Kim Karger (now married) wrote me this note in high school…I bet it’s her handwriting…it’s not signed. Pete, This was on my desk calendar this morning. I thought maybe you’d appreciate it. “Don’t you believe that nice guys finish last. Nice guys are winners before the game even begins.”
Author Archives: Pete Ippel
Three quotes from Kahlil Gibran
I found these in my room hand written with a Bic pen in big letters…they’re dated 4/7/97. “And let today embrace the past with remembrance and the future with longing” “Man’s needs change, but not his love, nor his desire that his love should satisfy his needs.” “Trust the dreams for in them is hidden …
The first time I dunked
I had been trying for many weeks with a men’s ball, and successfully dunked a smaller than regulation ball that I could palm (one of the pizza hut final four balls) at Shabbona middle school in 1992. My “Street Ball” was so bald from outdoor use. It was a Christmas present from my father, my …
Huge Sundae in Chicago
Originally uploaded by hypermodern This sundae was called greed…I wonder why….
What to do In a HUGE Chicago Thunder Storm…
Pete_Ipp.jpg Originally uploaded by hypermodern Hello from navy pier.
Old No Fear T-Shirt
I found one in my room with the following… “It’s not how you play the game, it’s if you win or lose.” More later…
Quotes From College Filing Cabinet
So this is what I found: “The shortest and surest way to live with honor in the world is to be in reality what we appear to be.” -Socrates “He who cannot change teh very fabric of his thought will never be able to change reality, and will never, therefore, make any progress.” -Anwar Sadat …