This screen cap is why Lost is so great...

Tv needs more guys with eye patches!!!!

And of course the lovely Kate and my new favorite Juliette!!!

A Couple of Things...

The Yankees may not win a lot of games this year, but at least A-Rod is on pace to hit 267 home runs and 500+ RBI's. Everyone keeps saying its great that A-Rod is doing well now, but what about in the playoffs. If the Yankees keep playing the way they have the past 5 days, that won't be a concern because they won't be in the playoffs. But the baseball season is very long, so Im not quite ready to panic just yet.

I read yesterday that if Hillary Clinton is elected to be the next president that she is going to have Bill act as an "ambassador to the world". Sounds like a pretty good idea. The past 7 years haven't been so good as far as the worlds opinion of the US is concerned, so having a likable guy like Bill acting as ambassador is a pretty smart idea. And think of all the international poon Bill can get :-).

I was flipping through Rachel's copy of In Touch magazine and they had a picture of Rain Wilson and his little son. The kid is surprisingly cute, I guess he gets his looks from him mom.

I always though Alec was the "normal" Baldwin brother.

Blood Diamond is a pretty powerful film. Not sure how accurate it was, but if the senseless violence in Africa is anything like it was portrayed in the movie, man what a scary place.

Prik King is my new favorite Thai dish. It makes my nose run like a m'fer, but man is it tasty. I love green beans, so its right up my alley.

I was excited to hear that Cake is coming out with a new CD of cover songs. They are supposed to d a cover version of War Pigs by Black Sabbath. I can't imagine what a Sabbath song would sound like with a horn section, but maybe it will be good.

I've been listening to Korn Unplugged alot lately. The duet with Amy Lynn from Evanescence and the "mash up" of Make Me Bad/In Between Days with the Cure are both pretty amazing.

The LPGA has a lot of hot young women on the tour now. I thought Natalie Gulbis was the only one, but Paula Creamer, Britney Lincicome and of course Laura Davies are all very hot as well. A lot of people at work say how MIchele Wie is hot. I don't see it, she looks too much like a character from Hot Shots golf or a Japanese animation.

El Picante...OUT!!!!

Rockabye Squilky

Rachel and I have discovered this series of CD's called Rockabye Babies. We play them before we go to bed at night to sooth the save beast. They take popular music by artists like Bob Marley, Radiohead, Nirvana and U2 and record the songs as lullabies. Some of the music by Coldplay and the Beatles translates really well as a lullaby. Other songs by Metallica and Nirvana not so much. Although Fade to Black sounds pretty cool. I think Radiohead and Coldplay sound the best. A lot of COldplays music sounds kind of like a lullaby anyway. Check em out. Very soothing before bed for young and the not so young.

Golfing-Nor'Easter Style

We lucked out as far as weather goes on Saturday. The drive down to NC took a little longer than usual because A) it was the weekend and B) It was raining in VA. But we got down in time to attend the kids birthday parties. After the kids party we headed back to Mike and Audra's house so the kids could open the rest of their birthday gifts. We ate dinner, checked weather.com and saw the rain was well west and south of Raleigh, so we headed on over to Knights Play golf course to play golf under the lights ;minus Rachel's brother Jonathan, but that's another post in itself.

When we got their my father in law suggested we play holes number 19-27 to start out since none of us had ever played there. It seemed like a good idea, but once we started playing we saw why most people don't play 19-27. Most of the holes are very similar to one another, so there isn't much variety. 6 of the 9 holes fell in the 100-120 yard range. I hit my pitching wedge about 110-115 yards, so I had a lot of difficulty dialing it down to only go 100. Looking back, I probably should have just choked down a little and the ball would have gone a little shorter. Didn't think of that at the moment though. So a lot of the 1st nine I ended up flying the ball over the green. Finally by the time we got to the 5th hole which was also about 100 yards, I decided I was going to try to tee off using my 56 degree flop wedge. This lead to me having a US Open/Masters moment. I hot my tee shot and it goes way high, the wind grabs it, but it hits the front of the green. Since it was a flop wedge, I guess it had a lot of backspin on it, and the ball hit the green and backed up into the water!!!! DAGGER!!!!

I did much better on the 2nd set of 9 that we played. The highlight was on the 13th hole. It was a 176 yard shot, slightly uphill. I was last to go in our threesome. Mike goes and takes a big healthy cut and ends up hooking into the sand trap in the front left of the green. My father in law, using a 5 wood tops the ball and send it about 75-80 yards. So I get out my 4 iron hybrid and tee my ball up. My brother in law Mike says to me $10 if you knock it on. With the way the wind was blowing, I didnt think I had much of a chance. I get up and hit the ball towards the right side of the green, it looks long enough, but I think its too wide right. Then I don't know if it was the wind (aka gust from the gods), or if I put a slight draw on the ball, but the ball took a slight left turn and landed soft smack in the middle of the green. BOOOYAH!!!! I missed the birdie putt, but did make my par putt. Double Booyah!!!

I used a few of the balls I ordered from lostgolfballs.com. I gotta tell ya, I may never buy new golf balls again. I got a dozen Titleist NXT's along with a few others that I haven't tried yet. The balls I ordered were all 3rd quality. Looking at them, you can definitely tell that they weren't new. They didn't quite have that nice sheen a brand new ball has, but there were no dings or cuts on any of them. I really liked the NXT, I seemed to be hitting the ball really crisply when I used them. The cover they use on the NXT's is fairly soft too, so it has a nice feel to it. I used a Pinnacle on one of the holes with water on it, and it felt like I was hitting a rock in comparison. I definitely noticed a big difference in the feel at impact.

Overall it was a great time. My tee shots were all pretty good, my putting was just horrible. I 3 putted on just about every hole. The sweetest part was that about 30 minutes after we got back to Mike and Audras, the rain finally started. So it held out just long enough for us to get in 18!!!

Random Stuff...

Thank God You're Here was disappointing. I was expecting it to be more like WHo's Line is it Anyway, but the people they had on just dont have the improv skills. The dad from Malcolm in the Middle and the guy from E! were ok, but Newman and Stifflers mom sucked.

The Office last night was awesome, although I was hoping Michael actually jumped. I was glad Patrice O'Neill was back on the show, even though it was only briefly.

Damn what a miserable morning as far as the weather is concerned. Cold, drizzly, gray. Brrrr...this global warming stuff really sucks.

Prison Breaks season finale was really lame.

When is Al Sharpton going to apologize to the Duke lacross players?

I find the sound of a clarinet to be very irritating. Not irritating like bagpipes, but just generally not soothing to the ears.

My spelling is atrocious. Ironically I just nailed the spelling of atrocious. But generally I am way too dependent on spell check.

Two nights ago, I was driving home from work. It had just begun rain a little. Im stopped at a red light. Im in the left lane and there is a left turn lane to my left. To the left of the turn lane is a small concrete median. Some young jackass makes a right on red on the other side of the street, his tires spin out on the wet pavement and he starts to fishtail. His back end swings around and crosses the median and hits the two cars directly next to me. Phewwww

The new Bruce Springsteen CD is pretty awesome. Mary Don't You Weep and Pay Me My Money Down are amazing.

I was watching the VH1 Rock Honors featuring Queen, Def Leppard, Judas Priest and Kiss and when Kiss was "honored" a super group featuring Rob Zombie, Slash, Scott Ian and Tommy Lee did a cover version of God of Thunder. Seeing them up there, particularly Slash and Tommy, made me realize how sad the state of rock music is right now. These are guys who have devoted their life, their look, and their life style to rock and roll. You have a few modern day musicians like Travis Barker who do a pretty good job, but its mostly these wanna be's like those twin douchbags from Good Charlotte who pretend to be all hard core, but they really aren't. Because if there is one thing I have learned from Jack Black, it's...."you're not hardcore, unless you LIVE hardcore".

Peace out bitches...

The Masters

I'm still in shock that Tiger didn't win yesterday. When he went into the final round only one shot back, I thought he would win for sure. Sort of refreshing to see that even Tiger Woods has bad days once in a while. Was kind of nice to see an underdog win. When someone like Mickelson or Tiger wins the Masters, Im sure it makes them happy, but its kind of like been there, done that. When Zack Johnson won yesterday, he seemed so genuine, humble and down to earth. Was a very sweet moment when he kissed his little baby boy.

The course just seemed like it caused such frustration. You get the impression watching these guys week to week that there are certain shots they could do in their sleep with one arm tied behind their back. That definitely wasn't the case with the Masters this year. Every shot had to be carefully planned and executed. The slightest flub could mean the difference between a birdie and a double bogey.

As far as my predictions....

Tiger finished 2nd obviously

Vijay Singh finished 13th

Geoff Ogilviy and Mickelson finished 24th

Charles Howell finished 30th

and my dark horse Jason Gore I don't think he even played. I never saw him or heard him mentioned.

Not bad 3 of the 4 finished in the top 30.



Way too cold this weekend to play golf. We even got a little snow saturday morning. We are headed down to Raleigh this weekend for Andrew and Ashley's combined birthday party. Andrew turned 5 last month, Ashley will be 3 in a few weeks. We have a tee time for Saturday night for a par 3 course called Nights Play. It's a pretty cool course where you can play 18 holes under the lights. Would have liked to play a regular course, but the schedule just wont allow for that.

Masters Predictions

Obviously the most obvious pick to win the Masters is Tiger Woods. I think when he's playing at his best, noone can come close to beating him. So Tiger is my choice to win. But you never know, he could have an off day or two, so that leaves the door open. Here's a few guys I think have a shot and should finish in the top 5.

Geoff Ogilvy-He's quiet and unassuming, but plays great golf.

Charles Howell III-He weighs like a buck fifty, but man the guy can smash the ball. He's been playing well all year. I think that continues this week at Augusta. Don't know if he has the confidence to win it all, but I expect to be close to the top.

Phil Mickelson- He's got the distance off the tee, and the shot shaping skills. But can he keep his mind in check and prevent himself for another meltdown?


Vijay Singh-The man may be pompous and chauvinistic, but he's an awesome golfer.

Jason Gore- This is my dark horse, but this guy is a beast. He's built more like a linebacker than a golfer, and he's fun to watch.