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A Flawed Man
Am I the best that I can be?
Am I doing the best that I can?
Do my actions betray my words?
Am I a flawed man?
With words I woo’d you.
You became my biggest fan.
But my words mirrored my actions.
I was a flawed man.
It is not enough to want to be better.
Redemption requires more than a principled plan.
Your love for me is beyond reason.
I am a
Am I the best that I can be?
Am I doing the best that I can?
Do my actions betray my words?
Am I a flawed man?
With words I woo’d you.
You became my biggest fan.
But my words mirrored my actions.
I was a flawed man.
It is not enough to want to be better.
Redemption requires more than a principled plan.
Your love for me is beyond reason.
I am a flawed man.
History can’t be erased or rewritten,
and a bell rung can not be unrung.
But each day I pray
that this will be the day
when your faith and trust in me
is perceived to be closer at hand
for this blessed, but flawed man
The After Party
Hello? Where is it that I am, and when?
Last I knew, I was there, and it was then.
You are neither here, nor there, nor anywhere.
But an ego in the ether now, my friend.
The merest essence of who you once were,
Telepathy is our sole means to confer,
And the psyché, being only a psyché,
Can only demur, concur, or defer.
Eons have passed without p
Hello? Where is it that I am, and when?
Last I knew, I was there, and it was then.
You are neither here, nor there, nor anywhere.
But an ego in the ether now, my friend.
The merest essence of who you once were,
Telepathy is our sole means to confer,
And the psyché, being only a psyché,
Can only demur, concur, or defer.
Eons have passed without physicality.
Wars are waged inconsequentially.
Cerebral aggression evolved
into pseudo-civility.
We’re all here at life’s after-party,
equals all, with no hierarchy,
ascended beyond the physical,
to spend eternity in metaphysical anarchy.
So return to your livelihood.
If this vacuity is our forevermore
and we're merely an echo of our ethos,
the hell where you were
is looking pretty good.
Angry Man
I never thought of myself
as an angry man.
But if that means I’ll have my day,
then, I reckon I am.
A patient man by most estimations.
Karma's my remedy for most situations.
I am a patient man, it's true,
but I concede to holding a grudge.
Revenge served cold
is the best kind if I’m to judge.
Without a doubt, an eye for an eye
would mor
I never thought of myself
as an angry man.
But if that means I’ll have my day,
then, I reckon I am.
A patient man by most estimations.
Karma's my remedy for most situations.
I am a patient man, it's true,
but I concede to holding a grudge.
Revenge served cold
is the best kind if I’m to judge.
Without a doubt, an eye for an eye
would more swiftly my soul to satisfy.
But my sense is I’d abhor even more
the consequences of evening that score.
So I let the universe do its thing
without any help from me.
Let divine balance be achieved
by karma’s manifest poetry.
Light Where There Was None
Being old is a condition no one’s ever outgrown.
That my body would someday betray, I knew
That my intellect was in neglect, I’ve known
That I have any left to resurrect, yahoo!
The enigmas of existence entice,
But dare we enter our psyche’s lair?
Only a few attempt to penetrate,
Fewer still ever lay it bare.
I try to have a rapport with my
Being old is a condition no one’s ever outgrown.
That my body would someday betray, I knew
That my intellect was in neglect, I’ve known
That I have any left to resurrect, yahoo!
The enigmas of existence entice,
But dare we enter our psyche’s lair?
Only a few attempt to penetrate,
Fewer still ever lay it bare.
I try to have a rapport with my inner guru.
But reckonings between id and ego ensue
as I try to expose the essence of vice and virtue.
Ever verging on an existential breakthrough.
But before enlightenment can be achieved,
There are revelations to be perceived,
Postulations to be conceived,
Alternative points of view to pursue,
And original thoughts to woo.
The stuff that separates the many and the few.
April 28, 2026
Death doesn’t scare me,
It’s the dying part that has me worried.
Awakening
A poem of enlightenment
He felt nothing,
his life of hate
in disarray.
He felt nothing,
his festering soul
in slow decay.
A dark sadness
was blocking his way.
Then one wondrous
marvelous miraculous day
an epiphany came his way.
“Could the opposite
of what I thought I knew…
also… be true?”
And just by the asking
his heart grew,
His burden of bi
A poem of enlightenment
He felt nothing,
his life of hate
in disarray.
He felt nothing,
his festering soul
in slow decay.
A dark sadness
was blocking his way.
Then one wondrous
marvelous miraculous day
an epiphany came his way.
“Could the opposite
of what I thought I knew…
also… be true?”
And just by the asking
his heart grew,
His burden of bigotry
was giving way.
Where black and white
were in endless mêlée,
shades of gray began to play.
He saw the same things
he used to see.
But not the same way
they used to be.
Black is not so bad,
white is not so good.
He is not so proud
of where he once stood.
As his darkness retreated,
he saw the falsehoods.
Ashamed of being played
like a babe in the woods.
Now his soul is conscious,
his heart filled to the brim.
All synapses are firing,
the force is strong inside of him.
This one now thinks for himself.
There is much good left to be done,
more souls to save from the dark.
Now go forth my son,
it is a better life on which you embark.
Like most things in life, the least complicated solution is often the best one. Golf is no different, especially for senior and weekend golfers, for whom the solution is so simple it's usually ignored.
Ridge was in the golf business for a long time, as a student, player, pro shop owner, master club maker, club fitter, and teacher. Ridge's
Like most things in life, the least complicated solution is often the best one. Golf is no different, especially for senior and weekend golfers, for whom the solution is so simple it's usually ignored.
Ridge was in the golf business for a long time, as a student, player, pro shop owner, master club maker, club fitter, and teacher. Ridge's dad was also a lifetime PGA member, so golf was a dominating influence since his formative years.
Ridge owned Magee Golf Company, a golf retail, repair, and PGA-accredited teaching facility for nearly 25 years. Believing his customers were his best advertising, he offered free lessons to all his “new" club buyers, averaging 15 lessons a week, 45 weeks a year for the last 16 years before he retired.
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“Gimmes, Mulligans & Preferred Lies“ is a pragmatic idealist's perspective on people, piety, and politics.
Or more precisely, a compilation of educational, inspirational, motivational, and thought-provoking essays I've published over the years in various publications.
Topics range from God’s plan to being self-employed, with a lot of how-to
“Gimmes, Mulligans & Preferred Lies“ is a pragmatic idealist's perspective on people, piety, and politics.
Or more precisely, a compilation of educational, inspirational, motivational, and thought-provoking essays I've published over the years in various publications.
Topics range from God’s plan to being self-employed, with a lot of how-tos in between.
My counsel has always been to “Seek Enlightenment by Engaging and Exploring Alternative Points of View.” Because when you scrutinize and ponder viewpoints other than your own, new insights and perceptions emerge, and the collateral effects are revised perceptions and enlightened points of view. You will never stop growing, intellectually!
These acorns of enlightenment grow into the strong personal convictions that define us. Doing our due diligence gives us the confidence to express our opinions and be an influential part of the greater discussion.
I ask that while you’re reading, you accept that the opinions expressed are merely my point of view, based on what I believed to be true at a given point in time and nothing for anyone to get their panties in a knot over.
Ridge
What You Do Will Follow You
Nobody thinks ahead anymore,
beyond their unprincipled behavior,
beyond their causes and their battles
to when they will meet their savior.
The apprehension, distrust, and doubt
that their words of guile inflict
are compounded by their actions,
which continually contradict.
The oaths they make to God,
are correspondently derelict.
He
Nobody thinks ahead anymore,
beyond their unprincipled behavior,
beyond their causes and their battles
to when they will meet their savior.
The apprehension, distrust, and doubt
that their words of guile inflict
are compounded by their actions,
which continually contradict.
The oaths they make to God,
are correspondently derelict.
Henchmen along for the ride
are branded by their predation.
And after their master falls
they will suffer by association.
And if they think otherwise
they have unrealistic expectations.
It is not our job to cast judgment
nor to speak softly and carry big sticks.
We should speak loudly and proudly,
and keep our eyes open for their tricks.
All of these amoral power junkies
will have their face-to-face one day.
Karma and kismet have no masters
and the Universe doesn’t play.