Such a Nice Guy

Just finished writing a letter of recommendation for Professor Clopton - here's what I wrote:

But perhaps my highest compliment is that I refer to him as “Professor Clopton” because he reminds me of my esteemed former professor Dr. J.D. Futch III at Washington and Lee University.  They both have that joy of knowledge that cannot be faked.  Ask any alumni of Washington and Lee of the last 50 years and they will know exactly who Dr. Futch is and why that is such a favorable comparison.

And my messages are coming in:  "So nice"  "Good man"

It's a blessing - sometimes it feels like a weight in this world where we root for the R Rated person more than the G rated person.

A subject for a future sermon.   I'm waiting for that opportunity.  Yes, that is very nice of me...

Friends from College * Netflix

I've been watching this new show.  Produced by Nicholas Stoller who is the director of such movies as Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Get Him to the Greek, it's a comedy about a group of 40 years olds (think Friends) acting like a bunch of 20 year olds (think How I Met Your Mother).

Starring Colbie Smulders (How I Met Your Mother), they are a bunch of loveable losers, none of them does anything vaguely adult.  The real grown up are the people in the stars lives who just don't understand those long standing college bonds.  

All in all, pretty silly but at least an original comedy on TV.

http://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/nicholas-stollers-friends-from-college-and-the-dangers-of-nostalgia

A good golf round today

I played with Kyle who is a 0 handicap golf - winner of the City Championship and Club Champion many times.  I'm a 10 handicap, meaning he is 10 shots better.
I was playing pretty well.  I started on

hole 11 bogey
12 bogey - 3 putt
13 bogey
14 bogey
15 par
16 par
17 bogey
18 bogey

I was driving the ball well - hit every fairway and got progressively longer.  After a while Kyle said that I was keeping up with him "Mano a Mano".  On 18 he asked, what are you doing today that is making you do so well?  I had to think ( a good question) and I thought that it had to do with:

I had a sufficient time to warm up
Good nutrition and not so hot that day
A good upper body workout on Saturday - the dumbbell upright row was particularly golf -friendly.
I also think the new Ping Glide 54 wedge I got helped - particularly since I practiced with it


Even thought I bogeyed 18 I still beat Kyle on that hole since he was behind a tree - he should have hit the fairway like I did.

So it was a good day when you keep up with a much better player.