It has been a long week. I’ll spare you the details, but I do need to address one specific thing. That thing is Bob Hanson. I was really bummed the other day when I heard that he wouldn’t be writing his regular column anymore. He is still going to be writing, just not as much as before.
With all that being said I will be doing another running of the words column.
Do you drink coffee? I was thinking about how old I was when I first tried coffee. I couldn’t have been that old, maybe 10 or 11, but I remember thinking and saying, “Dad, why do you always drink that?”
“It’s good,” my dad replied and set his cup down. He then offered me a drink.
“No it isn’t. This is terrible.” It tasted watered down, or rather, like coffee flavored water. After that experience it was a long time before I tested the waters again.
A couple years ago my mom was drinking coffee one morning. She didn’t usually drink coffee and I asked her why she was drinking it. I don’t remember what she said, but I do remember her pouring me a cup and putting cream and sugar in it. Dad never did that.
I was talking with one of our customers yesterday. He brought up the Vikings game on Sunday. We got talking and I think I said the only reason the Packers won any games was Aaron Rodgers. That reminded me of a conversation I had in the past.
One of my good friends is a manager at a golf course, and before he did that he caddied for golfers at Pebble Beach. He mentioned he caddied for Rodgers once. I’ll spare you the details, but he said he was stuck up. He also mentioned he caddied for Daunte Culpepper once. He told Culpepper that he was a lifelong Vikings fan. Culpepper apologized.
That got me wondering, or rather, the customer asked, “How does fame change a person?” He mentioned how Rodgers didn’t have a good relationship with his family and how that might be a symptom of fame. I’m not sure if family struggles only arise from wealth, or rather just from family being family. I think that fame or fortune can bring out whatever personality is dominant. If a person is a little stuck up, it makes them more. If you’re a good person, it can make you a better person. Or is it the other way around, does money make you a bad person?
I’m sure wealth and fame affect everyone differently, but I’m curious what it’s like from that perspective. It’s hard to imagine being in that exact situation. Maybe Rodgers was just in a bad mood that day and Culpepper was feeling generous. I’m not sure of the better man. The one thing I am sure of, I always root for the Vikings on Sunday.
Thought for the day: Enjoy your morning coffee. I know I do.
P.S. I have a new name for this type of column. I’ll call this the running of the mouth column.