Saturday, August 9, 2008

Stanley?

Black gold. Oil, that is. North Dakota tee.

What? We won't see any new Beverly Hillbillies, but I am forecasting a number of Phoenix Farmers.

I actually did live in western North Dakota for a summer during the last supposed oil boom, which turned out to be a bust. In the summer of 1982 when I was 14, I lived with my grandparents, worked at my Aunt and Uncle's drive-in restaurant, The Twist, and played baseball in Watford City. Stanley was one of the teams we played, so I've been there. I couldn't tell you the first detail about it though.

I'm just hoping that when it's all said and done, everybody remembers that you cannot serve God and money.

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