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PAGE 20, JULY 7, 2008, THE ISLANDER
Writer's block?
I'm supposed to be a golf course
superintendent, that's what my degree
is in, but, due to life's unpredictabil
ity I ended up working here at The
Islander.
The reason I mention this is because,
well, in a self-deprecating way, I don't
think of myself as a "writer."
A reporter? Sure.
Can I cut a line on a putting green
sharp enough to cut a slice of cheese
with a walking green's mower? No
doubt.
But sensibility and humility prevent
me from lumping myself in with the
large group of people I consider "writ
ers."
I’m not being hard on myself, I’m
just trying to remain aware of my limi
tations. You know, like Clint Eastwood
said in one of the Dirty Harry movies,
about a man having to know his limita
tions. It makes good sense.
I think writer's block may actu
ally be the inability to come up with an
idea, a topic to write about, as opposed
to not being able to think of the words
themselves.
And since I seem to have writer’s
block this week, I’m going to fall back
on my fall back on topic — 'Things I
Don’t Understand.'
Regular readers I’m sure remem
ber a similar column from a couple
of months ago. Well, here’s another
installment as promised.
• Women’s fashion - This is one of
the topics that originally inspired this
column - women’s fashion.
With the exception of ‘How a Jet
Engine Works’ there are few things
in life I understand less than women’s
fashion. And, well, possibly women
themselves. But what man would be so
foolish, and delusional, as to claim he
understands women.
There’s so much about women’s
fashion that I don’t know, that I don’t
even know what I don’t know.
But one thing I do know that I
don’t understand is the recent return
to popularity of the low slung, midriff
exposing hip-hugger pants that were
popular back in the late 1960’s with the
hippy crowd.
Unless you are between the ages of
18 and 28 and are in great shape and
have a great shape, these pants aren’t
for you.
Unless you have all the curves in
all the right places, these pants do
absolutely nothing for your... rear end,
except emphasize the fact that you
shouldn’t be wearing these pants.
Who am I to be saying this, you ask?
I may not be a fashion maven, but I
do know better than to go to the beach
wearing a half-tank and a speedo.
And while I'm on the topic... Why on
earth do women wear these skin-expos
ing pants, combine them with shirts
that expose even more skin and then
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