Let The Puckering Begin!
Everyone who is old enough remembers exactly where they were when JFK was shot…or when the Shuttle Challenger exploded…or when the first win tower came tumbling down. I suspect everyone will remember...
View ArticleArmstrong v. Armstrong – One Small Step, One Giant Turd
We lost a truly great one this week folks. And we also revealed a bad one. When I was a boy, my hero was Neil Armstrong. In fact, he still is to this day. Nothing, absolutely nothing, captured my...
View ArticleGolf Like Frenchman – Time to Mix Up Your Game
Warning; the following story is true. Only the names have been changed to protect the guilty. Over the years I’ve been extremely fortunate to have mixed myself in with a wacky, remarkably intelligent,...
View ArticleHoist With His Own Petard
I’ll be honest with you here folks. I’m not 100% sure what a petard is. I’m pretty sure I used to have one…but then my neighbour back in London borrowed it and never returned it to me. Or maybe he...
View ArticleWe Don't Need Another Brookline…
Even though we still have several weeks left in the PGA golf season, the “big” season effectively ended last weekend with the wrap-up event of the FedEx Cup Playoffs; The Tour Championship. And what a...
View ArticleWhen Can I Pick Up My Jaw?
So…just out of curiosity, have you seen any good golf lately? As Penny, the hot blonde chick from “The Big Bang Theory” would say, “Holy crap on a cracker!!!” The 2012 Ryder Cup was everything I was...
View ArticleMongo Like Candy…and Golf
It’s a sad day in the world of entertainment today folks. Alex Karras, the actor who played “Mongo” in Blazing Saddles, died this morning. And in the spirit of the funniest movie ever made, I think...
View ArticleOn Euphemisms and Euphoria…
It’s funny, sometimes, when one of life’s lessons comes up and smacks you in the face, isn’t it? You’re tooling along, minding your own business and doing nothing of great consequence, when suddenly a...
View ArticleCorgies in Costumes…and Fortune Cookies
It’s been a busy week friends. After I finished sorting through my latest batch of multi-million dollar inheritance offers from rich Nigerian princes and widows (it was down to a mere $68.5 million in...
View ArticleThe Last, Mind-Boggling Hurrah
In case you’re not paying rapt attention, this is a week of endings folks. First, and probably biggest; the interminably long US election is finally over! Second; for many of you in various parts of...
View ArticleA Finger Up Your Bum…And the Season is Done
It’s a bit hard to believe, but the 2012 PGA Tour season is now officially over. The Euro stars will continue to slog it out for a while on their quest to take The Road to Dubai (a Bob and Bing...
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