the irish lass

Googling Lance Geselbracht

I ran into Denny Dalton at lunch today and spent the time reminiscing about the Jesuit High school alumni. Whether it's a result of fine parentage or an all boys school I don't know, but these were guys who even when you were only 16, you knew they were going to turn out to be something special. Smart, funny and surprizingly sweet.

Denny says his good pal Lance Geselbracht is retired, living in Canada and playing rugby. Wonder if he saw my post about George Bush and Yale Rugby?

So I googled Lance and ran across Mark Heringer's blog with photos of the Old Aggie Touring Side Rugby Club in all their glory. One of the photos looked familiar and I dug out my old photo box.

Some things never change. Thirty years have passed. They're standing on the same pitch with the same grins today. Doug Moore, Lance Geselbracht and John Wallen still have the same posture. I don't recall the other guys names.

Twelve Chicks of Christmas - Kay Starr

The Man With The Bag"

Old Mr. Kringle is soon gonna jingle
The bells that'll tingle all your troubles away
Everybody's waiting for the man with the bag
'Cause Christmas is coming again
He's got a sleigh full, it's not gonna stay full
Stuff that he's droppin' every stop of the way
Everybody's waiting for the man with the bag
'Cause Christmas is coming again

He'll be here
With the answer to the prayers that you made through the year
You'll get yours
If you've done everything you should extra special good
He'll make this December the one you'll remember
The best and the merriest you ever did have
Everybody's waitin' for the man with the bag
'Cause Christmas is coming again

Old Mr. Kringle is soon gonna jingle
All the bells that'll tingle all your troubles away
Everybody's waitin' for the man with the bag
'Cause Christmas is here again

He's got a sleigh full, and it's not gonna stay full
Got stuff that he's dropping every stop of the way
Everybody's waiting for the man with the bag
'Cause Christmas is here again

He'll be here
With the answer to the prayers that you made through the year
You'll get yours
If you've done everything you should extra special good
He'll make this December the one you'll remember
The best and the merriest you ever did have
Everybody's waitin,' they're all congregating
Waitin' for the man with the bag

Better watch out now!