If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, we consider ourselves 37.5% flattered. Of the 8 holiday gifts for your favorite golfer suggested by Golf Digest's "Mr. Style", On The Fly carries 3 of them.

All three are long-time best-sellers of ours. The Mulholland Brothers Flat Shave Kit is the #1 dopp kit we sell, available in 4 different leathers and 3 different scratch-proof/water-proof polyvinyls.

Davek umbrellas have been flying off the shelf since wet weather has kicked in across the country, but the true golfer might prefer the Davek Golf Umbrella that has the hidden spike to keep your umbrella grounded while you take your shot. All Davek umbrellas come with a lifetime warranty, and a Loss Prevention card that gets you a 2nd umbrella at 50% off.

And while Mr. Style picks out the 30-gauge Cashmere Zip Sweater, any of Peter Millar's sweaters would make a fantastic gift. Our favorite for this season is the classic cable with a zip for a twist, available here in Oatmeal or Black.

See the spread in this month's Golf Digest here.

Commenting on the world of super-yachts is normally out of my wheelhouse, but the $400,000,000+, 557-footer just built for BRO (Billionaire Russian Oligarch) Roman Abramovich had one particular feature that blew my mind.

• Swimming pool? You shouldn't have to ask.
• Luxury spa? Everybody's doing it.
  
• Helipad? Two. Check and check.
  
• Mini-submarine that also acts as escape pod? Gift with purchase from the yacht maker, no doubt.  
  

Alas, it is the missile defense system that demanded I share this. The U.S. military can't even successfully test a missile defense system, but Roman's got it on his yacht! Read about all 557 feet here.

No word as to when Andy Samberg will be on the boat.

Watching some of the St. Jude Classic on Saturday, much of the coverage focused on the leader -- and eventual winner -- Brian Gay. While most golf observers were no doubt taking notice of the rising star (this is his 3rd tour win), I couldn't help but notice his choice of colors: charcoal golf shirt and orange pants. That's right, orange pants.

And while John Daly has sunk to new lows in an effort to prove how obnoxious he can be, Brian Gay just looked confident.

Bringing this post full circle since we don't yet sell charcoal golf shirts or orange golf pants, The ensemble immediately brought to mind the latest color combo of the Michael Toschi GX in Steel & Orange. We've had a few customers already receive the latest release from Toschi, but admittedly, now, they were trendsetters. Now, we'll just expect the orders to start pouring in in 3...2...1...

Last week, I wrote a post linking to a James Fallows post on how Liaquat Ahamed made some Great Depression history much more interesting through the style of his writing in Lords of Finance. Now almost halfway through the 500 page tome, I have come across what will probably be my favorite paragraph even though it's really not that interesting:

"Having jettisoned the simple operating procedures of the gold standard, which linked credit creation solely to gold reserves, Stong began to improvise an alternative set of principles to guide monetary policy. the Fed's primary goal should be, he believed, to try to stabilize domestic prices. But he thought that it should also respond to fluctuations in business activity...This new set of principles, somewhat cobbled together on the fly, represented a quiet, indeed carefully unheralded, revolution in monetary policy."

Emphasis mine for obvious reasons. "Cobbled together", "unheralded", and "revolution": equally applicable to the first Fed Chair's monetary policy in 1924, and OnTheFly.com!

Blogging from the road can be tough, so I apologize for coming back to this bit of news on Wednesday: Martin Scorsese is slated to direct a Frank Sinatra biopic. Variety, naturally, has the scoop. 

As they explain, DiCaprio is an easy rumor to play Ol' Blue Eyes since he has starred in the last 4 movies Scorsese has directed: "Gangs of New York," "The Aviator," "The Departed" and the yet-to-be-released "Shutter Island." While he has his detractors, I think he's an immensely talented actor, but I'm not sure he can pull this off mainly because of his physical attributes. While the young Sinatra was DiCaprio-thin, his lifestyle quickly caught up with him, and I would have a hard time imagining a rail-thin Sinatra in his 40's or older just as I had a tough time imagining someone under 6'0" playing Howard Hughes.

It will be very interesting to see the final product. I'm sure for most men my age, the idea of Sinatra is that of a crooning ladies that loved to drink, smoke, and not afraid to throw his money around while cavorting with other cool cats. "Men wanted to be just like him, and women wanted to be with him," to steal a line from Austin Powers. But there was much, much, much more to him, and not all of it was good. Last year, I spent a round-trip flight to Florida reading two different Rat Pack tell-alls, and it was jaw-dropping to read some of the stories.

Needless to say, I'll be seeing it on its opening night.

Last week, I had to book a ticket on a jetplane for Boston where I'd be doing "some research" for an upcoming "project". Tickets were actually pretty cheap (about $200 roundtrip), and both JetBlue and United had almost identical fares, and departure times that were fine with me. While I probably have more miles with United, I figured having satellite TV on a 5 hour flight would be nice even though I have May's Book-of-the-Month selection -- Lords of Finance -- to read as well, so I chose JetBlue.

Just before boarding the plane, a JetBlue employee announced to all that the TV's were not working, and they did not expect them to work for the entire flight. Instantly, I was miffed since that had literally been the only reason I chose to fly JetBlue over United. But just as quickly, my mind flashed back to a recent interview with Louis C.K. on Conan. The entire clip is worth watching, but the most relevant part starts at about 1:59.