Time keeps on slippin slippin slippin

And Great White keeps on not bloggin bloggin.

Oh, the days of fearsome warring on the battlegrounds of Hoyt and Chapel.

Oh, the sacrifices of blood in the snow and mud.

It seems that with the thawing of winter's tundra, Kon Disch, too, has gone a little, well, soft and mushy. Gone are the hard edges that define this most elite platoon.

As the Dead tune goes, "All the years combine / they melt into a dream...."

Two low points: on the day of International Dinner, when the Great White was called to assist the womenfolk and children back in the keep, elements of Kon Disch practically mutiny against the guidance of Pouliot.

Then, on Football Monday of this week--the cheating, the lackluster effort, the poor sportsmanship hit a deep, foul bottom.

Soccer Tuesday, though. A return to form. A rebirth of spirited competition. Bacnasty back. The Chucker on fire. Shoes playing some inspired goal. Tony Ja slicin and dicin.

MVP: Chucker, for that sicknasty D that keeps the game tied 1-1.

Basketball Wednesday: Don't know about y'all, but the winners game turned into a rumble of grueling brutality. Hack city. Them fouls they got away with, they'd call fouls on them hits in a football game, in a lax contest. Dirty, pushy, low-down. But the intensity brings out the Wildman who gets the ole MVP of the day. Bees would take it for all those NBA treys and slashing drives to the hoop, but he's not actually one of the Kon Disch; and the Great White ain't givin no more MVP to the mercenary joiners from the Large camp.

Tomorrow: Friz Thursday.
And then, the last day, the first annual Partay Friday! Bring your duckets, y'all. $4/apiece should be proper for the final feast!

Tundra Soccer Tuesday

The ice and snow have melted, and today's field was like the tundra--permafrosted beneath, but treacherously slick and muddy up top. Not so kind for fashion icons like Street Clothes and Shoes. Not so bad for defensive player of the day Diabolical Dan, all time Kon Disch saves leader. Though, sadly, he gave up the winning goal to a streaking Bacnasty, his save percentage still sets the league standard at .937.

Today's MVP hails from Pouliot's crew--Megan Rilkoff--who generally outhustled everyone and stayed a wee bit late to set up Bacnasty's winning goal. She also had the play of the game, in which she slipped and crumpled, in Chucker's words, "Like one of those toys that's held up by strings and you push the button on the bottom and it goes like this...."

Frisbee Monday

MVP Mad Max Burkholder. Hat trick city. Gonna start calling him HANDS. One play though, the disc bounces off his hand, deflects right into Bacnasty's mitts for the ole score.

When the time comes for NEXT GOAL WINS, the GW's team is up by about 4,572 points, but out of semi-retirement races Chucker, slashing to the end zone, where he catches a sweet lucky throw.

Snow Soccer

Can't recall MVP on this glorious powder day. Do know the Great White went DOWN, Down like Charlie Brown! Goes to tackle Shoes, slips, flies up in the air, lands right smack on the back of his noggin. Looks like he's knocked out or something--a hush snaps across the field--but he stirs, rubs his neck, and rises.

Later that evening, sleeping proves a challenge, and by Saturday, the Great White has to use two hands to lift his head from the pillow. He's going in for a workman's comp form--injured on the job--9 months free pay. Or something.

Good game, though.

Mountain Bike Thursday

On this week's Mountain Bike Thursday, the Great White had to take his son to the doctor, where he was diagnosed with strep and the flu. Gnarly. In a bad way.

In the GW's absence, Commander Hartell leads Kon Kisch through a serious of fun-filled floor exercises.

"Please, Sir," pleads Bacnasty, "Can I have another wall sit?"

1st Kon Disch after Headmaster's

Shoes gets a bit of MVPness for providing the kind instructional. Bacnasty gets a bit for GRUDGINGLY providing the venue and the technology.

Chucker gets FOUL of the day by dropping a nasty, slow-release stink bomb that sent all Kon Dischers fleeing for fresh air.

Basketball Wednesday!!!

who dem? who dem? who dem think they beat up kon disch?

here's a bit what the ole GW would look like with an afro--and the enemy's costume. (it's fletch, fellas, one of the greatest funniest characters ever on film).

once again, back is the incredible, the rhyme animal, and it begins with D! (public enemy #1!)

first annual Large White Shadow invitational proves a SMASHING SUCCESS. four teams. winners and losers play. then winners play again. 20 minutes of hard-nosed full court madness.

i don't know HOW these teams got picked, but wildman, beeeees, master of the universe, the Great White, diabolical dan, and Gimme Gimme Gibbsy all wind up on the same team.

they make quick work of Salvatious and company while Quin the Esquimo and the twin towers of KMitch and Shoes battle into double overtime. the esquimo and shoes teams probably were done after that; they certainly had little left over for the Great White Shadow's crew.

one blow-out after another for the champs. takin punks out with a flurry of buckshot. boom boom boom, they was gunnin. all they could see was punks runnin and yellin and fallin and pushin and screamin and cussin! (that's ice cube, aight?)

best defensive play of the game? probly when Salvatious blocked the GW like he's playin beach volleyball.

GW has to take play of the game. both arms pinned by one of the dirty tricksters on the esquimo's team, he flips the ball straight up in the air. impossible for it to go in, but somehow it curves, and bounces in like richard hamilton's shot to win the championship for uconn back in the day (one of the SICKEST shots you'll ever see--youtube it baby).

MVP is a tie and goes to nobody in kon disch. sorry fellas. Master of the Universe and Beees for their runnin and gunnin dominance.

Kon Disch is now officially on break until after Headmasters. See you again in the balmy spring weather of February!!!

snow football

no blood on the snow today, and for that bacnasty can count his lucky stars after a nasty pass interference he pulled on the Great White....

final score 75-53. serious defense.

though wildman had the best two plays of the game--a juggling TD and another fingertip TD--shoes comes down with MVP for scoring 14 TDs and breaking up a number of plays. Malcncheese might have scored MVP but he refused to play D and convinced the rest of his team to just let the opposition score--not exactly spirit of the game if you ask the GW....

L'evans tossed a sweet TD pass as well, surprising the male chavinists on the opposition. Pouliot came through with a nice TD catch late in the game to make up for a couple of early drops. The heartbreaker of the game, though, had to go to the GW himself, when he dove for a TD but let the ball pass through his ribs. ouch. funny though....

Snow Disc

A little nasty out there today. Spirit of the Game lagging a bit.

Tough to catch the ole disc in the cold; no need to ridicule folks for drops....

MVP Wildman with the play of the day--sliding in snow for catch about 4 inches off the surface of the crust.

Defensive player of the game? Chucker?

Big week: Football tomorrow weather permitting. Larges tourney on Wed. Girls JVA on Thurs. Righteous!

Instructional Vids and Dodges

Thurs: MVP goes to the triumverate of the Chucker, Street Clothes, and Bacnasty who provided the DVD, car, and TV for our instruction. We learned how to go big. To launch off 60 ft cliffs. We'll have to study this skiing business a bit more sometime soon.

Friday: SICK game of dodgeball in small pen down by old squash courts. Dang it smells bad in there. Like mold and old socks. MVP Diabolical Dan emerges with triple play and a series of inspired strikes.

Thug Life

Kon Disch (Larry Bird) went up against the Larges (Bill Laimbeer) yesterday and stunned the wannabe bad boys by beating the spread. Vegas had the Larges winning by at least 18, but when all was said and done, Kon Disch cut the final lead to ten, thus earning the moral and emotional and TRUE victory.

In fact, questions remain as to whether or not the Larges actually finished the game. As is traditional in Kon Disch, the Great White called for "Next goal wins," but the Larges simply walked off the court at the buzzer--BEFORE the next basket! Some may consider such behavior unsportsmanlike. Others might call it QUITTING, aka FORFEITING!

Tony Ja breathed life into Kon Disch mid-way through the game with some inspired steals, earning the defensive player of the game honors. He had 19 steals in 12 minutes of play. Wildman earned MVP on the strength of his 81 points--before Sketch Twin #4 launched his dirty campaign of football on the pinewood floor.

Next week: mixed up tournament with the Larges. Four equal teams, two courts, big prizes.

Slack City

The Ole Great White apologizes for his slackness re: Kon Disch, The Blog.

Li'l Summary, in reverse chronological order.

Soccer Tuesday featured teams captained by the oldsters: The Great White and Pouliot. Nice snow, crust, and ice playing surface. Hard fought match featured defensive player of the game Mighty Matt Benoit and MVP GREAT WHITE hisself. Thanks to some sweet passes by his righteous teammates, the Great White recorded his first hat trick in probably 30 years. Wildman and Pouliot also scored two goals each, and someone else on her team scored. The GW forgets. Corey and Lee joined in, as did Psycho Boy--many thanks to all of them. Final score 5-3, GW's team.

Friz Monday, also in the snow, was competitive and well-tuned to the ole spirit of the game. Bacnasty captured MVP with something like 5 goal receptions. Shoes set up most of those, so give him the ole nod for assists. Also, Shoes probably deserved Defesive Player of the Game.

Friday, or was it Thursday, was football. Another day was soccer, in the upper barrenlands. Tony Ja captured player of the game that day after his most fiercesome HAND BALL declaration.

Probably missing something, but aside from an aborted game of basketball on Wednesday, when JVB kicked us to the ole curb, it's been a pretty solid week for Kon Disch.

Big game tomorrow when Kon Disch destroys the Larges in BBall!

Stay tuned, true believers....

Bloody Snow

Kon Disch '09 begins with a fierce battle of ultimate played on crusty snow, the kind that slashes through exposed skin like pavement or crushed glass. Sketch 2 and Sketch 4 join in, wearing their sexy sleeveless attire and Under Armor spandex.

For some time the game is lively. Lots of cold hands. Dropped passes. Offers to purchase a snow disc. (http://www.wrightlife.com)

Defensive player of the game? Did anyone play defense?

Player of the game goes to Mr. Street Clothes today. Might have gone to shoes, for his 9 touchdowns, but Shoes threw the second game, took a dive, went on vacation with Bacnasty. Street Clothes played a fine all-around game, played D on the Wildman, which is no small task, and scored a handful of goals. He also was instrumental in setting up key drives and connecting on an assist or two.

Play of the game goes to Greenjay, who launched a perfect throw-off that came to a spinning stop right at the corner of the field, where it meets the goal line. Verrrry Kind.

Tomorrow: Basketball 1pm.