where'd the time go?

So summer must be in full swing judging by the 12 days between my last posting and this masterpiece. Weather has been great and thus I've been doing many different things, mostly outdoors. In the last 12 days I've seen the movie The Hangover (very funny), almost wrapped up the Band of Brothers mini-series, had a roommate move out, mourned the death of The King of Pop, gone to a wine tasting seminar along with winery tour, visited w/ both step-bro's, (even the one from the UP of Michigan!), had a top 10 finish in an online poker event, and survived a marathon day of drinking on 6/27. It's been a fun 12 days!

The NBA draft also occurred in the past two weeks, so let's take a minute to reflect on this. The Pacers drafted Tyler Hansbrough, which I'm a big fan of, although I refuse to acknowledge his Psycho T nickname. The draft wasn't loaded w/ a bunch of superstars, so the Pacers weren't going to find a franchise savior with the 13th pick. They need a lot of pieces and Hansbrough does bring a physical presence and winning attitude along w/ his skills and bball intelligence. All in all, the team is a little better today then it was 2 weeks ago.

So the Cardinal Ritter HS Alumni golf outing was yesterday at West Chase golf course. Most of you know that I didn't go to high school at Ritter, however, I participate in many of their events that they put on, including the alumni basketball league, golf outing, and various fundraisers throughout the year. I think i've played in 7 of the last 8 golf outings and it's always fun. I normally play w/ the same foursome (Scott, Dave, Andy, and me). Unfortunately Dave couldn't play yesterday, so Matt Taylor, who has really never played golf before stepped in. Related to the golf outing comes one of the greatest mysterious of the 21st century....WHERE DID ANDY'S GOLF GAME DISAPPEAR TOO??? It has yet to be solved by any of us and we, along w/ Andy, have had to resort to humor to get through 18 holes of torture. Now Andy used to be a decent golfer. When I started playing golf w/ him 8-9 years ago, we both would shoot mid-low 90's consistently. Then about 5-6 years ago he just forgot how to hit a golf ball...it's like he has amnesia and had to learn how to play all over again, except that his brain cells related to golf no longer exist. I'm not sure it's possible, but I think he gets worse every time he plays. It's like watching a former great athlete try to make a comeback, except that the former athlete has no arms or legs and is still trying to compete....yeah, that about sums it up.

Now i'm sure you're thinking that i'm being mean here, but he'd be the first to admit it and i'm sure he won't mind me writing about it. After all, it is in all of our best interest to help him conquer his golf struggles in order to improve our Ritter foursome. We still shot 6 under and Andy did hit a decent putt or two. I eagled a hole by myself, so that was the golf highlight of my day. It also never ceases to amaze me the amount of beers that we can put down in 90-95 degree heat. The same thing happens at the Jimtown outing...ridiculous amounts of alcohol are consumed, but it's so hot that you just sweat it out...good times.

I'm looking forward to a good week this week, capped off by having Friday off for the 4th holiday. should be a great weekend!

And now a tribute in the only means I have....the other MJ. On a side note, I believe this is at least the 2nd time MJ has been featured in a video on my blog, which I believe puts him into legendary status for my blog video hall of fame, joining Peyton Manning.