Golf Season

And the heat continues to come in! 90s this weekend, where's the snow at? See how bad my golf game can be tonight with the humidity.

I was in a discussion this week with a coworker when we were talking about running. I said I'm running about a 9:40 mile but I'm also running between 3.1 and 3.5 miles in the mornings. Yeah, it's on a treadmill which makes it easier as well but the point is that I'm running sub-10 minute miles which was my goal for a long time. He brought up the point that if you only run ONE mile, you should be able to run even faster and said that hopefully most males in their late 20s should be able to run a sub-10 minute mile (Something I wasn't able to do until only recently). So with the curiosity set, I was able to run an 8:35 mile which is pretty much an 8:30 mile since the dang machine takes 5-7 seconds to get up to speed. I continued at that pace till 10 minutes were up then decided my body wasn't happy with me going that fast all of a sudden so I stopped but was happy with my progress.

US Open (Golf - not tennis... that one comes in August) starts today. They're actually playing right now in the fog at Oakmont where players say this could be one of the more difficult US Opens in recent memory. We'll have to see if the scores actually stay around E to make the rest of us feel good about our +30 rounds. There's a Tiger cam online so you can actually just watch Tiger's round every day if you're that bored.

Here's a weird read for you.... Man hires prostitute to come to his apartment. They light some reefer, he goes to get beer at the 7-11 (where is the closest 7-11 by the way? We only have sexual innuendo gas stations in Minnesota), returns to find her dead. So after reading the ENTIRE article.... yeah, gets only weirder - the overwhelming concern I have to the article is why the man climbed "out the window" to his own apartment??? Why not use the door?

And the final thought for today - I read that IHoP (known for kickass pancakes any time of the day... just don't go to the one we visited in Washington DC and expect to get in and out of there in under 3 hours!) is bidding to buy Applebees for more than $2 billion. If I had $2 billion, I wouldn't buy Applebees - maybe buy IHoP and convince them to open up one here in Rochester. Or open a Jimmy Johns in the townhouse next to mine that is only available for my use (and my close friends). That would be a good use of the money! They only serve #8s with no tomato too! And unlike the crappy Jimmy Johns we already have in Rochester, this one would deliver to everywhere in town - so wherever I was when I'm hungry for JJs, I can get a sub hand delivered to me.

Haiku of the Day
Eight, no Tomato
Only sub you need to eat
Plus no more Jared!

Entertainment of the Day - Lots of new CDs coming out this summer. I'm already listening to the singles from the new Smashing Pumpkins (7.4 out of 10) and the new Velvet Revolver (8.1 out of 10). Also new Linkin Park (6.7 out of 10) entire CD is out.... hopefully these releases help save the downward trend in music the past year.

Weblink of the Day - Another suggestion from Pat, The.... Jack Bauer vs Everyone's Favorite: The Mooninites!!!