This looks very cool; problem is, all these guys are so good, it'll be hard to pick. However, I'm ready to pick, but...there's a story to all this:
A couple of months ago, on an especially windy day, my doorbell rang, and when I went to open it, there was no one there. I assumed the neighborhood kids and their "Ding Dong Ditch" had struck, and I went on about my business. But, about 10 minutes, it rang again, and when I opened the door, STILL no one there, and I couldn't see evidence of anyone out there, so WTF, I moved on. Until, about 10 minutes later it happened again, so I ran out the back door and around the house to catch the rascals. But there was nothing more than a small tree limb the wind had blown down. I was puzzled, but as I started to walk inside, I heard a faint voice whisper, "Master."
I jerked my head around and saw nothing, but again heard a voice whisper, "Master". I kept looking, and I heard the voice say, "Master. I'm down here." The only thing "down here" was that tree limb, and suddenly it all flashed on me.
I looked down, and the limb had eyes that looked up to me sadly, and the voice said, "Master". And damned if it wasn't that old Deceitful, Discordant, Dancing Divining Rod.
Now, you newer members of the pack here don't know this, but the long timers will remember when I was tearing it up on here using the Rod's predictions. But, alas, he fell in love with another branch, and abandoned me and eloped.
Well, I took him back out on the lanai, and asked him how he'd tracked me all the way from Dacula, GA to Cape Coral, FL. Seems that divining rods have a sort of "Shining" ability that helps them track people. He said it took awhile, but there he was. I asked how things were, and he said, "Awful. The love of my life ran off with your old All Knowing, All Omniscient Ouija board. I looked around the world for her without any luck, and then discovered her in the hand of an old gypsy who had married an Indian fakir. Both said they knew you, if you can imagine that. But at the point, I knew I'd made a horrible mistake and had to find you to somehow make amends."
Well, long story short, how could I say no; he seems so pathetically sad, but says he still has the gift. So, I'm giving him a sort of audition to see if he has any juice, and he has picked:
Scottie Scheffler
Xander Schauffele
Colin Morikama
Patrick Cantlay
I gotta admit, that is a tasty foursome. We shall see.
