The Mailbag is Back!

     You waited, you yelled, you screamed, you used some bad language...but it's finally back! That's right, kids...The Mailbag! E-mails, texts, and even the occasional voicemail...all from my devoted friends... the few I have. The rest of you, well...at least you're passionate! Let's start with a winner, shall we? Peter, are at least some of these real? Some, Sancho! Oh, dear... 

    

    From Rich A. in Yardley, Pennsylvania: "Peteeee...! The family is great, work is good and I feel terrific. But "You Da Man!" Especially love the piece on George Washington, but to be honest, love them all. Anyway, keep writing...and if you ever quit or take a long break again, I will personally beat you over the head with your own golf bag! Be good, my brother! Talk to you soon. Oh, and you still owe us a piece on our summer birthday get together at Coop's!” Thanks, Richie. Not only for being a reader, but for being a great friend, for keeping in touch and also for your many kind words. You know what I mean. The Coop party article is on its way! Rich A., boys and girls. Like I said, you lead with a winner!

     From Jen A. in Los Angeles, California: "Hi again, Peter Brent! Hope all is well! Hanging out in LA doing commercials! Now don't be too hard on my boy, Tom Hanks. He's as real as they come, out here. It's tough being as loved as he is while trying not to annoy people. I know you love annoying people, but, well, you know. Anyway, come to LA! Great food, golf, and we'll go knock on Tom's door! Keep writing, baby!" I get the whole great actor not wanting to annoy people thing, Jen. And I've read different versions of this answer from Hollywood types. But just once, can I get one of your friends to say what I said..."This is why they call it acting!" 

    From The Vatican: "Dear Mr. Hall; Like Mr. Colm Toibin's novella 'The Testament of Mary', your positive review of this heretical text as taken from your website "Fromthegolfroom.blogspot.com" is an abomination and you will surely burn in the fires of hell if you do not repent. That said, if you would like to come by and discuss what a wonderful time we had burning Protestants at the stake as well as the various inquisitions throughout Europe (Spanish and otherwise), we'd love to have you over for coffee, tea, and some sacramental wine. Our treat!"

    

    From the Southern Baptist Leadership Conference: "Dear Mr. Hall; Like our Catholic friends we are dismayed and appalled at your over-the-top, gushing review of such an evil work as ‘The Testament of Mary’. We also have no doubt that you will suffer a fate promised to you in the Book of Revelation. And while we would like to invite you to talk about this and maybe turn your eyes and heart towards the light...we've got a not so little sexual abuse scandal we have to defend ourselves against, which could destroy us. So, we'll do our best to make time for a little book burning. Don't call us, we'll call you."  I know, I know. These last two were frighteningly childish! But just a little funny...right?!

    From Andre Y. and MBM III: "Not bad for a suburban white dude, PHall! All respect for your thoughts on our Ukrainian brother, Face, as well as the blog on Brittney Griner. We're both big fans of Face's work (as well as yours). We hope he's okay underground, and still stickin' it to that punk-ass, mother******, Putin! And we know that Brittney probably isn't the brightest egg in the carton, but you kept it real! She was a hostage, bro! And now she's home! Keep bangin' on that keyboard! You're living proof that you don't need to know a damn thing about rap or know squat about being a female, gay, black basketball player to know right from wrong. Word, and Peace Out!" Andre and MBM wanted to call me P-Brent, using my middle name. But I thought that too many people would naturally start calling me P-Brain. They whole-heartedly agreed...

    From Rev. Mel Norton in Canada: "Just finished reading the article on your Grampie! Love your graphic ability to articulate your sincere thoughts. Just an additional thought/suggestion but you may want to add something about the incredible influence of balance and power your Gram brought into his life. I'd give you an A-plus. Still resting in the flood of memories this article brought back. Love and Pride, Rev. Mel."  Rev. Mel...you have my word. Nonnie deserves nothing less! We love Rev. Mel!

     From Man About Town Chow Magee (Editor-at-Large): "I'm in South Florida for a little R&R and you write about the Mile-High Club...oh, sorry, the 100-Mile-High Club! And Captain Kirk!! For crying out loud Pete, we're trying to INCREASE readership, not get us banned from every social media outlet in the free world! Just run the next piece by me...PLEASE?! And give me a call!"  He is a task-master!

From Cheri S-R, somewhere in Alaska!: “Hey Pete! This doesn't have anything to do with your recent posts (which I love, by the way), but I know how we love to kid each other about weather. Feel free to pass this on to your readers and hopefully to some of our friends. Oh, wait, I almost forgot...you're blog rules in Alaska. I know that's like saying alpine-skiing is #1 in Miami, but you know what I mean! We are having a little heat wave right now...a balmy 28 degrees hit us earlier; currently 13 degrees. A major storm is moving in and it looks like a foot of snow. I'm counting down until December 21 - the Winter Solstice. We're gonna continue to lose 6 minutes of sun per day until Solstice. Sunrise is around 10:30 AM and sunset is around 2:45 PM. I'll send you the iPhone weather screen to give you the feeling that when you open the app...you don't have to scroll to see the sunrise and sunset! Top that, smart ass! Talk to you soon!” Look, I know that every high school had, and has, a group that was really close, and I'm sure some of them stayed close as time went on. But at the risk of being provincial and sounding like a homer who says "Our team is better than everyone else's," I've got the best readers and more importantly, the best long-lasting friends on the face of the Earth! That is not open to discussion. Cheri writes and I answer. I write and Cheri answers...FROM ALASKA!!! She sent me the iPhone weather screen-shot she mentioned in the above message...for where she lives. It says NORTH POLE!! (I can't tell you how much that cracks me up...NORTH POLE!) 4 DEGREES! And she's right...you don't have to swipe left to go from Sunrise to Sunset! Just around 4 hours of SUN! Are you kidding me!! I've told her this privately; but let me say it publicly. Cheri Serany Renson is one of my heroes! AND, just so y'all don't forget...I'm #1 in Alaska!!!  How COOL is that! Get it, I said "cool" in reference to a piece on Alaska...god, I'm good!!

Last but not least, I wanted to thank all of you who comment when I publish my website on Facebook, as well as all of you who e-mail and text and call who are not Facebook readers. From Dan Sheaffer, Ric Flagg, and Pat Tarrant; to Scott Binney, Joanne Davis, Kevin MacNeil, Shawna Rymarowicz, Lynn Wildonger; to John Tabor the wise sage of the Golf Room, and Richard Giordano (the original G!); as well as many, many, many others. Thank you, every one…Peter.

write to Peter: magtour@icloud.com