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Whenever I’ve had the honor of giving a college graduation speech, I always try to end it with this story about the legendary University of Alabama football coach, Bear Bryant. Late in his career, after his mother had died, South Central Bell Telephone Company asked Bear Bryant to do a TV commercial. As best I can piece together, the commercial was supposed to be very simple — just a little music and Coach Bryant saying in his tough voice: “Have you called your mama today?”
On the day of the filming, though, he decided to ad-lib something. He reportedly looked into the camera and said: “Have you called your mama today? I sure wish I could call mine.” That was how the commercial ran, and it got a huge response from audiences.
So on this Mother’s Day, if you take one thing away from this column, take this: Call your mother.
I sure wish I could call mine.
” - Thomas L. FriedmanCall Your Mother
Thomas L. Friedman’s Mother’s Day piece. He lost his mother this year. I am a huge fan of Friedman’s work, but this touched me in a different way. It’s the second article I read by a columnist who recently lost their mother.
An excerpt I found particularly touching:
“My mom left two indelible marks on me. The first was to never settle for the cards you’re dealt…My mom’s other big influence on me you can read between the lines of virtually every column — and that is a sense of optimism. She was the most uncynical person in the world. I don’t recall her ever uttering a word of cynicism. She was not naïve. She had taken her knocks. But every time life knocked her down, she got up, dusted herself off and kept on marching forward, motivated by the saying that pessimists are usually right, optimists are usually wrong, but most great changes were made by optimists.”
Lazy Sunday
The weather sucks, and I’m in a funk. What’s the cure? Washing my sheets and catching up on the last three week’s worth of Gossip Girl and Grey’s Anatomy. Mmmm…such sweet, sweet vices.Disinterested pug with found objects - this flickr set is hilarious.
(via tumblinas)
(via onemoretimewithfeeling)
Nerds are getting laid less than everyone else? Shocking!
From this article in the Economist. Interesting stuff.
“His maps—where hotter colours imply more trouble—also make a starker point. The pain of America’s housing bust varies enormously by region. Hardest hit have been the ‘bubble states’—California, Nevada and Florida, and parts of the industrial Midwest. The biggest uncertainty hanging over the economy is how red will things get…Investors expect a further 20% drop, judging by the prices of futures contracts linked to the Case-Shiller locity index. But the futures market is small and illiquid and may overstate the possible declines.”
Happy Mother’s Day, Mom! I wish I could spend the day getting a pedicure with you. I miss you lots and love you more!
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(Picture: Mom’s birthday/Halloween sometime in the late 80s.)
I’m back to not planicking* … at least for now.
*Planic — the panic caused by the daunting task of having to plan something big. I made this word up but I think its a good one. If we can get this to catch on, I know it will be in the dictionary by 2010.
” - Sabine