Category Archives: Life Imitating Sport

#366 When I was 11…When I was 12..Learning HOW to Win

Playing baseball for Mr Gillespie and the Lions had been the greatest…practices every day…two games a week…but in Bronco League the uniforms were classier, the kids bigger and the competition intense…and I had been chosen by the LIONS again in the … Continue reading

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What will YOUR legacy be?

I had a disucssion with my kids about my last blog…it was pointed out to me that we are living in different times….and how such things are not important to those of THEIR generation…it made me think of the differences … Continue reading

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All work and no play…

  I wrote this after I read Ron’s(Storyteller’s) excellent blog about his father’s first and only skiing experience.     Life, like skiing, is best done when one is prepared to do it…with someone to help you get your bearings and … Continue reading

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When ELYTIS tries to be Thotman…

The greek goofball ELYTIS has now created a space on MSN that is using the Thotman name…(not that I care…you cant really imitate gross imperfection)…He has been leaving posts of some idiotic greek POETRY on the sites of people who dont give … Continue reading

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A DANCE with the MOUNTAIN

Yesterday I met Storyteller for the first time, and we meandered our way into Little Cottonwood Canyon up to the that magical Place called ALTA…which along with Snowbird has been recognized as one of the Finest pure skiing resorts in the world.  … Continue reading

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The Tales of Brave Ulysses

In the Eighth grade Tomm<with 2Ms>Chapman brought his CREAM, Disraeli Gears, Album to English and played it for us. One of the tunes was "The Tales of Brave Ulysses" but more about that later…I wrote a comment about the current political … Continue reading

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