01/07/01: Saturday Golf, Remember When

Hi,

Have you ever bought an item that you thought you had a great bargain?
Well, one of my favorite purchases is a huge, heavy, expensive-looking
coffee table art book called, "Rembrandt and the Bible". This book shows
all of the Rembrandt paintings and drawings taken from the text of the
Bible, along with those passages. Years ago, I went to a warehouse sale at
CBD. On one of the 'damaged books' table was this copy of the book.
However, only the paper cover was slightly torn. So, I'm really proud of
finding this bargain. What's your favorite bargain purchase?

So one of the major things I did in New York over the holidays was to dig
through hundreds of my books (I've always loved to buy books), stored in
boxes and bookshelves in my parents' house. I wanted to look for books
that I wanted to bring back to LA. As I was leafing through the books, I
decided to re-read the J.R.R Tolkien trilogy "Lord of the Rings" in advance
of the movie coming out later this year. I also read several books by John
Trent and Gary Smalley (I highly recommend them), and looked over my high
school and college year books.

I also ate out very often with family and friends in Queens and Manhattan.
One of the cool, trendy restaurants that I recommend is this Asian fusion
restaurant called "Rain", on 3rd Ave., between 62nd & 63rd St.

Although I had fun in NY, I'm glad to be back in LA, with its warmer
weather and no snow. The snow storm actually knocked out the phone service
in the neighborhood for 3 days.

This week's thought provoking question is: "If you were to have one famous
person alive or from history stranded with you on an island forevermore,
who would you want it to be?" (In honor of "Castaway", which I also
recommend.)

Anna Man and Jennifer Deniega forwarded the humor and inspirational pieces,
respectively.

Enjoy!

-Josh.
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Saturday Golf

Ed arrived home some six hours late from his usual Saturday golf foursome.
Edna, his wife, immediately lit into him: "You have some nerve leaving me
home alone all day. I had to cancel dinner with our friends and send the
baby sitter home. You better have a good explanation, mister!"

Flustered, Ed told Edna that their game was interrupted by the untimely
sudden death of Stan, one of their playing partners. "Edna, honey, Stan
died of a massive heart attack just as we were about to tee off on two. If
there's a silver lining, it's that he went suddenly doing what he loved
best."

Saddened, Edna comforted her husband, "I'm so sorry. But tell me
something," Edna asked, with a note of anger returning to her voice, "If he
died on the first tee, what took you so long?"

"Well," said Ed, "for the next seventeen holes it was the same thing: Hit
the ball and drag Stan, Hit the ball and drag Stan."
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Remember When

I want to go back to the time when............
Decisions were made by going "eeny-meeny-miney-mo."
Mistakes were corrected by simply exclaiming, "do over!"
"Race issue" meant arguing about who ran the fastest.
"Money issues" were handled by whoever was the banker in "Monopoly."
Catching the fireflies could happily occupy an entire evening.
It wasn't odd to have two or three "best friends."
Being old referred to anyone over 20.
The net on a tennis court was the perfect height to play volleyball and
rules didn't matter.
The worst thing you could catch from the opposite sex was cooties.
It was magic when dad would "remove" his thumb.
It was unbelievable that dodgeball wasn't an Olympic event.
Having a weapon in school meant being caught with a slingshot.
Nobody was prettier than Mom.
Scrapes and bruises were kissed and made better.
It was a big deal to finally be tall enough to ride the "big people" rides
at the amusement park.
Getting a foot of snow was a dream come true.
Abilities were discovered because of a "double dare."
Saturday morning cartoons weren't 30-minute ads for action figures.
No shopping trip was complete unless a new toy was brought home.
"Oly-oly-oxen-free" made perfect sense.
Spinning around, getting dizzy and falling down was cause for giggles.
The worst embarrassment was being picked last for a team.
War was a card game.
Water balloons were the ultimate weapon.
Baseball cards in the spokes transformed any bike into a motorcycle.
Taking drugs meant orange-flavored chewable aspirin.
Ice cream was considered a basic food group.
Older siblings were the worst tormentors, but also the fiercest protectors.
If you can remember most or all of these, than you have LIVED!!!
You're IT!
Send this to anyone who may need a break from their "Grown Up" Life!!!!!!!!