Daily Archives: October 29, 2014

@FoxSports #BuckReynoldsVerducciAndrewsKen

Posted on October 29, 2014 by johnrubens

Ode to the Giants We come to you with bayonet’s unfixed to repair a problem we have with you, Kansas City Royals. Won’t you come try our stew? We can meet forevermore in Missouri for a BBQ, Rodeo and Dance-Off.

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Yes Richard Nixon was there and Gloria Steinem too. We listened to all the music we heard. #KashkariPowerFromAbove

Posted on October 29, 2014 by johnrubens

@Doctrine_Man #necronixon “In light we in California decide to have a #stabilityfreeze.” Re: #BrownCampaign [#LateralLovin’ (#NeilYoung) v. #FederalCrackdown (Represented by #NeelKashkari)].

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Clarification: “Safe Zone” = Home Base; “Free Zone” = Working Space

Posted on October 29, 2014 by johnrubens

In 5th grade, I invented a game called eyeball tag with my friends Kevin Houlihan, Paul Buckley, Jim Fennelly, Fred Stanske and Ron Campbell, among others. #EyeballTag Paul Buckley’s father, Dave Buckley, bought Paul a portable reel-to-reel tape recorder in … Continue reading →

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I would run at them and taunt them if the Its were lazy.

Posted on October 29, 2014 by johnrubens

This post was republished to JohnRubens at 11:20:44 AM 10/29/2014 I would run at them and taunt them if the Its were lazy.     In 5th grade, I invented a game called eyeball tag with my friends Kevin Houlihan, … Continue reading →

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This post was republished to JohnRubens at 11:20:44 AM 10/29/2014#WaroftheWorlds #PlanetoftheApes #EyeballTag?In 5th grade, I invented a game called eyeball tag with my friends Kevin Houlihan, Paul Buckley, Jim Fennelly, Fred Stanske and Ron Campbell, among others. #EyeballTagPaul Buckley’s father, Dave Buckley, bought Paul a portable reel-to-reel tape recorder in 1968, right after the anniversary of the Orson Welles’ “War of the Worlds” radio broadcast, and the release of The Planet of the Apes, both of which we were introduced to for the first time. Paul and I mostly would make tapes of apes and eyeballs…the subject matter surrounded science fiction adventure stories like Jonny Quest, “boney apes” (Paul) or “husky apes” (John, this author and game inventor).So we made tapes of eyeballs, grub worms and creepy stuff and I decided to take it to the field on the Brittan Acres Elementary School playground. We’d play on the field but it seemed like wasted space out of softball, football or basketball season, so I invented this game, Eyeball Tag.The Field:On a square grass field, the grass is the “free zone” where you can get tagged on the back of the head, [at first, I devised eyeball tag to tag the one that’s not “it” in the eye. Before anyone was injured after a few run throughs, I changed the rules to tag the back of the head. [digression, I later hit a classmate and friend, Mike Hildreth in the back of the head during class. This went on for some time until I hit him too hard once and had to agree to pay him damages next time I hit him. I did indeed hit him and he reminded me forthwith to pay him. I did and never laid a hand on him again. Never considered myself a bully before until now.]Anyway, the field. So you have this field and two status’: either you are it and in the field trying to “tag” the non-its running across the #freezone. Once you leave the safety of the two “safe zones” at either side of the field, one runs of their own free will whenever one wants, if at all, to the other side of the field where there is another safe zone. The its will be trying to tag you as you run from one end of the field to the other, where there is another safe zone. It can get pretty tiring for the its and they will want to tag you but for the reason they want to REST. There is no turning back to a “base” as a runner might often do in baseball, but that doesn’t mean you are going to run in a straight line to avoid being tagged. Eyeball tag is a cross between football and tag.Copyright and Trademark IntentionJohn Rubens1968Copyright October 29, 2014

Posted on October 29, 2014 by johnrubens

In 5th grade, I invented a game called eyeball tag with my friends Kevin Houlihan, Paul Buckley, Jim Fennelly, Fred Stanske and Ron Campbell, among others. #EyeballTag Paul Buckley’s father, Dave Buckley, bought Paul a portable reel-to-reel tape recorder in … Continue reading →

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#WaroftheWorlds #PlanetoftheApes #EyeballTag?

Posted on October 29, 2014 by johnrubens

In 5th grade, I invented a game called eyeball tag with my friends Kevin Houlihan, Paul Buckley, Jim Fennelly, Fred Stanske and Ron Campbell, among others. #EyeballTag Paul Buckley’s father, Dave Buckley, bought Paul a portable reel-to-reel tape recorder in … Continue reading →

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#TooLongTweets; if you cut and paste a #toolongtweet, the #Toulon will end up italicized [sic (Toulon is a unique French City)]

Posted on October 29, 2014 by johnrubens

Themes: #fighting: Fighting can be group learning.  Fighting is not inherently evil but part of Nature.   [Italics appear to have been inadvertently added or added by the wordpress.com server(s). Discovered italics added due to cut and paste from a too … Continue reading →

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Dear @kibs33 Thanks for being my #tweeterfriend. I have someone to #tweet2

Posted on October 29, 2014 by johnrubens

Themes: #fighting: Fighting can be group learning.  Fighting is not inherently evil but part of Nature.   [Italics appear to have been inadvertently added or added by the wordpress.com server(s).]

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