August 24
You just try to be true to your idea of what is funny and what is also interesting. ~ John Oliver
Summer continues beautifully here in Vacationland USA, oblivious to its plights around the rest of the world, as I continue in my blog-catch-up mode. ~ Me
Fine dining is an occasional treat for most people. ~ Rene Redzepi
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I don’t like dining rooms. I think they have too much structure and are too formal. ~ Lee Radziwill
[Why yes, this is my federally-provided pencil sharpener . . . ]
Like almost everyone who uses e-mail, I receive a ton of spam every day. Much of it offers to help me get out of debt or get rich quick. It would be funny if it weren’t so exciting. ~ Bill Gates
May 26
Life’s pretty funny when you’re objectively on the outside looking at it. ~ Philip Seymour Hoffman
The Memorial Day weekend began yesterday with the Federales at Jack’s Pub at Carlos Creek Winery. Four sunny days in a row with temps in the lo 80’s! Unbelievable!
A transposable aphorism is a malaise of the urge to be witty, or in other words, a maxim that is untroubled by the fact that the opposite of what it says is equally true so long as it appears to be funny. ~ Umberto Eco
[Karin and Dave sampling the local wares at Jack’s Pub with the brewery in the background . . . ]
I grew up in a time when women didn’t really do comedy. You had to be homely, overweight, an old maid, all that. You had to play a stereotype, because very attractive women were not supposed to be funny – because it’s powerful; it’s a threat. ~ Lily Tomlin
[The Federales (from Minneapolis) . . . ]
What I like about the jokes, to me it’s a lot of logic, no matter how crazy they are. It has to make absolute sense, or it won’t be funny. ~ Steven Wright
I knew exactly what to do on Alien, it was funny. ~ Ridley Scott
Once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth. ~ Arthur Conan Doyle
[The Minnesota state motto . . . ]
Give me a laundry-list and I’ll set it to music. ~ Gioachino Rossini
May 27
We will miss George for his sense of love, his sense of music and his sense of laughter. ~ Ringo Starr
[Jeff James doing “Willie” on the Townes Van Zandt classic on what we all agreed was a perfect weather day at Carlos Creek Winery . . . ]
I think ABBA have a pure joy to their music and that’s what makes them extraordinary. ~ Bono
[Recognized for his research on angleworms and batik shirt designs . . . ]
Music will never go away, and I will never stop making music; it’s just what capacity or what arena you decide to do it. ~ Dave Grohl
[Aficionados of the Biden aviator shades . . . ]
Music is a beautiful opiate, if you don’t take it too seriously. ~ Henry Miller
People understand my message is positive, and at the end of the day, I’m just here to make music that I enjoy and that other people enjoy. I think that’s why I have such a loyal fan base. ~ Lil Peep
What most people don’t understand is that UFOs are on a cosmic tourist route. That’s why they’re always seen in Arizona, Scotland, and New Mexico. Another thing to consider is that all three of those destinations are good places to play golf. So there’s possibly some connection between aliens and golf. ~ Alice Cooper
[The Alexandria Golf Club, celebrating the new season and honoring 50-year members . . . ]
I love being on the water, wakesurfing and wakeboarding. I’m not thinking about golf. I’m just wondering if my cooler’s got enough ice to make it through the day. ~ Dustin Johnson
[The clubhouse venue . . . ]
I like going there for golf. America’s one vast golf course these days. ~ Edward VIII
[Photo discovered posted somewhere in the bowels of the clubhouse. It’s from a 3 Gals and a Guy tournament from some year unknown. It appears I won a towel, which is appropriate since I majored in towels in college. BTW, that’s a short sleeve golf jacket of a sort I can’t seen to find anymore . . . ]
I did envisage being this successful as a player, but not all the hysteria around it off the golf course. ~ Tiger Woods
I can’t hit a ball more than 200 yards. I have no butt. You need a butt if you’re going to hit a golf ball. ~ Dennis Quaid
Golf is more fun than walking naked in a strange place, but not much. ~ Buddy Hackett
I went and took golf lessons so Dad would let me play with him. I was just terrible… but I was able to have a wonderful time just walking around with Dad. I can see the real pleasure of that game. ~ David Hyde Pierce
[50-year honoree, Duane Braun . . . ]
I don’t like going to the mall. I’m not really like the other girls. I just like to go out on the golf course and play. Golf is fun and feels really good. ~ Michelle Wie
[50-year honoree, Dave Schultz . . . ]
Cyclists, I work with a number of cyclists. They are great athletes; they are great aerobic athletes. If you ask them to hit a baseball or golf ball, they can’t do that. ~ Eric Heiden
I think fine dining is dying out everywhere… but I think there will be – and there has to always be – room for at least a small number of really fine, old-school fine-dining restaurants. ~ Anthony Bourdain
I played golf all over Detroit. ~ Smokey Robinson
I do not let a bad score ruin my enjoyment for golf. ~ Darrell Royal
[The pro shop was totally destroyed by fire last October. This was the grand re-opening of its replacement . . . ]
Golf is a search for perfection, for balance. It’s about meditation and concentration. You have to use hand and brain. ~ Celine Dion
[The founding year of the Alexandria Golf Club memorialized in pavers outside the pro shop . . . ]
I’m not interested in a film about golf but I am interested in golf as a metaphor. ~ Robert Redford
You can’t completely control the sport – Tiger Woods comes close. The test is against yourself and nature’s own way. I find golf a particularly good metaphor for this story. ~ Robert Redford
I’ve taken up golf in the past five or six years, and most of the time there aren’t too many people out there that can drive a ball further than I can. ~ Bo Jackson
May 28
I take photos, I used to make films, I journal incessantly, and I really value the documentation of life. Because it’s almost like you are making something special by wanting to make it exist in an object – on paper or even just in the computer – making these recordings, making this music. ~ Lucy Dacus
[Federales on Friday; Jeff James on Saturday; BAT on Sunday. And the beat goes on as he goes at this pace for 3 hours, without taking a break. Another beautiful day in Vacationland USA . . . ]
Music has this emotional thing to it, and it touches people in crazy ways. The power of having that power is something that, once you have it, you don’t want it to ever end. ~ Gwn Stefani
[When BAT comes to town, it’s an event . . . ]
I’m associated with gospel music in the minds of millions of people. ~ Pat Boone
Good fashion is like rock music: all anarchy and revolt. ~ Ann Demeulemeester
My God, how can anyone ever be a master of music? ~ Paul Hindemith
I’m not so funny. Gilda was funny. I’m funny on camera sometimes. In life, once in a while. Once in a while. But she was funny. She spent more time worrying about being liked than anything else. ~ Gene Wilder
[The Super seeks an audience with the Princess and Prince of Ashby . . . ]
Beethoven can write music, thank God, but he can do nothing else on earth. ~ Ludwig van Beethoven
I do have a treadmill desk in my office, and for a while, I would walk on it while checking email and going through jokes. I haven’t walked on it in probably four months. Now it’s more of an upright dining table for me. At some point, moss will grow over it, birds will build nests, and nature will reclaim the treadmill as its own. ~ Jimmy Kimmel
[Enjoying the fruits of past labors . . . ]
I love Charles Barkley, he’s a good friend of mine and he’s a funny guy. He knows nothing about college basketball. Less than nothing. ~ Jim Boeheim
[The Prince and Princess of Ashby . . . ]
When I started playing music, people weren’t selling 5 million records. That was not the standard; that was not the focus. ~ Prince
First of all, I want people to understand that I’m here to create for them. To create music for people so they’ll know that I’m a source of love. And they can depend on my name. ~ Brian Wilson
Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better. ~ Albert Einstein
[Barb, among other things, teaches dance . . . ]
Trees are the earth’s endless effort to speak to the listening heaven. ~ Rabindranath Tagore
[Currently she is involved in establishing the Alexandria Nature Trail . . . ]
In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous. ~ Aristotle
If a guy’s got it, let him give it. I’m selling music, not prejudice. ~ Benny Goodman
Music is part of God’s universe. ~ Cat Stevens
So long as you have food in your mouth, you have solved all questions for the time being. ~ Franz Kafka
I suspect music is auditory cheesecake, an exquisite confection crafted to tickle the sensitive spots of… our mental faculties. ~ Steven Pinker
[Leaving the scene . . . ]
To sit in the shade on a fine day and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment. ~ Jane Austen
I have come to the conclusion that the major part of the work of a President is to increase the gate receipts of expositions and fairs and bring tourists to town. ~ William Howard Taft
[On the road with BAT and Brenda . . . ]
May 29
Your job is to inspire people from your neighborhood to get out. ~ Jay-Z
[The supervisor took the babies for a ride around the neighborhood . . . ]
You can take the guy out of the neighborhood but you can’t take the neighborhood out of the guy. ~ Frankie Valli
I came from a real tough neighborhood. I put my hand in some cement and felt another hand. ~ Rodney Dangerfield
[I grew up (allegedly) two houses (on the diagonal) from Pat . . . ]
The underlying message of the Neighborhood is that if somebody cares about you, it’s possible that you’ll care about others. ‘You are special, and so is your neighbor’ – that part is essential: that you’re not the only special person in the world. The person you happen to be with at the moment is loved, too. ~ Fred Rogers
[Always nice to have an environmental area in the neighborhood . . . ]
May 31
The funny thing is people won’t let me pay for things. I’ll be in a restaurant and the manager will say, ‘Oh no, it’s on the house.’ ~ Richard Branson
[It’s Wednesday night fine dining at the golf club!]
June 3
Earlier today, Arnold Schwarzenegger criticized the California school system, calling it disastrous. Arnold says California’s schools are so bad that its graduates are willing to vote for me. ~ Conan O’Brien
[With the grandparents of a Hopkins High School alum who has now matriculated to the University of Michigan . . . ]
For good nurture and education implant good constitutions. ~ Plato
[Said recent graduate . . . ]
It might be said now that I have the best of both worlds. A Harvard education and a Yale degree. ~ John F. Kennedy
[Yeah, she’s gonna play a little basketball too . . . ]
A tourist follows a trail; a mountaineer finds one. ~ Reinhold Messner
[After the graduation party, we stopped at what was previously Sunsets in Wayzata on Lake Minnetonka . . . ]
The camera makes everyone a tourist in other people’s reality, and eventually in one’s own. ~ Susan Sontag
Tourists don’t know where they’ve been, travelers don’t know where they’re going. ~ Paul Theroux
[Overlooking Lake Minnetonka . . . ]
The worst thing about being a tourist is having other tourists recognize you as a tourist. ~ Russell Baker
[Waiting for Cam and Rog . . . ]
My only failure was the restaurant in Myrtle Beach. I kept it open for four years. It was in a tourist town, it was only busy four and half, five months of the year. But the bills kept coming all year. ~ Mickey Gilley
[I believe this was halibut pate, or some other bottom dweller . . . ]
Get to know the Chef and you will start to enjoy dining out even more. ~ John Walters
[Brother Cam and his friend Rog, from Arlington, VA, an inveterate traveler . . . ]
A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety. ~ Aesop
[Where we just dined . . . ]
You don’t need a silver fork to eat good food. ~ Paul Prudhomme
[The Wayzata waterfront . . . ]
One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well. ~ Virginia Woolf
Too many people just eat to consume calories. Try dining for a change. ~ John Walters
The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions. ~ Leonardo da Vinci
[The new (?) name of what was once Sunsets . . . ]
“Are you there God? It’s me, Margaret.”
(We drove through a couple of gully washers on the way home from the Cities. Not a drop landed in Alex . . . )
I’m a dreamer. I have to dream and reach for the stars, and if I miss a star then I grab a handful of clouds. ~ Mike Tyson
Be thou the rainbow in the storms of life. The evening beam that smiles the clouds away, and tints tomorrow with prophetic ray. ~ Lord Byron
There are no rules of architecture for a castle in the clouds. ~ Gilbert K. Chesterton
June 4
I firmly believe that we have more latent musical talent in America than there is in any other country. But to dig it out there must be good music throughout the land, a lot of it. Everyone must hear it, and such a process takes time. ~ John Philip Sousa
[Greg Donahue and Erik Schultz at Carlos Creek Winery . . . ]
Great music is that which penetrates the ear with facility and leaves the memory with difficulty. Magical music never leaves the memory. ~ Thomas Beecham
[A spouse going to great lengths to capture a moment . . . ]
I feel like in my music I can be a rebel. I can say things I wouldn’t say in real life. ~ Taylor Swift
[The moment . . . ]
I’ll be making music ’til the day I die. I’ve done all kinds of stuff, and more is coming. ~ Eddie Van Halen
Jazz has borrowed from other genres of music and also has lent itself to other genres of music. ~ Herbie Hancock
June 6
Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them. ~ William Shakespeare
[The Fat Boys, on the road again . . . ]
Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom. ~ Marcel Proust
[Tuesday Nightclub at the Garden Bar: Terry, Al, Dale, and Bill . . . ]
The difference between noise and music is in what the musician does with the sounds. ~ Jean-Michel Jarre
Schizophrenia beats dining alone. ~ Oscar Levant
If you put out quality music, you’re always going to be in a good place. ~ Romeo Santos
Playwrights are like men who have been dining for a month in an Indian restaurant. After eating curry night after night, they deny the existence of asparagus. ~ Peter Ustinov
[Just comparing coifs . . . ]
Ping-pong was invented on the dining tables of England in the 19th century, and it was called Wiff-waff! And there, I think, you have the difference between us and the rest of the world. Other nations, the French, looked at a dining table and saw an opportunity to have dinner; we looked at it an saw an opportunity to play Wiff-waff. ~ Boris Johnson
Everybody, no matter what vocation they’re looking at, should add music as an essential to their curriculum. Music can be a very important part of your soul and your growth as a human being. It’s so powerful. ~ Quincy Jones
Honor is simply the morality of superior men. ~ H. L. Mencken
I found that dance, music, and literature is how I made sense of the world… it pushed me to think of things bigger than life’s daily routines… to think beyond what is immediate or convenient. ~ Mikhail Baryshnikov
I like Hollywood. I just like Minneapolis a little bit better. ~ Prince
Food is one part of the experience. And it has to be somewhere between 50 to 60 percent of the dining experience. But the rest counts as well: The mood, the atmosphere, the music, the feeling, the design, the harmony between what you have on the plate and what surrounds the plate. ~ Alain Ducasse
[As the sign says . . . ]
My favorite Bible story is when Jesus feeds the multitudes after administering a drug test to make sure they deserve the food. ~ John Fugelsang
A woman simply is, but a man must become. ~ Camille Paglia
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