Hello again everybody!
Greetings from the Love-Beaded FBH Headquarters which has been somewhat
converted to a bunker located deep beneath the Bunting compound. Those who
have been the recipients of my extremely sporadic off-season correspondence
know full well that the Business Access machine has been chugging along,
requiring full concentration of mind, body and spirit. In the past, I have
borrowed from a U-2 song lyric and sometimes referred to being very busy as
“Living underground, eating from a can.” I should be so lucky to have canned
food. As a result, my personal organization is nowhere near its peak and, at
the moment, I am unable to forensically piece together a true and accurate
accounting of last year’s prize money. The solution is that I have paid the
big winners, but those of you who won quarters in 2000, will receive credit
equal to your entry fees. The only question is whether you will receive credit
for last or the upcoming season. Please contact me with your recollection and
we’ll all move on with our lives.
Now that the annual groveling has been
completed, on to the annual potentially hollow promises of a more efficient
FBH season to come. However, this time I have a plan. “Just how will our
beloved Commish make things more efficient?” you might ask. By delegating, of
course. My idea is to have the prizes for the entire season prepared and ready
to go out and in the hands of the esteemed AssCommish, so he can just address
the envelopes and send them immediately to the skillful winners upon the close
of the quarters. I will also inform him of the received payments, which we
intend to process weekly, so we shouldn’t have any more questions. I realize
that the money has never been the big thing about FBH, but it should be right
and I will make sure it is so.
Ralph has put his off-season to good work by
making several upgrades to the award-winning FBH page,
www.footballhappenings.com.
Please forward any info or suggestions you have to him. I did notice that many
of the bio pages are very out of date (for example, I think it still shows
that Uncle Rich is in the Navy) so, unless you like living in the past, please
forward on some fresh info. Most importantly, please advise us of any new
contact information so you won’t be left out of the loop or your prize money
finds itself in someone else’s hands. We also would like to remind you all
that sending in stories and comments are most welcome, especially with my time
being limited as it is. After all, Ralph can’t do it all alone; only about 97%
of it.
There has been a lot going on this
off-season. 2000 FBH Champ Tommy Lee “You’re so hot, babe” Shiflett and
Brandi “A fine girl, reportedly” Snider-Shiflett were married in July.
Kelly “Krapweasels Rule” Howell and Jame “Clovis” Howell brought
son number two, Ian, home in February and moved the entire troupe into
a new house in July. Michelle “Ma Belle” Brown delivered a beautiful
baby girl, Kayleigh just a couple of weeks ago, while Mikey "Almond"
Joyce and The "Ardis formerly known as Kelly" are expecting their
first child in October. Boobie and soon-to-be Mrs. Boobie are
closing on their wedding house and are prepping for what is sure to be the
centerpiece of the 2001 FBH season, the wedding in November. Please forgive me
if there are other large events I have omitted. Better still, write us and
tell us about it.
The 2001 season starts on Sunday, September
9th. The opening day schedule will be posted shortly. To join, all you have to
do is start picking. If you know a new member who is interested in joining,
they can pick using your name from the pull-down menu and indicate their name
in the comments field below. Or you can call or email Ralph or me.
Please note, we have new email addresses this season: You can use
ralph@footballhappenings.com
(Ralph) or
rbunting@business-access.com (new Roy) to reach us.
