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.
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February 01, 2008
What I'm Diggin': February 1, 2008
The fact that WDEF's Allen Fairbanks won an Emmy. If you've never seen his work, you need to.
Interviewing people who haven't missed a single day of work in 56 years.
This film. I heard it was awesome. Mesh told me the same. I saw it last night, and it was.
My new favorite people-watching spot: the table on the corner facing the cash registers in the upper balcony seating area at the new Greenlife grocery store.
The realization that, ultimately, politics is not the solution to any of the problems that politics argues about.
Compound interest and personal responsibility.
Helping people, one-on-one and face-to-face.
Jolly Rancher lollipops.
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December 21, 2007
Things I'm Diggin': December 21, 2007
Jim Burer's new video, "The Late Greats," shot on film and inspired by the Wilco song of the same name.
Shoe Glue. This stuff actually fixed one of my shoes.
My nephew's instrumental cover of John Lennon and Yoko Ono's "Happy Xmas (War is Over)." Click here to hear it. Notice the eerily accurate distortion he employs during Yoko's verses.
The new "Secret Santa."
My official Dwight Schrute stress ball.
Time off.
Bringing good tidings to you and your kin.
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December 12, 2007
Things I'm Diggin': December 13, 2007
(A new feature here at BillColrus.com...)
None of the presidential candidates.
Alex Frankel's book, Punching In.
My new Signal Mountain Library card.
Being 34.
Watching nerds pat themselves on the back. (Also, my recent, affectionate, and aggressive reintroduction of the word "nerd" into my vocabulary.)
Commas used in a simple series.
Writing tongue-in-cheek, one-act plays about potentially fatal business practices.
The online photo service, Photoworks.com.
People who are actually tolerant.
Hearing my son say "hi" repeatedly when I get home from work. And watching him sleep. And his mom for being an awesome one.
All the people who treat me well despite my constant moodiness and quirks.
Freedom.
Daylight.
Sleep.
Peace out.
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