IS BETA PI
BLOG WITHOUT ANY REDEEMING SOCIAL OR ARTISTIC MERIT?:
YEA . . . . or
NAY?
Beta Pi
Blog’s purpose: to bring ATO, Beta Pi Chapter Brothers and ATO Gal-Pals
together. The blog is not to be taken
seriously - it is meant for
fun.
The
Beta Pi Blog is non-political. It
includes
pictures,
links, Archives of previous issues, and other time-wasters.
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HAPPY CHRISTMAS!
Just when
my “Christmas Spirit” was a bit low – typically I feel a little winter time low
every year around this time - I got a wonderful gift from JACK MUENCH! Jack sent me a beautiful, hand-painted
Christmas Ornament – A “Commodore Santa.”
It really did the trick, in terms of lifting my spirits. Jack had been planning this with Ann for a
while, and he said this is a way of saying thank you for the work I do on the
Blog. My pleasure! Jack, we have hung this on our tree, and what
a wonderful way to remember you and my ATO Brothers every year at Christmas
time.
As my
way of saying Merry Christmas to all of you, here is a poem I have written especially for
you, my dearest friends.
MY DEAR FRIEND
My dear
friend, can I use that word?
Because,
the word friend is used in many ways. Best friend, neighborhood
friend, football friend, book club friend,
church friend, Facebook friend, Starbucks
friend, business friend, college friend,
you name it, all kinds of friends.
Should
I say this? I have come to
believe
there is a true friendship, it is a form of love. The proof of that,
for me, is that I have a few friends
with whom I feel very close,
a kinship, a bond which some
have called “family of choice.”
My dear
friend, when we met, all
those
years ago, we were school boys, school girls, and we became friends.
Wasn’t it was a vibrant world? And we shook
it up together, didn’t we? But we understood
things, the words we used, words like “friend” and
“love” - as 20 year-olds understand.
In our
youth, we were “burning” with intensity,
we loved
more, we did not love less. But just as, at the foot of the mountain, one has no idea what is
at the
top, we had no way of knowing, then, that our
friendship would last a lifetime.
It is only now, looking
back, that we can see it, feel it, over our lifetime.
This is how much I
love you, my dear friend.
Lawrence A. Simons
December 20, 2016If you like poetry, check out my books, AVAILABLE ONLINE in Paperback – or download the Kindle E-book at Amazon.com
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Here are a few of my favorite shots . . . and random comments . . .
Franko, giving Matt the "Hypnotic Stare" - it appears to have worked. "On the count of three, you will awaken, and pay my Bar Tab . . ."
Tison and J.D., just like old times . . . thanks to J.D.'s "Grecian Formula 44"
"Damn it feels good to be a Gangsta"
D. Price and Fam
Chris "The Greek" Regas and Jack "Muenchie" Muench!
VANDERBILT IS BOWL BOUND, GO DORES!: We are headed to the INDEPENDENCE BOWL, to play
N.C. State on December 26th at 4:00 p.m. Woo Hoo!
Here is the link:
It will
be exciting!! Vandy!!
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KEEPING TABS:
Here is
a reminder of the Brothers we have lost.
EDWARD G. “TED” STEPHANY, died January 20, 2016.
Beta Pi Blog, Vol.2016, No.01, Archive: Jan. 2016
J. NEAL CRENSHAW, died November 12, 2014.
Beta Pi Blog, Vol.2014, No.08, Archive: Nov. 2014Beta Pi Blog, Vol.2014, No.10, Archive: Dec. 2014
MILES WALSH, died in July, 2013.
Beta Pi Blog, Vol.2013, No.05, Comments Section (over 50 comments),
Archive: Aug.2013
DAVID HOWE, died November 30, 2006.
Beta Pi Blog, Vol.2006, No.68, Archive: December, 2006. Beta Pi Blog, Vol.2007, No.30, Archive: May, 2007
KURT WAGNER,
died in July, 2002.
Beta Pi Blog, Vol.2016, No.02, Archive: Jan. 2016
ALEXANDER WILSON, died in 1977.
If you
have never explored the “Archives” in this Blog – it is toward the top of the
latest “blog issue”, on the right. You
access it by clicking on the Month and Year, and it will drop down with
choices. For example, if you click on
December, 2006, it will drop down and list all issues that were published that
month. If you want Issue No. 68, you
click on that, and it takes you to that issue.
You can then post a comment to that issue. It’s never too late to post a comment,
right?
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BETA PI BLOG ROSTER STATS: As of
December 21, 2016, there are 37 Blog Website Members; there are 118 ATO’s
on the blog list, plus 19 ATO Gal-Pals. And,
there are 6 Brothers who do not have e-mail.
VTL,
Larry Simons
Beta Pi, 72
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