The Perfect Game
Wakond Club No. 1, from blue tees, May, 2011 The perfect game in baseball is a rarity among rarities. Only a handful of no-hitters are seen in a season of baseball, but the perfect game of 27...
View ArticleOne percent of the 1%
From Evernote: One percent of the 1% The recent focus on Kim Jong Il’s lifestyle brought gasps of astonishment -he sent his sushi chef on a private jet to Japan to shop for rice cakes while his...
View ArticleThe Holiday Cruise in 30 Tweets
Thoughts before a holiday cruise. 1. If I don’t pay enough for my tickets will I be Irish dancing day and night in steerage. 2. Will there be a series of unsolved murders and will I have to solve...
View ArticleMore Hoddeok
More hoddeok from maangchi.com. The beauty of this recipe is the convenience of having this treat with minimal prep or cooking. Overall easier than making pancakes for a crowd.
View ArticleHilton Head, o beautiful muddy island.
Hilton Head is in the news this time of year because of the golf tournament on the Harbour Town course with the iconic light house on the 18th green. It made the news yesterday because an alligator...
View ArticleGolf is a Confidence Game
In this my last year of golf at Wakonda as a member and resident of Iowa, I had hoped to make a splash by taking a winning turn at the Wakonda Club’s annual Blazer Days tournament. Blazer Days is a...
View ArticleBook Smart
I’m a collector of books in vascular disease and golf. When I found out that Mr. Johnny Revolta was one of the great golf teachers of the 20th century and had authored a book, I started a search and...
View ArticleRIP RIM
The day has arrived when I get to swap out my Blackberry 9930 for an iPhone 5. I had given up using the Blackberry as anything but a text/phone device because getting on the Internet was tricky at...
View ArticleThe Logitech Ultrathin Keyboard Cover for iPad 2, iPad 3, iPad 4 Trumps the...
After sitting on the fence about purchasing a MacBook Air or an Ultrabook, I finally decided to pass on those items (no Retina display!) and equipped my current iPad 3 with a Logitech Ultrathin...
View ArticleSpooky
I have to confess that I like to scare little kids. That feeling of spookiness is one of those childhood sensations that you lose with innocence. The toddler’s wide eyes, the pursed lips, the knitted...
View ArticleThe Producer
Walking Dead was a sub for one of the interminable Mad Men hiatuses. Mad Men came onboard when the Kennedy era threatened to be forgotten. And every decade or so, middle aged men on TV need to...
View ArticleTop Movies Needing JJ Abrams, The Nerd Emperor and Rebooter
The handing off of the crown jewels of American culture, Star Wars and Star Trek, to JJ Abrams, is a recognition of his powers as a popular storyteller. He understands the importance of preserving the...
View ArticleMore Hoddeok
More hoddeok from maangchi.com. The beauty of this recipe is the convenience of having this treat with minimal prep or cooking. Overall easier than making pancakes for a crowd.
View ArticleHilton Head, o beautiful muddy island.
Hilton Head is in the news this time of year because of the golf tournament on the Harbour Town course with the iconic light house on the 18th green. It made the news yesterday because an alligator...
View ArticleGolf is a Confidence Game
In this my last year of golf at Wakonda as a member and resident of Iowa, I had hoped to make a splash by taking a winning turn at the Wakonda Club’s annual Blazer Days tournament. Blazer Days is a...
View ArticleBook Smart
I’m a collector of books in vascular disease and golf. When I found out that Mr. Johnny Revolta was one of the great golf teachers of the 20th century and had authored a book, I started a search and...
View ArticleRIP RIM
The day has arrived when I get to swap out my Blackberry 9930 for an iPhone 5. I had given up using the Blackberry as anything but a text/phone device because getting on the Internet was tricky at...
View ArticleThe Logitech Ultrathin Keyboard Cover for iPad 2, iPad 3, iPad 4 Trumps the...
After sitting on the fence about purchasing a MacBook Air or an Ultrabook, I finally decided to pass on those items (no Retina display!) and equipped my current iPad 3 with a Logitech Ultrathin...
View ArticleSpooky
I have to confess that I like to scare little kids. That feeling of spookiness is one of those childhood sensations that you lose with innocence. The toddler’s wide eyes, the pursed lips, the knitted...
View ArticleCampfire Stories
Campfire Stories to Offset the Dad Jokes that Masquerade as Scary Campfire Stories My younger son is a Cub Scout and we go on campouts. Inevitably, there is a camp fire and the tradition is to tell...
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