The Hobbit Book Log #10

12/16/2012

The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

Pages 140-151

           

            This section begins when Bilbo and the dwarves plunge into the mysterious forest of Mirkwood.  A soon as they enter the forest they get a gloomy feeling about it.  They grew to hate the forest more than anything on their adventure this far.  They soon came about a river, which they were warned not to touch or drink from, and crossed it using a boat that was there.  However, the fattest of the dwarves, named Bombur, fell in and ended up in a deep sleep when he got pulled out of the water. They had to go on and carry Bombur, making seemingly no progress.  When Bombur finally woke up, he wept over there not being any more food, when suddenly, one dwarf saw something shining in the woods.

           

            “His heart, that had been lightened by the sight of the sun and the feel of the wind, sank into his toes; there was no food to go back down below.”  This quote that Bilbo says when he is up in the tree gives us a feel of worry for the dwarves.  They are lost, without food, and are unable to find any way out of the forest.  Bilbo, who was not so enthusiastic to go on this adventure, was able to find a shred of joy in being atop a tree and feeling the breeze.  They are lost in a forest, and have hardly any hope.

            In this section, the dwarves send Bilbo up a tree so that he can see what is all around their position.  He is not too ecstatic about having to climb this tree.  I can relate to that because I am afraid of heights.  I can go up Eagle Tower in Peninsula State Park, but that’s pretty much it. I can never get up to high on a climbing wall.  Every time I try, I just freeze once I get to a certain point.  Bilbo is a braver man than I, because he was actually able to climb that tree, and I would never be able to.

The Hobbit Book Log #9

12/9/12

The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

Pages 125-139

           

            This section starts out with our group of adventurers eating dinner with Beorn.  Afterwards Beorn leaves to take a look outside and the dwarves go to sleep.  When they awaken, Beorn is gone and now so is Gandalf.  Around supper time Gandalf returns and tells the dwarves that he was tracking bear prints.  The next morning Beorn returns and tells them that he was checking to make sure that their story was true.  Beorn gives the dwarves traveling advice and soon after lunch they leave, back to their adventure with refurnished supplies. As they reached the edge of Mirkwood (a forest), Gandalf leaves the dwarves, causing a large worry among them.

            “I am not sending the horse back, I am riding it back!” When Gandalf says this, it is easy to tell that the journey is about to get a lot harder for the dwarves.  Gandalf has been the dwarves’ everything.  He was their connection to hospitality, the one who saved them from the goblins, and the one who saved them from the trolls.  One can only imagine how they will manage getting through the forest without Gandalf.  Also, if his doesn’t come back by the time the dwarves get to the dragon, they are in for a big fight. It will be quite interesting to see how the story progresses from here, we will see if Bilbo is finally ready to toughen up or not.

            As I stated before, the dwarves are very worried of their current situation because they now must journey fourth without Gandalf.  This reminds me of when Bret Favre left the Packers.  All the fans were upset and worried that the Packers would start to do worse as a team.  Not long after Favre left, Aaron Rodgers started to prove himself as a quarterback and break many of Favre’s records.  The Packers were ready to move on without Favre, and now the dwarves need to be ready to move on without Gandalf.  It’s time for Bilbo to become the dwarves’ Aaron Rodgers.

Hobbit Book Log #8

12/1/12

The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

Pages 112-124

            After our adventurers wake up from their night of feast, the eagles kindly take them down off of the mountains so that they may continue their adventure.  Once they get off the eagles and are ready to once again begin their adventure, Gandalf announces that he will not be continuing on the adventure for much longer.  All the dwarves (and Bilbo, who I wish to remind you is a hobbit) become worried when they hear this because they would have never gotten this far without him.  Gandalf then takes them to someone’s house who he knows of, but this man, named Beorn, is not familiar with Gandalf.  Still, Beorn eventually welcomes them all in and offers them dinner.

            “Indeed we are now a good deal further east than I ever meant to come with you, for after all, this is not my adventure.  I may look into it again before it is all over, but in the meanwhile, I have other pressing business to attend to.”  When Gandalf says this, you can practically feel the dwarves get nervous.  Without him, they surely would have never gotten this far.  While he still hasn’t left at the end of this section, one can only wonder how the dwarves will fare without Gandalf guiding them through the many dangers of this adventure.

            As I have been reading this book, it has started to remind me to the Percy Jackson series.  Much like the Percy Jackson series, this book has many different kinds of warriors, and the different kinds of warriors between the two books are very similar.  For example, they both have warriors who use traditional swords and shields, and they both have people who are able to use elemental-type abilities.  Also, in both books they fight various kinds of creatures. In The Hobbit they fight trolls and goblins, and in Percy Jackson they fight minotaurs and cyclopses.  I find it interesting how books then and now can be so much alike.

The Hobbit Book Log #7

11/17/12

The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

Pages 102-111

            If you recall in the previous section, our group of adventurers had tried to hide in a tree from wolves.  In this one, the wolves discover them in the tree.  Then, it just so happened that wargs and goblins were showing up because they were planning a meeting.  Worried about what might happen to them, Gandalf tries to fend off the creatures by throwing flaming pinecones at them, starting a big fire in the forest.  However, the creatures tame the flames and start directing them towards the trees that the dwarves are in.  Just before the trees are engulfed in flames, they are all saved by eagles who owe a debt Gandalf.  They are all taken to the eagle’s perch in the mountain where the eagles feed the adventurers. 

            “At best of times, heights made Bilbo giddy.  He used to turn queer if he looked over the edge of quite a little cliff; and he had never liked ladders, let alone trees (never having had to escape from wolves before).  This is an important quote because recently in the story we have seen great feats of bravery from Bilbo.  Also during this part, Bilbo is hanging from someone’s leg, not feeling he can hold on any longer; ready to drop at any moment.  This reminds us that he is still a fragile little hobbit, not completely ready for this adventure. 

            While Bilbo is being taken to the eagle’s perch, he looks down at the land below him and begins to feel queasy.  Being afraid of heights, this experience makes him feel very, very sick. I can relate to this because, while not completely afraid of heights, being at high altitudes makes me feel a little anxious.  I am hardly able to be at the top of eagle tower without feeling that I can’t go any higher.  I don’t think I could be any higher than that.  For me, it’s the fear of falling that really gets to me, just like Bilbo.

The Hobbit Book Log #6

The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

11/10/12

Pages 91-100

            This section begins with Bilbo walking away from the mountain where he escaped from Gollum and Goblins.  As he walks away from the mountain he wonders if he should go back to look for the rest of the dwarves in the mountain, but soon finds them at a campfire.  They are all happy to see him, but are very surprised that he had escaped from the goblins.  He told them how he managed to escape, but decided not to tell them about the ring.  As night began to fall, they set out to continue their journey, but they were without food.  As they walked through a forest, they started to hear wolves.  They ran and decided to hide in trees. 

            “I brought him, and I don’t bring things that are of no use.  Either you help me to look for him, or I go and leave you to get out of the mess as best you can.  If we can only find him again, you will thank me before this is all over.”  This quote said by Gandalf shows that he has faith in not only his choice to bring Bilbo along, but also in Bilbo.  In the previous section, we’ve seen that Bilbo is capable of making good choices in a heartbeat and will be able to help the team of dwarves immensely.

When the dwarves run from the wolves they climb into trees.  I can relate to that, but only in the sense of climbing the tree, not running from anything. Well, I probably shouldn’t say that because I may have used the tree I used to climb all the time as a hiding spot for hide and seek when I was a lot younger.  The tree I’m talking about is a very big tree, and used to be very good for climbing.  I would always climb it with friends and family, and it would be used for games like hide and go seek, and playing things like army or something like that.

The Hobbit Book Log #5

11/3/12

The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

Pages 64-77

            In this section, Bilbo awakens alone from unconsciousness in the dark.  He feels a ring on the ground and without thinking slips it in his pocket.  Not, knowing what to do, he moves through a river to try and find his way out.  He soon meets a small humanlike creature named Gollum who intends to murder and eat Bilbo.  He gives Bilbo a chance to save himself through a game of riddles.  They exchange riddles and answers, and Bilbo ends up winning.  Gollum decides to use his magic ring to turn in visible and sneak up on Bilbo.  When he can’t find the ring, he blames Bilbo and chases after him.  Bilbo puts the ring that he has in his pocket on his finger, and turns invisible, disappearing from Gollum.

            “He guessed as well as he could, and crawled along for a good way, till suddenly his hand met what felt like a tiny ring of cold metal lying on the floor of the tunnel.  It was a turning point in his career, but he did not know it.  He put the ring in his pocket almost without thinking; certainly it did not seem of any particular use at the moment.”  This is an important part in the book, because for anyone who knows anything about The Lord of the Rings series could guess that this is the special ring that will turn you invisible. It starts a major part in the story that becomes vital to Bilbo’s own story. 

            During Bilbo’s riddle contest with Gollum, Bilbo is unable to think of a riddle and hesitates to put out a riddle.  Gollum starts to pressure him and backs him into a corner, and Bilbo continues to get more and more nervous.  I kind of know what that’s like because one many years ago time I was in a room with an old dog.  It began to back me into a corner and I got really nervous.  The dog started barking and I screamed.  My dad came in and backed the dog away from me.  It’s really a scary experience to be backed into a wall by something that seems to be threatening you.

The Hobbit Book Log #4

10/25/2012

The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

Pages 55-63

            In this section, our group of adventurers embark on a journey through a mountain.  Soon after they enter a cave to escape the weather, they are abducted by goblins.  They try and fight back, but it’s no use and they are all brought to the Great Goblin.  The Great Goblin interrogates the dwarves (and Bilbo), but won’t believe that they aren’t spies.  Just before the Great Goblin has them killed, Gandalf bursts in, kills some of the goblins, and releases our adventurers.  In the flurry of they fight, Bilbo sees someone kill the Great Goblin.  Bilbo jumps on one of the dwarf’s back and they all follow Gandalf.  In all the commotion, the dwarf drops Bilbo down a hole and he loses consciousness.

            “Now, goblins are cruel, wicked, and bad-hearted.  They make no beautiful things, but they make many clever ones.  They can tunnel and mine as well as any but the most skilled dwarves, when they take the trouble, though they are usually untidy and dirty.” This excellent description of the goblins gives us a great idea of what they are like.  It gives us a feel for the goblins’ attitude and how they might treat our adventurers when they are confronted by the Great Goblin.  It makes us worry for all of our characters and wonder if they will all get out alive.

            In this section, I can relate to the needing to find shelter from the weather.  One time I was stuck outside when it suddenly started raining. It is not something that you want to happen, especially when it’s a flash storm.  It comes in without warning and is really quite freaky.  You get a feeling of helplessness, and it you get scared, especially in my case where I was out on my boat. We were able to get in quickly and got lucky because right after we got in, every other boat began to follow.  This experience helped me to understand how the dwarves felt getting caught in the storm.

Mark Zuckerberg

          I am writing about Mark Zuckerberg because the origin of Facebook seems like it could be interesting.  I recently watched some of the movie “The Social Network”, and I’m curious to see how much was accurate.  Also, Mark Zuckerberg has had a big affect on the world.  His social networking system has made it so people can communicate easier and tell each other about events and information quicker.  Whenever you go on a web-page you see “Share on Facebook” or “This page has (insert number here) likes”.  It would be interesting to figure out how the internet evolved with Facebook. 

The Hobbit Book Log #3

10/18/12

The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

Pages 43-51

           

           In this chapter, our group of dwarves (and Bilbo) stops and rests at the house of some friends of Gandalf.  These friends of Gandalf are elves. They arrive here after a near fatal encounter with some trolls.  While at these elves’ house, they spend fourteen days resting, eating, and stocking supplies.  Bilbo was relieved to have this rest and wished he could just stay while everyone else went on, but he knew he couldn’t.  When it was time for the dwarves to leave, the elves gave them travel advice and told them origins behind the weapons they had picked up.  Then they were off.

            

           “They stayed long in that good house, fourteen days at least, and they found it hard to leave.  Bilbo would have gladly stopped there for ever and ever – even supposing a wish would have taken him right back to his hobbit­-hole without any trouble.” This is an important quote from the book because it tells us that the group wishes to rest longer and reminds us about Bilbo’s feelings for this trip, he would rather stay where he is than keep going and he wants to go home.  It also tells us that the dwarves wish to stay and relax longer, too. 

I can relate to the dwarves in this part of the book because I also like to just relax.  I especially would like to just relax after an encounter with some trolls, if they were real.  Still, I am able to relate to Bilbo with his wanting to be back home, not going on this adventure that he was dragged into.  Although, at this point I think I would have learned to just deal with it and brace myself for the rest of the adventure.  I feel bad for Bilbo, mostly because he didn’t have much of a choice whether or not to go on this journey. 

The Hobbit Book Log #2

10/11/12

The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

Pages 27-42

                This chapter has Bilbo and the group of dwarves setting out on their adventure.  While on their adventure, the horses get spooked and run into a lake.  By the time the group of adventurers get the horses out of the water, they have lost most of their food.  When night begins to fall, they see a faint light in the distance.  They send Bilbo in to investigate, and he discovers that it is a group of trolls.  While trying to steal from one of the trolls, Bilbo is discovered and is grabbed by the neck.  The trolls begin arguing over who gets to eat Bilbo and then drops him on the ground while they argue.  The trolls stop arguing when they hear the dwarves looking for Bilbo, and then they hide and wait for them to come into the light of their fire so they can capture them in a sack.  The trolls successfully capture most of the dwarves, when Gandalf, the wizard, starts throwing his voice to confuse the trolls and starts another argument.  They argue until the light comes up and turn into stone.  The group is freed and then they find the troll’s home and take some food and weapons from it.

                “I had not gone very far when I met a couple of friends of mine from Rivendell….You will get there in a few days now, if we’re lucky, and find out all about it.” This quote is important because we learn more about Gandalf.  We learn that he has traveled around quite a bit, and has connections in many places.  As I read on I’m sure that I will find out more about Gandalf and the depth of his character.  Aside from being a powerful and wise wizard he is also quite old.  At one point he refers to a hundred years as if it is nothing.  

                At the beginning of this chapter, Bilbo sleeps in later than he meant to.  Because of this, Mr. Baggins misses something important that happened.  I can connect to this because I’ve also slept in too late before.  In the morning I slept in too late once and I was late to school because of this. Luckily, I haven’t slept in too late to the point where I was late for my job on the weekends.  For Bilbo, however, he was still right on time when he got to where he needed to go, so he must be luckier than me.

The Hobbit Log #1

10/10/12

The Hobbit by J.R.R Tolkien

Pages 3-26

            The book begins with a description of our main character, Bilbo Baggins (who is also a hobbit).  After we know some things about Bilbo, he meets a wizard named Gandalf.  Gandalf asks Bilbo if he wants to go on an adventure.  Bilbo doesn’t like adventures, so he nervously says no, and then invites the wizard to tea for the next day.  When tea time comes the next day, Bilbo doesn’t find Gandalf at the door, instead it’s a dwarf.  Being someone who welcomes company, he lets the dwarf in.  Very soon, another dwarf comes, then another, then another, soon there are about a dozen dwarves.  After all the dwarves have arrived, Gandalf appears.  There is a big party, complete with singing and food, but all of it is unexpected by Bilbo.  After the party, they talk about plans for getting back something that belongs to the most important dwarf, and they plan to pull Bilbo into it.

            “Let’s have no more argument.  I have chosen Mr. Baggins and that ought to be enough for all of you.  If I say he’s a burglar, than a burglar he is, or will be when the time comes”.  This is an important moment in the story because it not only tells us how highly respected, wise, and powerful Gandalf .is, it also sets the journey in motion for our main character Bilbo Baggins. Also because of how the book described Bilbo, we know that this is something that he would never want to do, thus setting up an interesting story for us ahead. 

            Like Bilbo Baggins, I am not always so eager to go on adventures.  Now, adventures that I am possible to get pulled into are not quite as large in scale as what Mr. Baggins is being pulled into.  Something that I got pulled into was going for an extra hour long car ride than expected so we could go to a haunted house.  I still wasn’t very happy about it even it all was over, but sometimes we just have to deal with these things.  I’m sure Bilbo isn’t all that excited to go on his adventure, but I’m not all that sure of how he will feel about it once it’s over.

Apollo 18

Before I begin, I just want to say that while quite scary and suspenseful, Apollo 18 isn’t the scariest movie ever; I just don’t see many scary movies because I don’t have the stomach for them.

Apollo 18 is a “found footage” sort of film, meaning it the whole thing takes place through a camera, or multiple cameras.  It begins with three astronauts heading up to the moon on a secret mission in the very late 1900’s.  Two of them go down to the surface while one stays at a space station circling the moon.  Once there, they set up cameras around their space pod.  We very soon start seeing strange things such as rock moving on their own.  One day when they got out of bed and went out of the pod they found the flag they set up all torn up.  Baffled, they decide to go for a ride on one of those moon carts.

While looking around, they find a soviet space pod!  Upon further inspection, they find that while it is in decent working condition, the inside is completely trashed and has blood on the inside.  One of the astronauts decides to investigate a crater right next to the soviet space pod.  When he gets into pitch black deepness, he needs the aid of a flashing camera to see, but only in split-second increments.  During one of these flashes, he sees the dried up face of the dead cosmonaut. 

They pull the dead body up out of the crater to investigate it.  They find that his suit was punctured by a rock.  They take the rock back to their pod to observe it better.  The next day it’s missing, but they quickly find it lodged in one of their arms.  They carve it out of his arm and from that point on, the one who had the rock in their arm starts loosing it.

As things continue to progress in the movie, suspense builds and makes the end of the movie intensifying and even a little terrifying.  The thing that really builds the scariness of this movie is the fact that it tries to get you to believe that the entire movie really happened, and it does a pretty good job of doing that, however, it’s obviously not true because there was absolutely no way for all of the footage to get back to Earth, but good luck trying to think straight like that during the movie!

A Day in the life (Of Someone Else)

            I’m staring at the mirror, shocked.  I've never seen this hare, these eyes, or this face before.  Suddenly, the cell phone on the nightstand starts ringing.  I answer it, and hear a gruff voice barking at me about being late to work. Still shocked, I remain speechless.  The man tells me not to bother coming into work today because they already got someone covering my shift, but now I’m in hot water, then he hangs up.
After the phone call I frantically search the room for an ID card of some sort so that I can find out whose room I’m in.  Finding nothing in the room I quickly go downstairs a see a wallet on the kitchen table.  I open it a search I t to find a drivers license.  I’m in the body of Rich Goldberg, who is 6’1”, 21 years old, and also an organ donor.  Now I know whose body I’m in, now what should I do?My stomach suddenly growls. I look at a clock on the wall, and it reads 12:00 pm. 
          I decide to change out of this man’s pajamas and into a t-shirt and a pair of shorts.  I throw on a jacket and start driving around town looking for a restaurant.  I stop at a Noodles & Co. near Rich’s house and get lunch.  He must have gone there a lot, because many of the employees kindly greeted me.  I replied in a kind tone, pretending I knew who they were.  
           When I left I was still completely baffled. On my way back to the house, I suddenly realized something.  I was the campus of the University of Minnesota.  I knew this because my dad had brought me here before, also there was a football stadium that said University of Minnesota on it in big letters.  I arrived at the house still not sure what I should do. Rich’s phone rang again and I answered it. 
          The person on the other end sounded like a teenager and asked if I was Rich Goldberg.  I said yes and he suddenly started cheering on the other end saying something cell phone brain switching being a success, then I felt a shock and fell unconscious.  I woke up the next day in my own bed, and more importantly, my own body.  While I was relived, I still was quite confused.  I grabbed my phone and checked recent calls.  I saw a number I didn't recognize, a figured that was Rich’s number. I wondered whether or not I should call and ask, or leave it be. 

Apocalypse Survival

Face it.  We all know that someday, it’s going to happen.  You know what I’m talking about.  That’s right, the zombie apocalypse.  We need to be prepared for when it comes, or else all of our brains will be doomed to be the dinner for zombies forever.  What you need to do first is build a stronghold.   Location-wise, you really have two general choices.  You can build an underground one, which will be hidden from the zombies’ sight.  However, you run the risk of dead bodies being that may have been buried in that area turning into zombies and discovering your hideout, which brings me to your next choice.  You could build a stronghold that’s up in the sky standing on stilts with one elevator entrance.  This way there won’t be any dead bodies near your stronghold, but there still is a risk. The stronghold is in plain sight, and you never know what zombies are capable of.  I personally am going with the underground option.

Your next step is storing weapons.  Your two most important weapons are a shotgun, and a crossbow.  The shotgun is very effective against zombies because the shot spreads out and gets more surface area on the zombie, tearing it apart limb by limb. Make sure you use the ammo sparingly, because finding more may not be so easy.  The crossbow is important because you can get long range shots and the ammunition is easily replaced.  Let’s face, it may not be so easy to get ammunition for an AK-47 in a world where zombies are trying to kill you.  Another essential to have is a blade of some sort. I recommend a machete or a longish knife. 

Step three is food.  Store a bunch of non-perishable items in your stronghold, such as soup, or freeze-dried food.  To have food is to survive, and to survive is to find a way to stop the apocalypse.  If we can’t find a way to stop the apocalypse, we will never survive forever.  Now, take this information that is more valuable than gold and prepare for the zombies to rise up. 

9/11

                 Hearing about 9/11, it must have been absolutely shocking and devastating.  It would be jarring to see planes crash into two skyscrapers.  Also, it’s sad about how many people died that day, especially the ones that gave their life to try and save others.  It’ll leave family’s that were affected by this tragic event scarred for a long time.  The people flying the plane into the twin towers thought that they were doing something honorable by doing what they did, but nothing is honorable about killing thousands of people at once.

                While I don’t agree with war, I think that going to Iraq after the events of 9/11 was a little necessary to show the terrorists that we won’t take their actions lightly so that they won’t try another attack again too soon.  I am also pleased with the amount of improvement in national security there has been since 9/11, like in airports.

10 Favorite songs

Song       Narrative Poem (yes or no)  Description(if yes)                

100 Years                                      Yes                        About the events of one’s life

                                                                                    through 100 years  

A Little Faster                                No 

Fallout                                            No

Handlebars                                     Yes                        Story of two good friends who

                                                                                      take two different paths in life

Some Nights                                  No

The Show Goes on                         No

Airplanes Part 2                               Yes                        About a rapper’s rise to

                                                                                      stardom and what his life might

                                                                                      be like if he wasn’t discovered

The Motions                                  No

We are Young                               No

Breakfast                                       No

English Prompt #2

                It started shaking more and more until it exploded in a flash of light.  I awoke the next day in a hospital in Green Bay.  My body was filled with aches and pains, and I could hardly move at all.  When the doctor came in I asked him what happened.  He told be in the box was a mysterious device that had exploded and knocked out everyone in the school, and left them in the hospital.  He notified me that there were no serious injuries, but my teacher had mysteriously disappeared.  When my doctor left to attend to other patients, I turned on the news and it just so happened that this mysterious event had happened in many public areas all over America.  Like in my school, there were no serious injuries, but there still were thousands of people in the hospital.  Government officials the police and were baffled by this incident, but there were prime suspects.  It seemed that, like my teacher, the people who had been seen placing the boxes had disappeared.

                Most of my classmates and I were let out of the hospital later that day, all baffled by the strange incident. 

“What do you think the purpose of all that was?” My friend, Ian, asked me.

“I’m not sure.  Do you think it’s weird that everyone disappeared right after it though?” I replied.

“Yeah, it’s really weird.  Do you think it’s just a freak thing, or do you think that something more malevolent is at hand?”

“Well, considering that it seemed so organized, it would seem be malevolent, but no one was hurt so I don’t know what anyone would try to be accomplishing by doing this.”

                As we walked through the town thinking about our conversation, we noticed how empty the streets were with all the people in the hospital.  It was usually so lively out in the town.

                “Do you think all the people that disappeared are part of some evil organization bent on taking over the world?”  Ian suggested

                “Yeah, that seems really likely” I answered sarcastically.

                At that time, I had no idea how right he was.

Biography

This is my first post on Kordon Bleu’s blog and I am going to give you a slight biography about myself.  I emerged from my mother’s womb on December 12^th, 1997, and through the course of my life good, bad, and strange things have happened to me.  On the fourth anniversary of my birth, I was given a great surprise of the gift of my first bike.  Life wasn’t all good though.  One day whilst going through an enchanted glen to get to my grandparents house, my brother and I were ambushed by a rather angry swarm of bees who gave me at least 10 stings in my back.  Now for an unusual moment in my life.  One day at a Harlem Globetrotters game, I was taken from my seat by the team’s mascot, Globie, who then took me to the team’s locker room.  Ready to soil my trousers, he asked me if I wanted to be “Little Globie”.  Quite frightened, I declined his offer.  This has been a short collection of stories from my life.