The Battle in the Band and The Battle of the Bands

"We scored! We scored!"--USC Cheerleader celebrates a Texas touchdown as her teammates look on in disbelief.

 

 

The Battle of the Bands

A few weeks ago, Beef made what was thought to be a pretty innocuous post on everyone's favorite website, Bucknuts:

 

Apparently one of our good friends from Notre Dame had other thoughts. 

You didn't think Beef would just sit back and allow falsities to fly over Al Gore's valuable internet space, did you?

Read the whole exchange.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Battle in the Band

The Facts

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Wednesday, Beef found out there was a free pass waiting for him at the Hilton Hotel in Easton for the Ohio High School Football Coach's Association Annual Clinic.

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Easton is 30 minutes, by full-sized van, from the campus of The Ohio State University.

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Registration for the Coach's Clinic began at 5 PM, Thursday night.

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Collegiate Winds (yeah, I'm in it) begins at 6:30 PM, Thursday night.

 

The Night

 

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Left campus in time to be there at 5 on Thursday.

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Left Easton at 6:05.

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Arrived at Weigel Hall room 174, tuba in hand, at 6:32 PM.

 

The Aftermath

 

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A new e-mail waiting for me on Friday

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Beef's reply

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The Empire Strikes Back

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Beef's return volley (as yet unanswered by The Man)

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To summarize: Final Mark lowered one letter grade (e.g., A becomes a B); next tardy/absence=dismissal from class.

 

Beef's Last Thought on the Subject

 

If there is one thing I love and crave; one thing that I couldn't do without, at school or at Camp; if I could only have one thing to sustain me the rest of my days, it would, without a doubt, be

 

 

DRAMA.

 

 

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