altgeld88
- Arlington, Virginia
Am starting a year-end Christmas/Hanukkah/Eid/Diwali thread in which we may express our thanks to:
(1) our splendid overlord and host Dan for creating and sustaining this wonderful virtual community of Illini faithful and fanatical;
(2) all assembled here who enable us to have channeled untold, and wildly entertaining, hours over the years that we might otherwise have, for example, deployed in writing entirely mediocre novels that the world can do without and no one would ever read;
(3) Josh, Bret, Brad and Shauna for their leadership in taking our three marquee programs to/toward what seem plausibly to be sustainable heights;
(4) the University of Illinois for being what it is, and what it means to all of us.
Where else can I argue publicly and passionately on Christmas Eve about whether or not a Zapruder-like film clip shows that a 300-lb opponent (Peyton Marshall) threw a comparatively waif-like 6'9" 225-lb Morez Johnson to the floor with malice aforethought, and then sauntered away as though he were seeking a fistful of corndogs in the first several rows of the arena further to slake his in-game appetite for mayhem and protein?
Either here on the Board, or in the grocery store parking lot. If here, spirited repartee ensues. If the latter, the state would probably grant me shelter and boarding in an unfurnished, enclosed space for a few days.
IllinoisLoyalty is fabulous, as are all of you. We have a NYE Bowl Game, football portal recruiting, and four months of basketball thrills ahead. It is indeed good to be us.
Disport yourselves below as you see fit. Gratitude is contagious. And we all have much for which to be grateful, whether or not it has anything to do with the Illini.
Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!
(1) our splendid overlord and host Dan for creating and sustaining this wonderful virtual community of Illini faithful and fanatical;
(2) all assembled here who enable us to have channeled untold, and wildly entertaining, hours over the years that we might otherwise have, for example, deployed in writing entirely mediocre novels that the world can do without and no one would ever read;
(3) Josh, Bret, Brad and Shauna for their leadership in taking our three marquee programs to/toward what seem plausibly to be sustainable heights;
(4) the University of Illinois for being what it is, and what it means to all of us.
Where else can I argue publicly and passionately on Christmas Eve about whether or not a Zapruder-like film clip shows that a 300-lb opponent (Peyton Marshall) threw a comparatively waif-like 6'9" 225-lb Morez Johnson to the floor with malice aforethought, and then sauntered away as though he were seeking a fistful of corndogs in the first several rows of the arena further to slake his in-game appetite for mayhem and protein?
Either here on the Board, or in the grocery store parking lot. If here, spirited repartee ensues. If the latter, the state would probably grant me shelter and boarding in an unfurnished, enclosed space for a few days.
IllinoisLoyalty is fabulous, as are all of you. We have a NYE Bowl Game, football portal recruiting, and four months of basketball thrills ahead. It is indeed good to be us.
Disport yourselves below as you see fit. Gratitude is contagious. And we all have much for which to be grateful, whether or not it has anything to do with the Illini.
Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!
