Gannon Stories
One of my old college buddies, Tony, put up a photo of himself ‘intently studying’ engineering. I knew Tony all 4 years. My memories of him consist of his laugh, a few drinks and rec league basketball. Tony could handle the rock. I couldn’t guard him. Way too fast. Yet, my trip down memory lane didn’t stop there. I thought about Tony’s roommates - particularly Brian who I once tried to guard in a rec league game. My chest still hurts in cold weather because he demolished me on a drive to the hoop. (They called the foul on me - was a blocking foul they said). One afternoon ten of us went to Mercyhurst - a college not far from Gannon - we just wanted to check out their campus. We had beer. There were ten of us in a car that seated six. “Wow! This is a nice campus,” Brian said. He was sitting on my lap. “Let’s piss.” Just a simple throw away moment in a life that is approaching 58 years… …but I can still see the expression on Brian’s face as we busted out laughing. And then I thought abou...