Believe me, Bill, there is nothing more that I'd like than to join you guys.
George, your Oakmont series predated my involvement here. So I searched them out a few days ago to see what the fuss was all about. They are really outstanding. If your contributions to this site were limited just to the Oakmont and GTK threads, your GCA legacy would still be secure. Based on the way you describe yourself and the way others describe you, there is a George Bailey quality about you. I suspect that you are a far richer man than can be measured by conventional yard sticks.
A few questions:
In what ways do your GCA likes/dislikes break from the prevailing thinking of most members of this site?
Is there an architect whose work you haven't experienced that you are dying to see?
In the niche genre of disturbed mathmatician movies, which do you prefer, A Beautiful Mind or Good Will Hunting?
What is the funniest t-shirt you have ever printed?
Best wishes,
Ed
Thanks, Ed.
The biggest difference to me is my preference for truly unique golf courses - Wolf Point and Sheep Ranch top my US wish list. That's probably because the genesis of my interest in gca was the dream of building my own course someday (already have the name picked out - I think I've told two people on here it, but I'm sure they've forgotten it by now).
Along with those two, almost personal type courses, my other strong preference is for low key, subtle courses, as opposed to the many courses with the options are distinct. As an example, I've entered many armchair architect competitions, and my designs are always as far from the winning designs as possible. The winners always have multiple distinct routes, whereas mine are usually wide open - and I mean really wide - open pastures with hazards strewn about almost in random fashion.
I'd most like to see Mike Nuzzo's work! And Rod Whitman's at Cabot Links someday. Aside from that, I'm really hoping I can someday play at least one course of each architect who posts on here.
Definitely a strong preference for Good Will Hunting, but it's mostly for two reasons - 1) Robin Williams character and 2) I don't care for historical movies that play fast and loose with the facts - this is "based on a true story", which usually means "We are changing incredibly important details because we think you're too stupid to appreciate reality".
I wonder who wrote Good Will Hunting.
Funniest t shirt? Wow, I'll have to think about that one. Most of the time, we end up making jokes that are just slight twists on what we print, but we have the good sense not to actually print those. One thing I've learned in my years in the biz is that the overwhelming majority of people just want plain ole biring designs. Most of the designs that we've printed that are funny are usually more offensive than anything else, but those are rarely our ideas, just stuff we're printing for other people.