By MONTE DUTTON Click here. In Tiger Woods’ heyday, he was rolling thunder. It never surprised me when his body began to fail him. I’ve never seen a golfer come out of cleats like Woods. It was exciting, though. Scottie Scheffler’s personality reminds me of singer Vince Gill. He doesn’t seem to have that burning …
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Was that only yesterday or 40 years ago?
By MONTE DUTTON Click here. Time flies like an arrow, and fruit flies like a banana. No. I didn’t think of that. It just makes me chuckle softly. It’s amazing how long ago it was when certain things happened. Check that. When all things happened. I was watching the British Open on Thursday. Announcers were …
Back from the dead
By MONTE DUTTON Click here. Monday had a weird morning. About two weeks ago, a thunderstorm knocked out the electricity for a while, and later that night when I went to bed, I discovered that my CPAP went out. For the time being, I went out and bought some Breathe Rite bandages and did some …
Doing nothing is cheap
By MONTE DUTTON Click here. Time stands still. I do a lot of thinking. And reading. And watching old movies. And playing my guitar. I had big plans for today. As it turned out, I never left the house. It’s been a moribund day. TCM ran a series of Tab Hunter movies. The Red Sox …
How many thousand years is it gonna take?
By MONTE DUTTON Click here. Every time there is a great natural disaster, the 100-year mark, or the 1,000-year mark, is invoked. On the 11 o’clock news, the “staff meteorologist” – this is usually a fellow who does card tricks or juggles on the side – assures us this is “a 1,000-year event.” I don’t …
‘Ain’t no place for no poor boy like me’
By MONTE DUTTON Click here. No wonder the kids are pissed off. For at least two generations, the politicians who run this country have paid cruel lip service to the notion that it’s important to pass down to the young a world worth living in. Old folks like me aren’t going to pay for trillions …
Decent movies about auto racing are rare
By MONTE DUTTON Click here. There’s a frequent local TV commercial that encourages people to have “staycations,“, i.e., build a pool and stay home. My “staycation” is a bit more reasonable. Until my financial situation improves – the latest estimate is August or September, or perpetually two months ahead, depending on level of optimism – …
… And I feel like it’s time to travel on
By MONTE DUTTON Click here. As the curtain falls on “Blue, Green, Purple & Red,” I wanted to express my appreciation to everyone who has supported the site. It’s hard to keep up with technology. I thought I was ahead of the curve when I was behind it. What I hoped to do was fill …
A heap of sights and sounds
By MONTE DUTTON Click here. Some of the cooler things I’ve ever done: No particular order. Watching part of the Rolex 24 in Daytona Beach, Fla., at midnight from a Ferris wheel. Driving the Pacific Coast Highway in a car full of scribes when we pass a restaurant on the water. Out front, a man …
Things can get so out of hand
By MONTE DUTTON Click here. I always think of this when times are like this in America. In other words, I think about this a lot. Back in the NASCAR years, Nate Ryan and I took road trips from Fort Worth, Texas, to Phoenix, Ariz., because the races were back-to-back. We took various routes, but …
Nightrider's Lament 