JAY FLEMMA ___________ AVENUE FOREST HILLS, NY June 4, 2008 Mr. Dan Jenkins _____ _____ Drive Fort Worth, TX Re: Book Reviews – Slim and None and The Franchise Babe – Golf, God, and Country Dear Dan: I just finished your new book, The Franchise Babe, and wanted to congratulate you, to tell you how many times I howled in delight while reading it, and to...
We all know Robert Trent Jones, Jr. (Bob to his friends), is one of the greatest names in golf course design, but did you know he is also an accomplished poet? With a Yale-Stanford education, you can bet he couldn’t avoid classical literature. Moreover, Jones has a broad and deep palette for inspiration: T.S. Eliot and Percy Bysshe Shelley, (two of his...
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Wynn Las Vegas, Chateau Haut-Brion and Sotheby’s have joined forces in hosting a remarkable event pairing 100 point wines from venerable vineyards across the globe with the finest dishes prepared by celebrity chefs and a charity auction of fine wines, Napa Valley and Turks and Caicos getaways, and a Sotheby’s...
On second thought, screw the mascot fight, (see below). Dan Mills (“Millsy” to his friends and fans), rocking the Wheel House with songs off his new album, “Different Colored Walls,” songs off his album yet-to-come like “Off Your Feet,” and old rock standards like “Jack Straw” is the Video of the Week. ...
Jeff’s wife Megan put together this incredible video tribute to her husband. I shed a tear at all the memories of all the great times we had over the years…that was beautiful, Meg.
Just a quick get well wish to an old Internet friend of AWIPT’s; Ian Clarke, the thirty-one year-old computer scientist and artificial intelligence researcher is recovering nicely from esophagal surgery. Clarke, as you may recall, is the computer genius behind Freenet and several other next level methods of distributing content over the Internet. Stephen...
Many of you will remember that about six weeks ago, the entertainment industry lost Jeff Roe, Ffroe to his friends, the former manager of critically acclaimed rock band Bowling For Soup. He passed away at the home of his mother-in-law the weekend before Christmas leaving behind a beautiful little two-year-old girl, Hudson and his lovely, kind-hearted wife Megan. My...
A few weeks ago I introduced everyone to one of America’s finest playwrites and producers, George Larkin. George’s newest project, the Baghdad Prom, a play which taps into Iraqi writers explores how the Iraqi intelligentsia and literature community see their daily lives. Certainly not a piece to simply “Bash Bash for bashing Bush’s...
And while the shephards lay in their field an angel of The Lord appeared to them and they were afraid. But he said “fear not for I bring you glad tidings of great joy. For today in the city of David a savior is born and he will save you from all your sins.” Then, suddenly the sky was filled with a great light and host of heavenly angels appeared and sang...
The AWITP staff and extended family wish to send their condolences to the families of two great men who were called to God this week at far too young an age:Â Jeff Roe, music manager and music producer of Flower Mound, TX and Nick Priore, Esq., of Utica, New York. Jeff Roe, former manager of Grammy-nominated and Gold Record winning rock band Bowling For Soup died at...
If there is anything better than turning down the sound on the Stephen A. Hole…err…Screamin A. Smith…err…Stephen A. Smith donkey show on ESPN, it’s turning him down for an epic read. Meet Marino Parascenzo of Inside the Ropes. Marino is one of the old guard, a former president of the Golf Writers Association of America and long...
Becca, an alum of Paris Hampton’s supergroup “Samsara,” has just released the video for her smash-hit single, Cabaret License. Rock on, Honorable one. Here’s some pix, guys. She rocks. The girl in the KISS shirt is Paris, by the way.
Woo Hoo! The nicest guy in golf, Cybergolf’s Jeff Shelley just won the 2007 Distinguished Service Award and will be honored by the Northwest Golf Media Association Oct. 22 at the annual NWGMA Tournament and Banquet at The Plateau Club in Sammamish. Amazing! Jeff is also co author of Championships and Friendships, reviewed right here. Rock on honorable...
Reader Julie Zimmerman from Minnesota is more than just a great high school tennis coach and school teacher, she’s a world class blanket-knitter. Just think how happy I was when – SURPRISE! – Julie mailed me a huge, toasty-warm blanket embroidered with golf clubs, tees, balls and even a replica of the Wanamaker Trophy! (That’s what they...
Thank goodness for ESPN ohmbudsman Le Anne Schreiber. “What’s an ohmbudsman” you ask? Back in college an ohmbudsman was the champion of the rights of the students. When they had nowhere else to turn, he or she was their voice, their ersatz attorney, their supporter and their short-cut through beaurocratic red-tape. It happened by...