Saturday, July 17, 2010

I don't know how to play golf

The other day I was watching an episode of Northern Exposure-- the 1990's show about a small town in Alaska. In that episode, one of the heroes, Ed, was overwhelmed by an endeavor to create an Orson Welles film festival. His problem was resolved by an idea from Welles' biggest movie, about a newspaper publisher, CITIZEN KANE: "I think it will be fun to run a newspaper." That's a good idea to apply to a lot of things in life, and of course to golf. Simply, "I think it will be fun to play some golf"-- something to keep in mind out there.

And how to explain folly on the course? "I don't know how to run a newspaper, Mr. Thatcher, I just try everything I can think of."

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