Friday, October 19, 2018

Homecoming Filler

Springtime 25 years ago, I, at long last, graduated from the College of Knowledge. 25 years ago this weekend, Rob and I journeyed back to campus where we pretended that we were still in school, hung out at the fraternity house, and likely passed out somewhere unpleasant. Good times.

Things were different back then. None of us were married.  A few of us had jobs (not me), but none of us had meaningful ones. We drank Milwaukee's Best. Pi Lam had a fraternity house.  Most of us went back for Homecoming every year.  And Rob and I were about to co-rent a place in Arlington, Virginia with our friend the Spoid, and that would change our lives' pathways forever.

Oh, and back then we called Rob "Squirrel."


Here's to the old days.  Enjoy your weekends. I'll be headed to Williamsburg.

20 comments:

rob said...

i've lost a few pounds since then

rob said...

still have a shiny coat and a bushy tail, though

zman said...

And a little football?

rob said...

got confirmation that our man weenie's bid was accepted, so next weekend i'll make my way to orange to take possession of a sporty mini cooper convertible. just in time for winter. nice.

zman said...

Heat on, windows up, top down. You’ll be fine above 39 degrees.

Whitney said...

Shriner parade from Orange to Leesburg!

Dave said...

this post is in a weird tense. past pluperfect?

Dave said...

also, someone obviously stole rob's identity and claimed he bought a convertible mini cooper. hysterical. especially after the zman "what car" series. brilliant satire.

rob said...

dave, already jealous of my evolutionarily perfect physique, now piqued that i've found the perfect conveyance for that body. typical.

rob said...

fucking mesomorphs.

Marls said...

Dave has weenie looking for an IROC right now.

Whitney said...

Coming to you live from the College Delly

rob said...

found out this afternoon that my colleague who's fighting breast cancer is paying $25k/month for her medication. that's fucking obscene. she makes a very good living and is worried about being bankrupted. i can't even imagine what that's like for people without means. obscene.

Whitney said...

Jesus. System is upside down.

Whitney said...

My dad is (knock on wood) a recent survivor of stage 4 lung cancer which, make no mistake, was otherwise a death sentence. Thank god for immunotherapy. It goes for 14k a dose. He rolled the dice that insurance would pay for it and it did somewhat, but if it didn’t he would have taken care of it himself. Billions of other humans could not have. It seems crazy that this miracle is reserved for the very lucky or very wealthy.

Marls said...

Who knew healthcare would be so difficult?

zman said...

I blame the patent lawyers.

Shlara said...

Are sneakers the Dutch tulips of the early -21st century? Have we reached peak sneaker ridiculousness?

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/18/fashion/peak-sneaker-fashion.html?emc=edit_th_181018&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=596127481018

rob said...

i don't know, but here are some dutch tulip sneakers:

http://www.klompenkoning.nl/en/hollandse-sneakers-pink-tulips.html

TR said...

Kawhi Is showing he’s the best player on the court during Celts-Raptors. Not an easy task, with Kyrie, Hayward, Tatum and Lowry out there. Makes the East more fun if Toronto is a legit rival to Boston.