prodigy.net
ANN POLK SIMONS annpolksimons@gmail.com MATTBLANKENSHIP mattsb@texas.net
GENE YOUNG gyoung@westernwireprod.com and will someone please get this guy a cup of coffee? ART LANDRY awl@awlandry.net
KAREN DEGERBERG karen.degerberg@gmail.com , BECKY DENHAM bejasy@comcast.net
BECKY BRUNING MANYAK rmanyak@yahoo.com
JACK MUENCH trujac@sc.rr.com
BETTY INGLE BACH e.bach@comcast.net
TISON KEEL tison.keel@hotmail.com
LARRY & ANN SIMONS
MARILEE JACOBS mljacobs25@hotmail.com
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BETA PI BLOG ROSTER STATS: As of October 28, 2010, the Blog roster stands at 107 Tick-a-lo men online who have e-mail addresses (plus 6 Brothers who do not have e-mail), and 14 ATO Gal-Pals. The blog needs e-mail addresses, please share!
VTL,
Larry Simons
Beta Pi, 72
2 comments:
FROM BETTY INGLE BACH, October 28, 2010:
"Oops - that' s not Karen Degerberg in that picture, it's Kathy Sanders. And....find a better picture of me to post!!"
FROM PENELOPE MALONE, October 28, 2010:
"Reassuring to hear that SAE's have been able to maintain their exalted (in their own minds) position in the world. There's some Ben Moore paint in my basement that is looking for a lion. :) Best, Penelope"
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