Only Slightly Off Topic

[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

Originally posted by rainmaker
Well, this is the Basketball Doldrums so let's talk about something a little off-topic. But only a little. Let's each one tell

a) one thing you'll do this summer that doesn't involve basketball.

b) one thing you're involved in right now that doesn't involve basketball.

c) which living person you'd most like to sit next to and chat with at a dinner party.

Me first:
This summer, cleaning out some closets.

Right now: fundraising for a non-profit.

Person to chat with: Kevin Kline.

While basketball will be take a significant portion of my time, I will also be spending quite a bit of time:

1a) Attending our two sons baseball games.

1b) Playing golf with my better half and our two sons.

1c) Attending Mud Hens games and Cedar Point with my family.


2a) Umpiring boys' H.S. baseball games.

2b) Umpiring girls' H.S. softball games.

2c) Officiating girls' H.S. soccer games.


3) With my apologies to Tuffy Muffler, but this is a toughy: Any one of the following:

politics/history: John Glenn
Tom Harkin
George McGovern

science: Stephen Hawking

sports: Bob Knight
John Wooden
Byron Nelson
Jim McKay
Linda Cohen (a guy can dream can't he)
Bill Russell

press: Walter Conkrite
Andy Rooney
Dan Rather
Tom Brokaw

authors: Tom Brokaw
David McCollough

[Mark Dexter]

Ah, yes - even the simple topics don't phase MTD, Sr.

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally posted by Mark Dexter
Ah, yes - even the simple topics don't phase MTD, Sr.

Gee, would you be referring to the fact that, when asked to name ONE person that he'd like to have dinner with, he named SIXTEEN?

Verbosity... for better or for worsery!

[Mark Padgett]

Originally posted by Jurassic Referee
Gee, would you be referring to the fact that, when asked to name ONE person that he'd like to have dinner with, he named SIXTEEN?

Why didn't he just post a link to the phone book?

[dblref]

A. Not involving basletball = spending 2 weeks with my son in Olympia, WA.

B. Involved in now = putting things away in our new house so I will have time to do "A" above.

C. My mother

[Stat-Man]

Originally posted by rainmaker
Well, this is the Basketball Doldrums so let's talk about something a little off-topic. But only a little. Let's each one tell

a) one thing you'll do this summer that doesn't involve basketball.

b) one thing you're involved in right now that doesn't involve basketball.

c) which living person you'd most like to sit next to and chat with at a dinner party.

Answers:

A - I want to continue getting rid of old crap that I don't need any more. It's amazing how much stuff one collects over time.

B - HS Softball. Just finished a weekend tournament earlier today.

C - Hmm. I wouldn't mind dining with Isiah Thomas. When he played for the pistons, he did a lot for Kids, and I think that's why I looked up to him as a positive sports model. (Oddly enough, I actually had the chance to have a verbal disagreement with him once at a tournament -- over the initial setting of the possession arrow)

[Dan_ref]

Originally posted by Mark Dexter

Ah, yes - even the simple topics don't phase MTD, Sr.

Originally posted by Jurassic Referee
Gee, would you be referring to the fact that, when asked to name ONE person that he'd like to have dinner with, he named SIXTEEN?

Originally posted by Mark Padgett

Why didn't he just post a link to the phone book?

C'mon, give the guy a break...he was able to limit his list to people not known for their work from the fields of philosophy or economics or any of the Friends.

BTW, can you imagine Stephen Hawking trying to get a word in edgewise in a conversation with MTD?

[davidw]

A) Garden. Reap the bounty from my raspberry plants, fruit trees and vegetable garden. Can't wait.

B) Attending my son and daughter's track meets.

C) I think Charlie Rose.

Just off-hand I would have to list these.

[Hawks Coach]

1) I do my non-basketball when you are doing ball, so I am doing basketball now thru mid summer.

2) See above - this is really busy season for me, although I am finding time to golf.

3) The parents of a 6'5" 14U girl who can catch and shoot, and who doesn't have a current AAU affiliation.

[rainmaker]

Originally posted by Hawks Coach
3) The parents of a 6'5" 14U girl who can catch and shoot, and who doesn't have a current AAU affiliation.

Bwa-ha-ha-ha!

[footlocker]

1. visit family.

2. coach soccer.

3. a newly-divorced jessica simpson.

[TPS2859]

1) Golf
2) Focus on my REAL job
3) The Coors Twins

[brianp134]

A. Golf (try and lower my handicap to about an 8)

B. work on my back yard

c. Tiger Woods

[ChuckElias]

Originally posted by rainmaker
a) one thing you'll do this summer that doesn't involve basketball.

b) one thing you're involved in right now that doesn't involve basketball.

c) which living person you'd most like to sit next to and chat with at a dinner party.

a) Find a new job.
b) Cruising the Carribean. (Key West yesterday, Grand Cayman tomorrow! )
c) Bin Laden (assuming there was a steak knife at my place setting).

[Dan_ref]

Originally posted by ChuckElias

a) Find a new job.
b) Cruising the Carribean. (Key West yesterday, Grand Cayman tomorrow! )

Interviewing for that open "Director of Ship's Recreation and Entertainment" spot I see...