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March 11, 2008
Meet the Most Quotable Man in America - What I'm Diggin': March 10, 2008
While on a business trip last week, I was pleasantly surprised to read this fantastic and fascinating story about "the most quotable man in America" in my copy of Spirit, Southwest Airlines' in-flight magazine.
If the Post runs the interview, it will be the 159th time the press has quoted him. Packer, a 44-year-old, never-married, retired highway repairman from Long Island, has shared the orbit of the rich and the famous and the powerful. He has met three American presidents, bonded with NFL royalty, and once even received a shout-out from Garth Brooks. That sort of accomplishment doesn’t just happen to a guy. In fact, Greg Packer spends more of his time trying to get his name in the paper—or his face on TV—than probably any other amateur, self-made minor celebrity in America. The media are his medium, and he keeps the messages coming.
Also diggin'...
Two blogs:
The hilarious bad sports journalism mock site, Fire Joe Morgan, featuring -- among others -- in pseudonymed glory Office writer Michael "Mose Schrute" Schur.
As mentioned originally 'round these parts by Ryan and by a few other Chattabloggers since, the viciously awesome Stuff What People Like.
From the "books I didn't get around to read because I simply didn't have time while I was the editor of The Pulse" department:
2004's The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson. I'm 100 pages in. Outstanding and chilling.
In food:
Kashi's "Heart to Heart" Honey Toasted Oat cereal. Delicious and good for me. And you. And, yes, I am suddenly elderly.
In sports:
Watched a spring training game (Cubs vs. Royals) on TV yesterday, and my fantasy baseball draft is Saturday.
What I'm Diggin' | By colrus | 01:00 AM
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