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Look at that guy move through the ball... pure artistry...

2007-06-26

Good morning Boys and Girls.

So, had MSNBC on this morning.

A commercial comes on advertising a "commercial free" premier for a new show on... I think it was U.S.A. network. The show is called "Burn Factor" and is about retired spy from some alphabet soup agency and what appears to be, his topsy-turvy retirement.

I couldn't possibly care less.

Except...

The star, the retired guy, looks to be twenty-five years old.

I'm not kidding. Maybe - maybe, twenty-six.

I want to go back in time and shoot my counselor from high school. I had absolutely no clue that had I gone the spy route, instead of the "Holy shit surrogate, I have no idea what to tell you; get a job, maybe? Probably one of the fast-food restaurants will hire you," route after high school, I could have been retired for twenty five years by now.

Do you know how good my golf game might be?

I might have had the time to get my short game ready for the senior tour. I could have developed my own "look," the way some golfers do.

That much of it I have managed to work out over the years.

The announcer, whispering, would say, as I stalked a putt to take the lead on the back nine on Sunday at the Roto-Rooter Open in Tuscaloosa, Alabama...

"Well, now here's the story of the year, isn't it Gary? This unknown fella with the homemade loopy swing, surrogate, with his trademark overalls, no shirt, and wearing those lime-green golf shoes of his - that ubiquitous huge unlit cigar constantly clenched off to the side of his mouth, showing his teeth...

Now he's plumb-bobbing this left-to-right twenty-five footer. Ya know, if he had some hair on his head, he'd be quite a handsome man, still the women simply can't stay away, so charismatic is his personality... I hear he donates half his winnings to charity... What a guy... The crowd is hushed... Here we go..."

I wonder if I'd make the putt?

Either way?

-They'd never forget me.

(snicker...)


Be good to everyone.

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