OGA

Had a great time last weekend! Both of the courses did not disappoint.  The speed of play was a bit lacking, especially at San Dimas, but the courses were not dog tracks. The driving range at San Dimas was interesting; basically a modified batting cage. We saw a person nail the metal posts and get a riccichet coming back at them.  But I liked the Mountain Meadows course, and it did have mountains or at least hills. The cart turned out to be the wise/lazy man's option. The course offered a great view and new perspective of the Pomona Swap Meet and the airport.  Johnny tore it up to take the overall championship.  I think everyone had a good time and the BBQ was fun. I am looking forward to the next event, though it may be early next year with little Cole Gianni Jr on the way in a month or so. 

Olympics

It happens every two years.  I end up watching the Olympics to all hours of the night. (Yes, I watch the winter Olympics too)  But, what can you say about the Michael Phelps drama. I thought it was awesome. Yeah, he absolutely dusted the competition in some of his events, but the 4x100 free relay and 100 fly finishes were amazing. I'm glad it's over, because I can get some sleep now.  I'm OK with watching some of the remaining events via DVR.  There have been a lot of comparisons of Phelps to Spitz and Carl Lewis; who's the greatest olympian, athlete, or whatever. But there's no deying that Spitz had a sick pornstar moustache.  Combine that with the red, white & blue speedo, some attitude and you have the ultimate Olympic pimp. Carl Lewis can't sing and reminds me of a Gary Coleman/Michael Jackson combination too much.  Phelps seems like an all around good guy, I hope he can translate that into some endorsements.  I don't mind him getting paid for swimming success.  Also, the story about him getting down 12,000 calories a day makes him a superhero in my mind.  Like an amphibious Kobayashi!

 

I have been watching volleyball, water polo, diving, some gymnastics, trampoline, and handball.  I can admire the strength of gymnastics and body control of diving and trampoline, but it kills me that these sports are judged events. I know that all sports are judged/officiated to some extent. But it can often be a tough pill to swallow. In my mind, judged sports are not true sports in a lot of respects. This reasoning happens to make bowling and billiards more of a sport than gymnastics, so it's not perfect.  Also, I consider basketball a judged sport more than officiated at times.  Anytime there are refs or judges there are bound to be problems.

 

Handball is awesome. I first saw this sport 4 or 5 olympics ago. It's a hybrid of water polo, basketball and volleyball.  The men's is especially cool, 'cause the guys go flying in the air from the shooting line. If you have never seen it, make it a point to check it out.

OGA '08

I'm pretty stoked about the upcoming OGA event. It's been a long time since the last 'official' event.  It will be a good excuse to see the family and have a good time. I haven't played either of the courses, and it's always nice to tryout a course for the first time.  The only downside is that we are going in completely blind; I didn't get any recommendations for these courses. So, if they are dog tracks, I'm responsible for not doing better homework.  The bottom line is that I was pretty much limited to what was available and that turned out to be... not much. Sunday mornings are busy. It's a good thing there are so many courses in the SoCal area. I was bound to find something with tee times in the morning. I'm hopeful we will get lucky with the shape of the course.  But either way, it should be a good time. Who knows?, a total dog track may make it that much more memorable.

My New Alarm Clock...

Here's the Wake 'n Bacon alarm clock that wakes you up with the smell of bacon. It was possibly inspired by an episode of The Office, where Michael sets his George Foreman grill to a timer with bacon in it. As a bacon fan myself, it is an interesting concept. But I guess I'm not THAT hardcore.

 

http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2008/07/alarm-clock-wak.html