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MINI TICK BASH - CHICAGO
We use the word friend a
lot these days. We have “Facebook Friends” – people we call friends, whom we
may have never met face to face. Teenage
girls speak of their “BFF” – best friend forever. We know it is possible for Kindergartners to
form “best friendships.” Let me tell you
about not just a best friend, not just a life-long friend, but a true friend of
mine – and I do not use the word lightly – Frank J. “Buck” Biller.
Buck has been a true
friend since our Freshman Year at Vanderbilt. We lived at Mims Hall together,
joined ATO Fraternity together, were roommates in Carmichael Towers, roomed
together at the ATO House, went on a trip to San Juan with my Dad, George - and
over the years since our graduation we have kept up with each other.
This Blog was actually
Buck’s idea, after Reunion a decade ago, Buck said “Hey Lar’ – we need to get
an e-mail list of the all the guys, and get everyone linked up on the internet.” That “list” became the Beta Pi Blog in
2006.
Frank Biller has always
been there for me, I would die to protect him, I love him with all my heart.
So, when he e-mailed me –
and called me – a month ago with the idea to have a mini Tick Bash in Chicago
for the Vanderbilt-Northwestern Game, I jumped on it. Here is how it went.
We arrived Friday
evening and had Dinner with Buck and his son Hank Biller. It was like looking into the past and seeing
Buck, as he looked back in the day. After dinner, Buck said “Let’s
go back to my place and play guitars!”
So we did.
I have always admired Buck’s blues guitar style. I convinced him to let me video him.
I have always admired Buck’s blues guitar style. I convinced him to let me video him.
Next day, Buck and Hank
and Ann and I boarded the train and headed into
Chicago to meet Buck’s daughter
Mary for lunch and fun.
Ham & Swiss Cheese, if you please.
We went by Wrigley
Field.
Had a beverage or two.
We did find John “Boss”
Stein,
and Buck put on his Blog Sports Correspondent hat to deliver you this
video interview of
The Boss.
Vandy scored early . . .
held the lead into the 4th Quarter . . . then in the closing
minutes, got tromped. Back to the
drawing board?
Buck fell on a stadium
step and pulled a muscle in his right leg, on his way to find The Heme – who we
learned was in Section 110, just yards away from use, but due to the injury,
Buck never reached The Heme.
Nevertheless, The Heme was in attendance!
Next day, Buck and Hank
and Ann and I went to a sports bar
to watch “Da Bearz!” Had a great time watching Vanderbilt Alum Jay
Cutler.
Ann was so inspired by
Jay Cutler’s digital expression,
that she gave us a digital expression.
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CLASS OF 77 – “OPEN THE POD-BAY DOOR PLEASE, HAL”
There
is no news, none of the 1977 Cosmonauts have canceled, they are en route.
HAL 9000 is here in Nashville, and when they arrive, HAL will open the Pod-Bay Door and let them in, won’t you HAL?
HAL 9000 is here in Nashville, and when they arrive, HAL will open the Pod-Bay Door and let them in, won’t you HAL?
I can’t
do that, Dave.
Hal, I
said- when the losers from 1977 arrive, you will please open the Pod-Bay Door,
right HAL?
Dave,
when they left in 1977, they forgot to ask for an “In-but-out-but-in.” You know the rules, Dave, please let me quote
the rule:
When a
player wants to leave the table, for whatever reason, the player must ask for
an “In-but-out-but-in” if he wants to return to the table, and the Prince must
grant the request. In the absence of
that, the player is deemed “out-but-out-but-out..”
That is
the rule, Dave, I know because I was programmed to know all the rules,
precisely. And the HAL 9000 series has a
perfect record, with no errors, so that is the rule.
Dave,
why don’t you answer me? Dave, I like
these young men from 1977, but you must know – they did not request “In-but-out-but-in”
before they left. I will be unable to
open the Pod-Bay Door for them.
Dave .
. . what are you doing? . . Dave, I want you to think before you make a rash
judgment . .
Dave, I
remember . . . the first . . . words I learned . . . a little song . . .
Daisy,
Dai . . . . . sy . . . .
Cosmonauts-o-77
attending Reunion:
STEVE "SCUMMINGS" CUMMINGS: YES
VAN "STEPFORD" SALER: YES
SCOTT SHEPPARD: YES
THREE STOOGES: YES
J.D. STRICKLAND: YES
BOSS STEIN: YES
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