The Organic Manzebo Experience

Never Gonna Give You Up: The True Story of Rick Astley

Gave It Up: How It All Went Wrong (and Right Again)

Overheard: “What? You mean AGAIN?!?”

Gentlemen: It was a fantastic meeting last night.

I thank you all for a spirited & rousing discussion.  Even in the face of the stringent ground rules that our organization requires, you all continue to shine.

Two important notes regarding upcoming Manzebo Events:

1. Smays has graciously agreed to host an old-fashioned ‘Balderque’ in May; look for details via Evite in the near future.
2. The assembled quorum selected (without Shapley assistance) “Pride and Prejudice and Zombies” as our next book.  We will likely meet on Tuesday, June 9th to discuss it.  Follow the above link to get it for $7-ish dollars at Amazon.

Just in case you missed the emails this morning, the Manzebo will be assembling @ Eli’s tomorrow night to discuss Sue Carpenter’s ‘40 Watts from Nowhere.’

See you there, and save me a PBR tall boy.

Hey kids!  Do you want to read about Los Angeles pirate radio in the late 90’s?  I bet you do!

Actually, I know that you do because Sharpe crunched the Shapley numbers, and Sue Carpenter’s memoir “40 Watts from Nowhere: A Journey into Pirate Radio” made it’s way to the top of our reading list.

Following the above link will get you to Amazon where you can get a copy for around $13, or you can head over to BookCloseouts.com and pick up a copy for around $4.

There’s no firm date or location for the meeting yet, but plan for sometime in early April.

Just a quick reminder that the Manzebo will be gathering tomorrow evening to discuss John Kennedy Toole’s A Confederacy of Dunces.

If that weren’t exciting enough, Sharpe will pull back the curtain of statistical wizardry and reveal our upcoming book picks.

And finally, we should probably figure out when Manzebo Members (Manzebites?) are available for future meetings, and how often that we’d like to meet.

See you at Mancini’s.

FYI: Our list of possible book selections has grown to an impressive 35 books (or thereabouts).  This connects our eminent book list with many, many things:

• The ‘coral’ wedding anniversary
• Padres pitcher Randy “Junkman” Jones
• The minimum age at which one may assume the Presidency of the United States of America, Ireland or Poland
• Tigers pitcher Justin Verlander
• The only federal interstate freeway which connects Texas to Minnesota
• Shooting guard Kevin Wayne Durant of the Oklahoma City Thunder
• The age at which a man in ancient Rome was eligible to become a consul
• The Year in which Italy invaded Ethiopia (1935)

Why don’t you see how many additional arbitrary links you can find to the number 35 and put them in the comments? 

“My short game is terrible”

5th Street Musings:

Manzebo1: “Why is there a dog in here?”

Manzebo2: “Maybe the dog is watching the baby?”

“…trouble with cheerleaders.”

“I didn’t realize that it was cougar season already.”

“She had old hands.”

“Wheelchair.”

The Frustration of Blue Bricks:

Manzebo1: “Same.”

Waitress: “So you want a Sam Adams?”

Manzebo1: “Yeah.”

Waitress: “Sam. Regular?”

Manzebo1: “Yeah.”

Waitress: “Light?”

Manzebo1: “Yeah.”

“Why is it that I know the ugliest chick at that bar?”

“It’s actually louder outside of the bar.”

The “Hit On You” Tornado:

Manzebo1: “Is that a tattoo of a squid?”

HoYT: “No, it’s tribal art you stupid mother-f*cker.”

Manzebo2: “I’m sorry, did you just call him a stupid mother-f*cker?”

HoYT: [Pause]

HoYT: “…No…?”

HoYT: [Cuts a swath of destruction towards the next group of men.]

Macarena in the skywalk.

Pub 500 Cover Story:

Waitress: “What do you guys do?”

Manzebo1: “We’re venture capitalists.”

Waitress: “You’re what?”

Manzebo1: “Never mind.”

Humping Pillow

The Unbearable Confusion of Sharpe’s Breakfast

Sharpe: “I’ll have the meat-lover’s skillet.”

Waitress: “Okay.”

Sharpe: “And a caramel malt.”

Waitress: [A wave of puzzlement washes over her timeworn face]

Sharpe: “Is that okay? Can I do that?”

Waitress: “Sure, nothing surprises me anymore.”

Waitress: [Wanders off to the kitchen]

Manzebo1: “She was lying about not being surprised; you just blew her damn mind.”

It is disagreeably closed.

“I’m not surprised by anything anymore.”