I was a Fan of the Washington Bullets Basketball Team - 10 games a year, right behind the basket on the floor.- GREAT Seats.

My boss at Analytics was a big basketball fan and went to games with his son. Sadly, his son died accidentally and Ed was stuck with an extra ticket to 10 games. So I went... Kinda creepy being the surrogate son but... it turned out to be fun.

We sat very close to the court right behind where the Cheerleaders danced. Very Sexy up close! When the giant men were fighting over possession of the ball they were VERY CLOSE. Loud, violent struggles. One set of Forwards was called "The Beef Brothers" and another was nicknamed "Thump and Bump". I believe they played for the Philadelphia 76ers. - The Arch Rivals. Larry Bird also played at our games against Boston.

We sat right in front of the dressing room and when the players went by I could slap them on the back and shout GOOD JOB!

This all happened in The Capital Center - a 19,000 seat arena... It was very loud with all the cheering and a guy playing the big drum and running all over the place encouraging madness.

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I also went to the Capital Center for Rock Concerts: Michael Jackson played there and I bought TEN tickets, then sold nine for a slight profit to friends of mine... I made enough that I got to buy a Grateful Dead ticket with the profit. Sadly, the Michael Jackson concert started with Very Bright lights pointed at the audience and I was blind for the first few minutes of the show. That pissed me off. Going to a show that I couldn't even see? WTF?

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I remember dancing to the Grateful Dead's song "Sugar Magnolia" with my wife JoAnn at the Capital Center. That feeling was the best in the world. Being in Love while dancing to a Love Song.

I really liked going to rock concerts at RFK Stadium. I bought ten tickets to Paul McCartney and sold nine...  Paul announced that he would be giving away for free the unsellable seats behind the stage for the next show. I picked up a pair of free tickets and a friend of mine arranged for a blind date with a lady that worked at the CIA as a newspaper reader. We had a fine time at the concert and she invited me to a kegger she was hosting the next weekend in her backyard. Volleyball, beer and many female CIA office workers. Most of the men invited were either Pizza Drivers like me or Deadhead drug dealers. It was a classic party... CIA ROCKS!

At a Grateful Dead show at RFK we had a Thunder and Lightning storm with torrential rain. It turned the lawn of the football field into a Sea of Mud. People were running and sliding just like they did in the movie "Woodstock". Some Unknown Person "Dosed" me with excellent quality LSD and I danced in the mud. After the show I did a POWERWALK like I was in a Carlos Castaneda book. I took ONE STEP and waited until I GROKKED that location, then I took another step and GROKKED that completely different location... so I walked extremely slowly all the way to my car in the parking lot... a spiral of deadheads surrounded me laughing and ridiculing me... "Watch OUT! That man is walking Extremely Fast and You better get out of his way or you'll be RUN OVER!" Silly People... I met some Deaf Students from Gallaudet University and we partied until Dawn. They had "Liberated" an electric cart and were driving silly all over the parking lot until the Security Guards stopped them and "Suggested" that they pick up trash and cart it to the dumpster... No need to arrest the people for stealing a cart, just put them to work!

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