“Palmer/Homespun!” letter/review of the week …
“I truly enjoyed our conversation last Friday at Scotch Valley Country Club. Your book “Arnold Palmer: Homespun Stories of The King” was a most enjoyable and emotional read. As promised, I will pass the book on to my son, an avid golfer and second assistant men’s golf coach at Duke University. I am sure he will be equally impressed with your literary skills as well. My favorite passage was from Chapter 3. ‘Perhaps it was because he (Palmer) realized making others feel good made him feel good. Or maybe it was just because he was raised to judge people on how they behaved, not how much they earned.’ What a powerful tribute.” I look forward to reading “Use All the Crayons! The Colorful Guide to Simple Human Happiness”.
Steve G. Hollidaysburg, Pa.
This week’s Mick Jagger clip …
I apologize if it’s too much Mick here, but sometimes I become consumed with the Stones and am eager to share. I don’t remember this ’86 SNL opening, but I find it funny. It features Jon Lovitz’s pathological liar character hitting on Mick’s then-pseudo wife Jerry Hall (link here).
Today’s theme: Sour Grapes
Colorful Living Tip of the Day …
• Don’t complain the next time someone does or says something that throws a real monkey wrench into an already difficult situation. Instead, do something constructive and try to find a loose monkey.
Relatables …
• It may not be fair. It may not be just. But you need to understand if Bob Dylan releases an album of Frank Sinatra covers it is “tribute.” But if you publish a verbatim version of “The Grapes of Wrath” with your name where John Steinbeck’s should be it is “plagiarism.”
• Tell people who contend revenge is a dish best served cold that if revenge had a drive-thru, the traffic would stretch for miles.
• I woke up today again wondering if the Constitution for Concord grapes begins, "We the purple …"
• Given surplus of one and deficit of the other, I imagine when Jesus returns He'll turn California wine into water.
Unrelated
• Little known fact: Prior to construction of the 859-year-old Notre Dame Cathedral, the Parisian location was the site of the first French McDonald’s.
• I consider it yet another degradation of once-proud men, but I'm upset how what I once called "the family jewels" somehow became "my junk." From jewels to junk in three short decades. SAD!
• It’s a triumph of Biblical marketing that the day known for the cruel beating and bloody crucifixion of the holy man many of us consider to be our Savior is called "Good" Friday. I wonder what Jesus calls it.
Zeitgust Word of the Week (a word I made up with the goal of getting it into an actual dictionary) …
Sizemologist:
Any man or woman engaged in the clothing trade for purposes of measuring customers to ensure proper fits.
Related blog posts …
“Rebuild Napa & boost America: Guzzle wine!” (August ‘14) …
Ground-breaking news is causing me to renege on my promise to today write about having Arnold Palmer cameo in my next YouTube promotion. And, yes, every single earthquake is in some ways what you have to call “ground-breaking.” California Gov. Jerry Brown has declared Napa Valley, the world-famous wine-growing region, in a state of emergency.
Concluding thought …
• Weed” is today a $55 billion business. "Weed" is cultivated, sheltered, nurtured and cared for more lovingly than some rare orchids. My point: Nothing about "weed" suggests weed so let's all stop calling "weed" weed.