I was going through my iPhone this morning, deleting a bunch of dead, unused apps and downloads, getting ready to switch to a 16Pro after Christmas, and I came across a 2011 document in my Notes app that feels like it must have been a draft for either an old Blunt Instrument column or maybe the sports column that I was writing for
I miss The Bulletin, and remember your column in it.
Somewhat surprisingly, Wikipedia has a page on grunting in tennis, stating that it goes back to Seles, Connors and McEnroe.
Appreciate it was probably harder to do some basic research on such a topic back in 2011.
Side note - wiki also states The Bulletin finished in 2008, so maybe it was Blunty. I do have the last issue at home somewhere, but I’m not at home when typing this to dig it out & verify.
Wonder what word-association brought about that car-themed upholstered chair? I doubt that the rain of burning chairs is quite the image you were going for either. Also: was the cocktail waitress edited out by the safety settings?
I have a whole folder of half finished, barely started drafts for stories, articles and world building. I go through it now and then, seeing if I was on to something, or just to read how I wrote back in 2013.
You know what I might spend this afternoon doing...
I am moved to recall some sporting matches played in front of empty arenas during the Covid thing and the broadcasts having the sporting equivalent of a Laugh Track playing along i.e. manufactured crowd noise
LOL, I’m not sure ChatGPT quite nailed the brief.
I miss The Bulletin, and remember your column in it.
Somewhat surprisingly, Wikipedia has a page on grunting in tennis, stating that it goes back to Seles, Connors and McEnroe.
Appreciate it was probably harder to do some basic research on such a topic back in 2011.
Side note - wiki also states The Bulletin finished in 2008, so maybe it was Blunty. I do have the last issue at home somewhere, but I’m not at home when typing this to dig it out & verify.
Wonder what word-association brought about that car-themed upholstered chair? I doubt that the rain of burning chairs is quite the image you were going for either. Also: was the cocktail waitress edited out by the safety settings?
Where does it end? Heckling at chess tournaments?
Heckling at chess tournaments could add some interest to an otherwise stodgy snorefest. Get em on the roids too for maximum impact.
I have a whole folder of half finished, barely started drafts for stories, articles and world building. I go through it now and then, seeing if I was on to something, or just to read how I wrote back in 2013.
You know what I might spend this afternoon doing...
I am moved to recall some sporting matches played in front of empty arenas during the Covid thing and the broadcasts having the sporting equivalent of a Laugh Track playing along i.e. manufactured crowd noise