Before his amiable narrator sussed that an eternity of happiness – the perfect breakfast sausage, the return of his favourite corduroy trousers, endless exceptional golf scorecards and an audience with Judy Garland – might eventually pall, he experienced something really worth getting excited about.
For instance, when interviewing job candidates, have a scorecard and a checklist that are identical from person to person.
In 1992, at the Australian Masters, he was disqualified after failing to sign a scorecard, and a year earlier in Jamaica, he was disqualified for signing an incorrect card.
From past experience with the system, both sides felt that jointly drawing up a balanced scorecard and a strategy map would promote consensus on and alignment with the goals of the alliance.
Mr. Lakawicz, who went on to be the P.B.A.'s tournament director from 1964 to 1996 and who would eventually be inducted into six halls of fame, will hand you a paper scorecard and a pair of bowling shoes if you go to Parkway Lanes on a day he's working the desk.
The casual consumer, who may not realize that General Motors killed off Pontiac this year, or that Jaguar and Land Rover now belong to Tata Motors of India, may need a scorecard and a spreadsheet to keep track of the players left in the game.
I'm given a scorecard and a stack of plastic spoons, then seated at a table full of similarly inexperienced adjudicators; when I ask my elderly neighbour what he looks for in a chilli, he whispers, "Hell, I'm an Indian.
He scored a solid zero from Ralph Reed's Faith and Freedom Coalition in its most recent scorecard and a 100 from the abortion rights group NARAL Pro-Choice America.
Once your guests are seated, give each of them a scorecard and a pencil.
Hopkins didn't succeed, but he won easily on the judges' scorecards, and in a post-fight interview he explained his strategy.
