I think Chase Corum (soon to be) ESQ just had the best weekend performance of any Med Agency dispatchist. His wide ranging taste—from DMX to xTPx, Mumbai cuisine, the Steinbrenner Clan, and Selma—have made us laugh (about Bombay graff) and cry (tears of joy about DMX’s brilliance). To salute him, I offer Corum the first ever Honorary Inspiring Quote of the Day:
“Camels are a gentleman’s pastime, and this is how a gentleman entertains his friends. In a way, you’re also re-enacting the pageant of your ancestors. There’s a lot of fun involved in owning camels,” said Robert Lacey, a British biographer. He is living in Saudi Arabia while updating his 1983 book, “The Kingdom: Arabia and the House of Saud.”“You can go out for the day, two or three hours out of Riyadh, have lunch, play with the camels, have tea, say the sunset prayer in the desert,” he said.
Corum was profiled by the OC Weekly in 2002. The fish eye pic below ran with the story and began with this intro paragraph:
The peerless Chase Corum works on the Balboa ferry, which, he’d like you to know, involves more than just going back and forth. He also runs the very small and very DIY record label Prime Directive and occasionally-to-frequently picks up work as a roadie.
Oddly enough, ferry captains/int’l gentleman who turn to lawyer-dom are a dime a dozen in OC. Like his forebearers, Chase transcends the stereotypical ferry captain cum lawyer/international gentleman of gentlemanly pursuits. In fact, Corum approaches scode-like levels of blogging brilliance.
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