Some random thoughts from the last 17 days of Olympic coverage:
How much carbon did that Olympic torch emit over the course of 17 days?
Who holds the patent on the wind-generating flagpole, and where can I get one?
During that first drum performance of the opening ceremonies, I couldn’t help but think: “What’s the name of the [...]
Yesterday I played in the Queen of the Valley Hospital Foundation’s Day for the Queen fundraising golf tournament. The format of the event was a shamble, which I enjoyed immensely and wrote about extensively on my Examiner golf blog. The basics of a shamble are this: everyone tees off, you choose the best ball to [...]
Curse NBC and their time-delay! Just because the entire East Coast has to stay up until midnight to see the finals of every damn swim doesn’t mean we should have to. I’m all for NBC’s coverage, I think this may have been their best Olympics ever, but the unnecessary time delay sucks.
If it’s not live, [...]
When I first took up golf, my wife said, “Well, at least it’s not a gear sport.” I presumed she was kidding. It took us both a few months to figure out she wasn’t, and it is.
The product cycle of new golf technology is now down to a staggeringly short six-month time period. Drivers that [...]
When I found out that the event I was doing in Birmingham was going to be held at Renaissance Ross Bridge Golf Resort and Spa, I started making contingency plans in case my schedule would permit a round of golf. When it all fell into place and I got dropped into an 8:30am threesome on [...]