June 23, 2021

Good morning crew,

A few of the denizens of our cubicle farm here at the office were arguing about what the perfect breakfast is.

A popular choice was eggs, bacon, hash browns and toast. Hard to go wrong with that. Another one that came up a couple times was eggs benedict. Somebody said biscuits and gravy and another person offered fried chicken and waffles - which technically is more of a brunch item.

One communist said oatmeal.

But for me the quintessential breakfast was illustrated in the 1958 movie 'The Big Country' starring Gregory Peck, Jean Simmons, Charles Bickford, and a handful of other super stars from the golden age of Hollywood.

The morning after McKay (played by Peck) arrives at Ladder Ranch he sits down to breakfast with the Major and they are each served a flame-broiled, 18 ounce porterhouse steak with a single fried egg on top, garnished with a little parsley.

Now, that's how you start your day.

Laugh it up,

Joe

joe@gophercentral.com

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