yes, you can surf in a lake

a riff on keeping your mouth shut

I did it again.

I corrected someone.

I didn’t have to.

(but I kinda did)

I subscribe to an email newsletter.

Well, I subscribe to many.

This one is called ‘Hum Love’. It’s written by Gabe The Bass Player. He writes about the music business. I love his perspective on the creative process and what it means to lead within it.

He’s an expert on that.

He’s no expert on surfing though.

Gabe made the mistake of insinuating that someone can have all the surf gear they want, hang out at the beach and talk about surfing all they want, but if they do it in Minnesota, they can’t be surfers.

He’s implying that they can’t do that because there’s no surfing involved as there is no surfing in Minnesota. Gabe happens to be from Minnesota. But apparently I know a thing or two about his home state that he doesn’t.

Ben Gravy riding bombs on the north shore of Lake Superior tends to disagree.

I felt compelled to reach out to Gabe and tell him about his oversight. I did this. I have yet to hear back. I likely won’t…