And It’s A Boomerpdx Hall Of Fame (for some.)

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How many times do you plan to have a drink?
As in “Let’s meet for a drink?”
Doesn’t it sound sophisticated?
“Let’s get a drink.”
It’s not a party or a brew pub, but it is a Hard-A hustle.
If you agree to meet for a drink, think of it like church.
Put on your nice clothes and get your mind right.
There’s going to be a pitch.
1.Oscar Wilde pitches sidearm.
“Work is the curse of the drinking classes.”
2. Nero pitches heat.
“What an artist dies in me!”
3. Mark Twain pitches a change-up.
“Never refuse to do a kindness unless the act would work great injury to yourself, and never refuse to take a drink– under any circumstances.”
4. JFK pitches a curve.
“Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.”
7. Benjamin Franklin pitches a knuckle-ball.
“Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.”
8. Ernest Hemingway throws a screwball.
“Drinking is a way of ending the day.”
10. Winston Churchill pitches from behind.
Bessie Braddock: “Sir, you are drunk.”
Churchill: “Madam, you are ugly. In the morning, I shall be sober.”
11. Eleanor Roosevelt brings it all.
“It takes as much energy to wish as it does to plan.”
Is there a Baby Boomer around who wouldn’t want to meet them all?