The Organic Manzebo Experience

A Bookclub for the Discerning Gentleman

April 16th, 2009

Rick Astley Biography – Working Titles

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

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

April 15th, 2009

We <3 Sharpe

Overheard: “What? You mean AGAIN?!?”

April 15th, 2009

4 PBRs from Sobriety

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.

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April 13th, 2009

40 Watts From Eli’s

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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.

February 20th, 2009

Aprilzebo – Featuring Sue Carpenter

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.

February 17th, 2009

Febzebo Reminder

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.

February 10th, 2009

Reading List Updated

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:

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

February 10th, 2009

Overheard on a Brewery Tour

“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.”

February 8th, 2009

My Valve

It is disagreeably closed.

January 12th, 2009

Survivors of the ‘Hit On You Tornado’

“I’m not surprised by anything anymore.”