OT: Have you ever met Craig Ross?
I personally haven’t had the opportunity to meet the mythical creature known as Craig Ross, but I sometimes think about where I’d see him and what we’d talk about. The most practical location I can come up with is probably catching him at Literati signing one of his books, but the coolest place I think would be traveling in Hawaii and seeing him at a Tiki bar. I’d ask him to share his favorite memory from his days fighting in the Civil War, or perhaps what lessons he learned from living through the 1918 pandemic.
How about you all - have you had the chance to meet him? If so, where, and what obscure topic did you talk about? If you haven’t, what knowledge would you want to extract from that brilliant mind?
Good lord, if this is where we are in July, I don't want to know what December is going to look like if the season gets pushed or cancelled.
I live out of town, but not going to lie, I did pop into Literati to see if I could find an "unapproved" signed version of his books as he likes to do.
Every day, I wish today was the last day of OT season. If there's no season, it will look like the Army of the 12 Monkeys released a plague on this board.
Terry Gilliam is brilliant.
I have not met Craig.
But I do have his swimsuit photo poster over my bed.
Craig has a swimsuit poster of Rosa Luxemburg over his bed.
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Oh this is well done
Hot!
OT will be better if we can keep weaving in references to Weimar Germany
Pfft. Given this year this post is easily in the top half in terms of quality.
I always wanted to have Craig autograph a QDRO for me. He really is old too, he isn’t lying about that part.
What was it like playing with Lenny Kravitz?
Probably similar to getting sacked by Merlin Olsen
Yes.
There's too much fuel in him. The world ignites his fire and he works both ways. When he loves, he loves too much and when he hates, he hates too much. And in between there's so much wage, so much that he loses himself in these moments. And the closer he was, the further apart he wanted to be. He just couldn't get it together, until he met me.
Such is a life of Beautiful Chaos.
No. No I have not.
Since all interactions in this world have become digital now then, yes, I've read his words posted here and thus feel like I know his very essence.
Yes.
Had lunch with him in Kona, Hawaii.
We talked Michigan sports, including the baseball team’s run last year.
Great guy.
Wasn't he on Dancing With The Stars once?
Yes, at a furry convention
Wait, who is Craig Ross and how many hookers did he kill? If it’s less than 5, I’m unimpressed
29 minutes for someone to say...
*allegedly.
We're slipping
nope but he does read the board and post occasionally from what he says on WTKA so i imagine we'll all "meet" him shortly on the thread. CRAIG ROSS CRAIG ROSS CRAIG ROSS. damn. guess it's not like Candyman.
Yup, just look for username CR and say hi.
No but I would love to. His segments with Sam on WTKA are amazing
I know Craig Ross really well. He donated a lot of money and I will take care of him. ;) ;)
I know this is you! Like you don’t think I can’t recognize your little effort at self promotion. You certainly know a stable genius when you see one don’t you.
Sure I met him.
For a long time he was a FOC attorney and referee with the Washtenaw County FOC.
I had different clients who appeared before him on various matters over the years.
He also developed and published alimony and child support Guidelines which are still in use today. Talked with him on the phone quite a few times.
Really good guy. Really smart guy.
Yes - a few times at MGo(free beer)GeTtoGethers. First time he was running after Denard Cook while dad was talking about some Football minutiae. Second time we found out we both lived on Hinsdale in East Quad - me when Rick Leach was besting Joe Montana and Craig when C. C. Little was just starting to spout off some racist crap.
I can't remember if I'm Craig Ross or Brian Cook
I have not met Craig Ross. But, my son and I sat one booth away from him at Bell's Diner. He ordered the bibimbop. If you don't like Bell's Diner, the communists win.
Craig Ross doesn't do push ups.
He pushes the world down...
How were you simultaneously high enough to think this and sober enough to type it?
I met a hooker once named Minnie Mazzola.
Many times and each is a greater pleasure than the last. It's not hard. Leave a basketball game and he's by the escalator. Leave a football game by the Crisler exit and he's got some insanely amazing sweater on he pulled out just for this. Come to an MGoBlog event or a podcast taping and he might be there with his notebook.
How’s the book editing going? He keeps bringing it up haha
This is some weird shit.
It just shows how desperate we all are for actual sports.
But thanks, Seth, Phil and probably the rest of my bored friends who read this blog and decided to troll me for the lack of, say, hot topics on the CFL front.
And thanks for the wonderful cheesecake poster of Rosa L. that Robbie Moore sent along. I cherish it.
Go Blue, in any event.
I actually met Bob Ross on a business flight from Chicago to Dallas back in 1989. He was a sergeant in the USAF and talked more about planes, and did not say a thing about oil painting or his TV show. Sad to find out he had passed away from lymphoma several years later.
I have not. But I hope very much to BS with him about Michigan sports in person some day. I always enjoy his WTKA segments. That said, I once asked here on the blog if I could stay with him in Hawaii, and he didn't respond, which I thought was rude.
Erik.
I always try to read your posts--upvote them often--- so I am sorry I missed the Kona request.
Let me think about it.