y66 Posted June 12, 2011 Report Share Posted June 12, 2011 Bandito by Eleanor Lerman What gets you up in the morning? For me it is the thoughtthat someday, I will beas far away from hereas I can get Watch merubbing out the lines behind meI recommend it I recommend fooling everyone into thinkingthat you have settled downand then heading for the hills The dog will bare his teethif instructed and meet upwith you later. It's goodyou named him Bandito:he'll watch your back This, by the way, this is not a fantasyIt is page 69 (ha ha!) of the manualI read when we were planning the takeover So it didn't happen—so what?This is betterWait until I tell youwhat's on the next page from The Sensual World Re-Emerges. © Sarabande Books, 2010. Reprinted with permission at the Writers' Almanac. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackshoe Posted June 12, 2011 Report Share Posted June 12, 2011 What gets me up in the morning is my cats. :D 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtvesuvius Posted June 12, 2011 Report Share Posted June 12, 2011 Usually my younger brothers' screaming at each other. Or sometimes I just don't sleep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenberg Posted June 12, 2011 Report Share Posted June 12, 2011 I am not sure what to make of it when an adult says For me it is the thoughtthat someday, I will beas far away from hereas I can get If, say, this is a woman who is living with me I would ask her if she needs any help packing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjbrr Posted June 13, 2011 Report Share Posted June 13, 2011 her groans when she comes to the sudden realization of what a big mistake she made the night before 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
y66 Posted June 14, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 14, 2011 My favorite scene in The Bridges Of Madison County was at the end where Meryl Streep and her husband are in the truck and Clint Eastwood is a car or two away waiting for the light to change. The Streep character was really torn between staying and jumping out of the truck and her hand was shaking on the door handle. If kenberg had been in the driver's seat next to Streep, I guess that movie might have ended differently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenberg Posted June 15, 2011 Report Share Posted June 15, 2011 I was just happy when The Bridges of Madison County ended. Didn't care for the book either, but my wife liked both a lot. I found the poem evocative. But it's not clear that she needs a dog to bare his teeth to help her get away. Just Hit the Road, Jacqueline. She might find that no one minds at all. Worth a try, she could report back on the experiment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
y66 Posted June 15, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 15, 2011 From Thelma and Louise: Louise: Damn, Jimmy, did you take a pill that makes you say all the right stuff? Jimmy: Honey? Ummm... Do you want me to come with you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenberg Posted June 15, 2011 Report Share Posted June 15, 2011 Now Thelma and Louise, there's a movie I liked. My daughter Ruth tells me that by liking it I have passed some sort of test. But then I also liked Legally Blonde, which probably undoes all the chits I got for liking T and L. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
y66 Posted June 16, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 16, 2011 I'm getting up early tomorrow morning and heading over to Congressional for the U.S. Open. Will probably follow Els, Love, Furyk & Day in the morning and McIlroy & Mickelson in the afternoon. Els won here in '97. Would love to see a guy like Jason Day win it this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenberg Posted June 16, 2011 Report Share Posted June 16, 2011 Enjoy. When I was a kid my Boy Scout troop arranged for us to run scores from the greens back to the headquarters for the big annual game in St. Paul. Sam Snead, Tommy Bolt, etc. I've been to Congressional to watch but it's been a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PassedOut Posted June 16, 2011 Report Share Posted June 16, 2011 I'm getting up early tomorrow morning and heading over to Congressional for the U.S. Open. Will probably follow Els, Love, Furyk & Day in the morning and McIlroy & Mickelson in the afternoon. Els won here in '97. Would love to see a guy like Jason Day win it this year.Pretty good choice to follow McIlroy today! Tough one for Phil though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
y66 Posted June 17, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2011 That was fun. Nice breeze out there yesterday which was definitely an advantage for McIlroy. He goes off early today which is an advantage for all early starters after heavy rain last night softened the greens -- these are the conditions that helped Johnny Miller shoot the Open record low score of 63 in the 70s. Sat next to a woman on the way over who could have been Thelma's younger sister. We passed a tennis center in Cabin John park named after Pauline Betz Addie, one of the greatest women tennis players ever, a former bridge opponent of kenberg's and the mother of poetry rock star Kim Addonizio of water cooler fame. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil_20686 Posted June 17, 2011 Report Share Posted June 17, 2011 What gets me up in the morning? My wife. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shintaro Posted June 17, 2011 Report Share Posted June 17, 2011 :rolleyes: my bladder ??? :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ggwhiz Posted June 17, 2011 Report Share Posted June 17, 2011 :rolleyes: my bladder ??? :D :) You don't buy beer, you rent it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenberg Posted June 18, 2011 Report Share Posted June 18, 2011 My wife noticed an item in the Washington Post this morning relating to the Open. Apparently they confiscated all mobile phones and such, gave the visitor a receipt, and put all the gadgetry in the same place. It became like an electronic chicken coop: beep, beep, jump, beep, jump, beep. Better there than on the edge of the green! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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