A golf outing Wednesday at Castlewood Country Club followed by the reunion dinner that saluted our newest member Jim Muldoon.The Pac-8 PR Guys Reunion concluded last night, ushering in the newest member of the Pac-8 Geezers Club—Jim Muldoon. Jimmy served gloriously as the Pacific-10 Conference's public relations director for some 35 years, through two-plus commissioners. Uncle Donn presented he and Jim's wife, Rose-Meri, with a photo montage as the welcome and we told Jimmy, no more honors after this. You are officially a "Has Been."
Eleven of the PR guys I worked with in the conference were on hand for the two-day reunion and it was a great time with a lot of memories being tossed around. These guys here worked at some prestigious universities from Washington, Washington State, Oregon, Oregon State, California and Stanford. Now, we make our jobs sound so glamorous, but this truly was a terrific and talented group of public relations people, who worked in an era without cell phones, computers and e-mails, got along with the media that covered us and even were able to talk to our head coaches and advise them on PR situations. Not sure that goes on today. We all agreed last night that we were most definitely in the right place at the right time.
So, after nearly four days in the same hotel—a real rarity on this journey—we are departing today for the California wine country and Mendocino Coast. Uncle Donn will be riding along with us for the next four days as we explore some of our most favorite parts of America. The weather has been spectacular and is expected to stay that way.
Time to pack the car and find a way to make room for Uncle Donn to fit into the CRV. That should be interesting since we've collected new stuff along the way and it might be a bit crowded. But, what the heck, were looking forward to the visit and the company.
More later. Happy Trails.
Well, I am exhausted just looking at the photos, let alone trying to read much -- but by no means ALL -- of your somewhat tiresome, if not tedious text. Or dragging drivel, depending on the critics, of whom there are many cashing in opinions.
ReplyDeleteI am devastated that I have been reduced to a second, third or fourth class citizen, with few pictures and fewer words describing the enormity of my impact on the PAC-8 reunion and ensuing road trip. It would have been gracious of you to reflect on my past medical history and how horrendous hospitalization deprived me of celebrating any number of special events -- making this adventure so very special, given my ceremonious return to the 'reunion circuit.'
As an accomplished photo-journalist-essayist, I must acknowledge that your photographs -- for the most part, but NOT all -- were exemplary in content and quality, but your incessant failure to frame properly leaves much to be desired. You also tend to be trigger-happy on your zest to zoom, leaving lavish landscapes reduced to fragmented images of vineyards, vistas and valleys. Overall, you have shown promise as a slightly better than average photographer and with some prodding and posturing from an accomplished professional, your potential for improvement raises reasonable hopes.
As for your text, while personalized and upbeat, your disjointed syntax is disarming, but your narratives are simple, if not slightly monotonous and misguided.
Keep up the good work -- flaws, failures and fallacies notwithstanding. Your next real test comes in South Dakota where you will be challenged to squeeze Washington, Jefferson, Teddy Roosevelt and Lincoln into your sight window without having to zoom from 10 miles away.
With Love to Lady Sprinkler and you .... Bernie