Let's put our Burl Ives albums on the turntable, listen to a few verses of Holly, Jolly Christmas and come up with the perfect holiday suprise for the Rams - the gift that just keeps giving.
No, I'm not thinking a shopping spree at Schwarzchild's Jewelry ... or gift certificate to Harvey's Progressive Barber Shop ... or even a Kevin Garnett autographed Spalding basketball.
Let's venture outside the box here: what the Rams need is an on-staff tattoo artist. Why not?
There are trainers/doctors to attend to medical issues, managers to scrub the socks 'n' jocks, academic advisors to handle classroom needs, coaches to offer valuable pointers, cafeteria cooks to appease growling stomachs, statisticians to track points and rebounds ... why no tattoo support?
By having it's own tattoo artist, VCU could achieve national attention (recruiting bonanza?) while also safeguarding against contaminated needles and avoiding contact with unsavory sorts. To illustrate my point, just imagine some wide-eyed VCU frosh venturing, all alone, to somewhere like Red Dragon Tattoos and Piercings, with rows of choppers lined up in front.
To slip more into the holiday spirit, younger posters might substitute the Ives classic with Wham's version of "Last Christmas," for background inspiration. "Last Christmas I gave you my heart, the very next day you gave it away." Love that line - actually I do a fair-to-middlin' rendition myself.
), but if things don't starting getting cheery around here and quick, I will make it my personal life goal to find a way to have a Lite98 Christmas Player embedded into VCURamNation.com.
