26 September 2006
RIP Lord Byron
¶ 10:06 PM 
So, yeah I've not been posting, but I am now, due to both a little more free time and also the passing of (apparently) a big time guy in Golf History, Sir Lord Byron. So I read about this guy a little bit in the papers (his passing being news and all) and it becomes clear that absolutely, this is a good guy, sounds like an ideal sportsman. In fact, while playing golf in the 40s and 50s, he was doing so not even for really the love of the game, but instead for the prize money that would allow him to buy things like: a ranch, a tractor and/or a cow, as mentioned in this article. Very solid indeed. But, the point of all of this, is that I think more than anything else, Lord Byron should be remembered for this epic quote, cited in same article:
"I don't know very much," Nelson said in a 1997 interview with The Associated Press. "I know a little bit about golf. I know how to make a stew. And I know how to be a decent man."
Wow. That is awesome. I'm going to repost this now, with the important point bolded (I know my audience sometimes needs a little nudge):
"I don't know very much," Nelson said in a 1997 interview with The Associated Press. "I know a little bit about golf. I know how to make a stew. And I know how to be a decent man."
How many men of my generation (Y?) can honestly say, "I know how to make a stew." Not many. In fact, I can only think of one guy, my good friend P-Bass, who can make a stew (an exceptional one at that, man). But most of us cannot. And were I to die today, my accomplishments would pale in comparison to Lord Byron's:
"I don't know very much," I would have to say in a distant interview with The Associated Press. "I know a little bit about golf, but really truly almost nothing. I know how to find on the internet some sketchy directions about how to make a stew. And I know how to be a decent manager of my time."
So, Lord Byron, I salute you, aspire to be you, but more than anything else, to learn how to make a stew.
