Welcome to the Virtual 340 Club: How to Stick Trip

The 3rd periodic 340 Club Reunion has been postponed indefinitely

Before there was an Animal House there was a 340 Club; before there was a Dean Wormer there was a Harold "the fuck" Martin; before there was John Blutarsky or a Daniel Simpson Day there was Tim Lutter, Sil Simpson, Dan Joyce, Tim Getzloff, Dick Lichty, Jim Shay, Phil Zangari, Chris Joyce, Dave Petkosh, Mitch Herr, Kenny Giltner, Dean Staherski, Randy Brown, John Emswiler, Sue Krimmell Emswiler and myself; before there were any Delta Tau Chi pledge pins, there were 340 Club cards; before Otis Day & the Knights, the 340 Jukebox; before there were Delta Brothers there were the usual gang of idiots that congregated at 328, 340 (twice) and 338 West King Street in Lancaster, Pennsylvania for a decade beginning in August 1974. This blog is dedicated to those idiots and those times. God bless Kenny, Mitch and Chris; may they rest in peace.

Tuesday, January 22, 2008

How to Stick Trip

Here I am stick tripping in the 338 penthouse.

Again, it is nothing more than focused daydreaming with a prop. Here are five easy steps:

1. Find a good stick … has to be the right length, balance point early in the stick, minimal splinters, correct weight, and comfort … durable

2. Grip the stick in your left hand, strike your right palm

3. Imagine discovering America or playing six man football or running for president

4. Concentrate, focus, imagine … whack your hand (repeat as often as necessary until mission accomplished)

5. If someone asks what the fuck you are doing and they can’t see you tell them you are “typing” … if they see you tell them you are stick tripping and simply act as if it is as normal as typing.