September 28, 2006

WEG Journals from Devon - Mack's Musings
"Those Furtive Ulterior Motives"
Special to Dressage Daily #2, Page Three
By Father Mack (a.k.a.: Father Larry David McCormick)

DISCLAIMER [There must be something in the air making me feel the need for these disclaimers during this autumn season. In this instance I do not want you, patient reader, to think me a self-aggrandizing S.O.B. Here goes]: I neither own stock in any of the commercial ventures mentioned in the foregoing ponderings, nor do I hope for or expect to receive baksheesh (a gratuity, tip, or bribe paid to expedite service; from the Middle Persian vocable bakhshishn) from any of the nice vendors I have used as examples. I also do not intend to slight any of the many other fine business people who attend and who support Dressage at Devon. Finally, as I hope you already know, Ms. Mary Phelps had absolutely no knowledge of my reference to her occupation as a representative of Markel Insurance Company. There you go. I have disclaimed.