I’m all over the World Wide Web. In fact, my online social networking portfolio rivals that of most humans. Yet, one thing I have always lacked was a true online home, a la website. Well, now that has changed as today I’m proud to announce the launch of my brand new website, Butler.edu/Blue2.
Note: My site is best viewed in Firefox, Google Chrome or Safari. The site gets a little lost in…
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Summoning the Tooth Fairy
As you may have heard via my other social networking outlets, I had a little dental work done this past week. Now, I know what your thinking and no, I didn’t see the orthodontist for my trademark lower teeth. Instead, I went in for what I thought was to be a root canal on one of my upper fangs and much to my surprise, came away one tooth lighter. Oh, Tooth Fairy…pay up!
While my teeth may…
Butler Blue II – What I’ve Learned (Second Installment)
Besides Christmas, the New Year, basketball games and the other fanfare that accompanies this time of year, one of the things I’ve come to look forward to the most is Esquire Magazine’s annual, “The Meaning of Life” issue, which is hitting news stands now. It’s the January 2012 installment with George Clooney on the cover.
Back in my old blogging days, I was inspired by Esquire and their…
Name is Blue, but You Can Call Me Butter…
…Because I’m on a roll! Okay, bad joke, but I am on a bit of a hot streak these past few days and I would be remiss if I didn’t share.
Let’s be honest, my whole life has been blessed. Plus, one could take a look back at these past couple of years and note that consecutive NCAA Men’s Basketball Final Four appearances and all that goes with it qualifies me for having a “hot hand” or “paw,”…
‘Dominick the Donkey’ – Lou Monte
Thanks to the men of Tau Kappa Epsilon (TKE), the 1960 Holiday tune, “Dominick the Donkey” has become a holiday tradition on the campus of Butler University. Upon the return of Thanksgiving break, speakers atop the TKE chapter house and facing Hampton Dr., broadcast the mind-sticking jingle from one limestone building to the next.
Little did Richard Allen, Sam Saltzberg, and Lou Monte know that…
Clothes Make the Dawg
It was the famous author and humorist, Mark Twain who once said, “Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.” I suppose the same could be said for a dog, after all, a flea-bitten fur ball is a dime a dozen, but throw on some threads on the mangiest of mutts and much of society will swoon.
So was the case on two occasions this past November which required my…
‘Anna Sun’ – Walk the Moon
The latest installment of “Blue 2unes” takes us just next door, down I-74 and to the Buckeye State’s city on the river, Cincinnati, Ohio. Think Cincinnati and the brain conjures up images of Skyline Chilli, Charlie Hustle, WKRP, Kings Island, the former Mr. Jessica Simpson, Montgomery Inn, the Ickey Shuffle, and maybe even Chris Sabo’s Rec Specs. Well, prepare to add Walk the Moon to that list…
The Butler ‘Alma Mater’ – Twitter Contest
Premise & Parameters
After several big Butler events over the last month or so, I must say that I have come away amazed at how many of my fellow Bulldogs do not seem to actually know the words to Butler’s “Alma Mater” by Fred W. Wolfe ’16. Rather than just belly-ache about the observation, I want to encourage the campus community to learn the lyrics. Thus, I give to you the Butler…
‘Equestrian’ – US Royalty
I suppose if the District of Columbia is the root of your origins, then by all means, you should consider yourself “US Royalty.” Thus, the aptly named foursome embraces the moniker and their music even more.
With US Royalty’s first full album, “MIRRORS,” arriving in January of this year, the band struck a chord with “Equestrian” and it’s been buzzing college campuses and the indie/alt rock scen…
‘Shuffle’ – Bombay Bicycle Club
The Bombay Bicycle Club might not be what you think. And by that I mean, I don’t think this is a group of India’s finest cyclists who gather for stage races. Nope, this is a band of British boys who’ve traded their two-wheelers for guitars and have made good use of them.
Their third album in as many years has produced a single that caught the attention of my furry ears in “Shuffle.” I can’t…
