Sage 5.0 Pickleball Wisdom from a 3.0 Aphorist

The pops of pickleballs at the park sound like a cacophony to some, but to players they’re a symphony.

Pickleball requires planning, hand speed, aggressiveness and anticipation and that’s just to login and register for a meetup.

An 11–0 loss may teach you more than an 11–0 win.

Irony: The player who arrives in a $60,000 car carrying a $250 pickleball bag, a $250 paddle, wearing $200 pickleball shoes and $150 sunglasses… but forgets (?) the $3 ball everyone can use.

Service rules in recreational pickleball are like jaywalking laws—written down, widely not enforced.

A DUPR rating is like an IQ score: useful, but not always an accurate predictor of future performance.

Sometimes the best strategy to improve your pickleball game is to take a day off from playing and rest.

Occasionally the action off the court is often more interesting than the action on the court.

To clear their heads in order to think.
 Many pray. Many meditate
. Some dink.

Sage 4

Past pearls of wisdom explaining what is happening today…

Current HeadlineWisdom from the Past
Jan. 6 Was Worse Than We Knew NY Times“We are a paper frigate sailing on a burning lake.” —Frederick Seidel
Republicans Shout Down Lindsey Graham for Pushing Vaccine“The central belief of every moron is that he is the victim of a mysterious conspiracy against his common rights and true deserts.” HL Mencken
Doctors grow frustrated over COVID-19 denial, misinformation“While people are entitled to their illusions, they are not entitled to a limitless enjoyment of them and they are not entitled to impose them upon others.” Christopher Hitchens
Dow sheds 300 points as investors ditch technology stocks, Nasdaq drops 2% CNBC“you cannot cling to anything in a changing world.” 
Osho
Trump, talked out of announcing a 2024 bid for now, settles on a wink-and-nod unofficial candidacy Washington PostStupidity is knowing the truth, seeing the truth but still believing the lies. Richard Feynman