Word: bourbon
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Thomas Merton, who accomplished the only-in-America oxymoronic feat of becoming a celebrity Trappist monk (his memoir, The Seven Storey Mountain, was a best seller in 1948), fathered a child out of wedlock before taking his vows; later, as a middle-aged hermit with a taste for bourbon, he had a brief love affair with a nurse. Walker Percy drank too much. Poor Flannery O'Connor, crippled by lupus, dead at 39, sometimes sounded alarmingly like a racial bigot...
Pacelli, who is also a Crimson editor, has always considered himself a Kentuckian by blood, although he hails from Illinois: his favorite pastimes are horse racing, gambling, bluegrass music and bourbon. When he learned his uncle was a friend of the Kentucky governor, he couldn’t resist making a small request. Soon enough, he was officially nominated and given a lifetime commission, which comes with a certificate bearing the governor’s seal, an entitlement to official deference in the state of Kentucky and a brass membership card...
...began this annual tradition last year, conducting a semi-formal affair in his spacious Eliot suite, complete with television stream of the Derby, mint julep and one Kentuckian. The Derby was “the focal point” of the party, but the sweet bourbon drink was vital for the affair’s authenticity. It is the official drink of the Kentucky Derby and, adds Pacelli with aplomb, “all Kentucky Colonels.” Pacelli himself appeared at the party in full uniform...
...website, www.kycolonels.org, is also a one-stop shop for colonel merchandise, from official golf towels and “Taste of Kentucky” food baskets in the shape of Kentucky, to the autobiography of Maker’s Mark, “the world’s premier bourbon,” and all manner of “sipping tools,” from jiggers to julep glasses to flasks for the road...
...bourbon and the Derby parties are all part of the grander vision of the Colonels—a bond of brotherhood and patriotic commitment to service—which Pacelli takes seriously. “I am under the impression that if anyone insults the governor’s honor, I’m supposed to challenge that person to a duel. Every now and then people do challenge the governor, and I hold them to it. I point my finger at them and say, ‘Sir, how dare you insult the governor of Kentucky! I shall defend...