Kinda too bad, really.
Think of all the money you could save on groceries.
Almost every day there's yet another assault on both common sense and good morals courtesy of the party of the JackAss:
You know, the reprobates who through the years have championed slavery, the Klan, segregation, abortion, insurrection, men in women sports, <the Covid/Fauci debacle>...
...and now the push for communism and the overthrow of our constitutional republic.
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| it's true; mr. "ogre on a pike" is a full on communist. |
I've hit my bingo level for being constantly outraged; I can't keep up with the unending tidal wave of corruption and stupidity spewing forth daily from the D's.
I just want them to go away.
The chances of that happening?
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| gotta love Gary Larson and The Far Side |
'bout like that.
We soldier on...
...which happily brings us to a hotly anticipated HGU*:
That's the only picture you're getting, so enjoy it.
Decent drive from the tee, followed by a good fairway wood put me in the above position on the #8 par 5.
A solid chip over the water hazard with my lofting iron would put me on the green in 3; a 2 putt would be par.
I settled for a flubbed shot that put me closer to the water hazard, then a chip onto the green and 2 putt for a bogey.
That was pretty much the story of my round; ended up as a 2 and 1 win (up by 2 holes with only 1 left to play, so it's a win) - but several frustrating near misses for par similar to the above.
But hey, a win is a win, and today's round made 5 out of the last 6 outings, so in spite of my uneven play, all is well in my little corner of the world.
Probably shouldn't say it out loud, but I seem to have righted the ship lately - hitting pretty well with my woods from the tees and fairways, and most of the time I'm ok with my lofting iron around the greens.
Putting remains a little dicey, though slightly improved from the 1st half of my season.
Lord willing there's still plenty of hickory golf to play before the snow flies, and then...
...we'll see.
*HGU - hickory golf update
After a long night of drinking¹ and carousing² I say we kick back and crack open a tall refreshing can of 23 Skidoo:
¹ metamucil
² bingeing episodes of 'The Listener' with Karen
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| after a hard day of retirement, there's nothing quite like taking a load off in the command center |
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| starting to see just a shade of strawberry now |
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| our first dinner plate hibiscus arrived early this year on july 22nd... |
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| ...and was joined a week later by some friends |
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| the woketards from the History Channel are busily trying to rewrite history again...they should check <the official Olympic results> to see the winner was William Bruce Jenner who set a world record |
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| you may remember Downtown Brown, Private Eye, from a previous blog entry... |
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| ...well, apparently a recent case involving a mad scientist went sideways. tall, green and formerly deceased, he's now everyone's favorite reanimated stiff. |
Ever hear of "The Greatest 45 Minutes In Sports History"?
It happened on May 25th, 1935, in Ann Arbor, Michigan at the Big 10 Track and Field Conference Championship.
3:15 pm: a 21 year old Ohio State student athlete won the 100 yard dash in 9.4 seconds, equaling the world record.
3:25 pm: he set a new world record in the long jump that lasted for 25 years - 26 feet, 8.1 inches.
3:45 pm: he set another world record in the 200 yd dash, covering the distance on cinders in 20.3 seconds.
4:00 pm: he set his 3rd world record by winning the 200 meter hurdles in 22.6 seconds.
And he did it all with a back injury he suffered a week earlier when he fell downs some stairs.
His coach had to help him out of the car when they arrived at the stadium, and wanted to pull him from the meet.
Thankfully, our hero -
- the incomparable James Cleveland "Jesse" Owens, refused.
In later years he recounted, as he got into his crouch for the 100 yard dash, "...the pain disappeared, as if by a miracle".
Hard to imagine, but he went on to even greater glory just a year later, at the 1936 Berlin "Nazi" Olympics.
There he won a total of 4 gold medals: in the 100 meters, the long jump, the 200 meters and the 4x100 meter relay.
On the international stage Jesse Owens single handedly destroyed Hitler's myth of "Aryan supremacy".
So...beyond being an impressive footnote in history and the answer to a sports trivia question, why does any of this matter?
Suppose it was your job to find and train one of the greatest track athletes in history.
What would you do?
Where would you look?
What kind of budget would you need to provide the best coaching, the right diet, the most advanced training methods and top notch medical care?
Now compare your plan to reality:
When choosing the perfect family situation to incubate your future champion, did you select a poverty stricken sharecropper, the son of a slave?
Does your ideal family size for raising your champion include 10 hungry children?
When your future world record setter develops a painful fibrous tumor on his chest at the age of 5, does your planned medical care include makeshift surgery on the family's kitchen table with a sterilized butcher knife?
Such was the upbringing of one of the world's greatest athletes, and by now you get the picture.
Today we spend an enormous amount of time, money and emotional energy trying to make our lives as comfortable, easy and secure as possible.
But champions are rarely chosen from the ranks of the unscarred...
...and lives of comfort breed mediocrity, not greatness.
The Apostle Paul knew all about suffering and enduring hardships:
For preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ he received 39 lashes on five separate occasions;
three times he was beaten with rods;
once he was stoned and left for dead;
three times he suffered shipwreck and spent a night and a day floating in the open sea;
and the list goes on (see <2 Corinthians 11:22-33>).
As followers of the Lord, we're called to endure hardships, but we're promised the glories of heaven in due time:
³ And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;
⁴ And patience, experience; and experience, hope;
⁵ And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.
- Romans 5:3-5
There's a pithy saying that opines, "Life is hard and then you die".
If you're a Christian, that's only half right.
Yes, life is hard, filled with challenges, difficulties, setbacks, problems.
But if you've put your faith in Christ as Savior, the journey may be challenging but your destination is glorious.
"...the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us."
- Romans 8:18
soldier on, mcm fans...
