it's been a month, almost

Long time since my last post, but that's OK.  I'm over the 90:1 almost win, courtesy of Uruguay in the World Cup.  So what did July bring?  Hmmmm...

Best weekend was probably the Jimtown Outing weekend.  Andy, Dave, and Scott joined me this year.  I'm fairly certain they had a good time.  36 holes, free beer and steak, along w/ great weather made for a great day!  I shot an 82 in the morning round, while the others didn't play their best...  Andy even got a Hacker Trophy for being the worst golfer there (141 i think).  However, we stepped it up in the scramble, mainly on the putting green.  we shot 9-under to win the C Flight...and beat my Dad's foursome by like 6 shots, so that's always goal #1.   I've played in probably 10 outings w/ those 3 guys and this was by far the best we've ever putted.  we hit at least 3 birdie putts of 20-25+ feet, including yours truly knocking in a 50 footer to top the round off. 

Andy and I went to Cincy last weekend to see Gaddis along w/ the intention to scalp tickets to the Reds game against the Braves.  Normally tickets to the Reds are easy to come by as they never sell out...even when they are first place.  Of course, they sold out this series (1st of the year), so we ended up just going to a few bars and hanging w/ Gaddis.   Good times though, great to catch up w/ my former college roommate! 

Golf has been fairly decent too me this summer.  Although shooting a 96 at Oakmont doesn't sound good, trust me, i played decent and was happy w/ that.  I've fired two 82's the last two rounds I played (Cedar Lake @ Jimtown Open, and The Fort).  I also shot an 82 at West Chase back in June.  An 88 at Coffin two weeks ago as well, so I can't complain.  To top it off, i have 4 golf outings for work in the next 3 weeks, and the Ritter Open later August, assuming tennis doesn't get in the way.   Speaking of tennis...

Since my winter tennis league team won our league, we've qualified to advance on to try and win the state title.  We have two matches next weekend to see who represent Central Indiana (and Southern IN) in the state title match.  If we can advance from that, we'll play the representative from Northern IN for the state title the weekend of August 14th.  That's where my team lost last year to a team from Ft. Wayne...so looking to improve upon that. 

It's almost NFL season, so that means my NFL Preview column, including my annual betting columns/advice for those who partake in those actions.  I'm sure some fantasy football items will make it into the columns as well. 

Until next time, a nice video for you.  This is an embarrassment to all of us who as kids used to do awesome tricks jumping out of swings