11:16 AM EST Sunday, February 4 2007
Eileen and I are down in Naples, Florida visiting Eileen's Father. Yesterday I played golf at Hammock Bay. It was my first round of the year and it was a great course. I got off to a slow start on the front 9, but played better on the back. I shot 43-36, and made a 5 foot par putt on the 18th to break 80. I was pretty happy about that, as my goal for the day was to break 80. I entered by score into my Yahoo! Golf Tracker and my unofficial handicap is 8.6.
I haven't had a chance to play much golf since college, but this year I'm hoping to change that. I'd also like to establish an official USGA Handicap. I had one in when I was playing a lot of golf while I was in High School, but that is long since expired. I'd love to try to get in 20 official rounds this year and establish a real handicap. I signed up to do it online at Golf.com. I've joined the Metro Washington club and entered yesterday's score. You can see my score here. Besides allowing you to establish a real handicap, you can track a variety of stats:
- Driver Used Off Tee
- Driving Distance
- Drives Hit in Fairway
- Greens Hit in Regulation
- Putts
- Fairway Bunkers Hit
- Green Side Bunkers Hit
- Sand Saves
- Chips
- Up and Downs
- Penalty Strokes
- Mulligans
I think that I would only track these:
- Drives Hit in Fairway
- Greens Hit in Regulation
- Putts
- Sand Saves
- Penalty Strokes
You have to play at least 3 rounds with other club members within the season, which is March 15 - November 15. I'm not sure while they just don't limit it to the calendar season, because given the kind of weather we've had lately, we might be able to play some rounds before March or after November. Anyway, so I'll have to find some other club members to play with.
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9:32 PM EDT Friday, October 13 2006
I saw this on slashdot and couldn't resist posting something about it. There is an article in the Washington Times today talking about how not only is today Fridy the 13th, the numbers of the date add up to 13. (2006-10-13, 2+0+0+6+1+0+1+3=13). The article says a German physicist discovered that this is the first time it has happened in 476, and the last occurrence on January 13, 1520. First of all, 1520 was 486 years ago. Secondly, January 13 fell on a friday this year as well. Lastly, January 13, 1520 was a Tuesday. It is worth noting that if you add the month, day and year and then add the digits, it works for both date but not this past Jan 13:
2006+10+13=2029
2+0+2+9=13
and also
1+13+1520=1534
1+5+3+4=13
but
1+13+2006=2020
2+0+2+0=4
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4:23 PM EDT Sunday, August 13 2006
Eileen and I went to the Ravens' first preseason game of the year on Friday. The New York Giants were in town, and although the final score doesn't show it, the Ravens controlled this game when it mattered. McNair took the field for the first time for the Ravens, and looked to be in total control of the offense. McNair capped off an 80 yard, 12 play drive with a scrambling, rushing touchdown. It would be his only series of the game, as Kyle Boller played the rest of the 1st quarter, as well as the 2nd and 3rd. Don't let the numbers deceive you, Boller looked like his old self. The offense just doesn't seem to click with Boller at the helm. The Ravens led the game 16-7, but the 2nd and 3rd team let it slip away, mostly in the 4th quarter, and Jay Feely made a 29-yard kick with time running out to give the Giants a 17-16 win. But judging by the way the first team offense and defense (with Ray Lewis not playing, "coaches decision", I don't know what that's all about) played, if the Ravens can stay healthy this season, they're going to be in the playoff picture.
Related Links:
AP: McNair leads TD drive in Ravens debut
ESPN: McNair solid in Ravens debut, but Giants pull out win
Baltimore Sun: McNair makes offense suddenly look legit
BaltimoreRavens.com: Ravens Fall To Giants, 17-16
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11:06 PM EDT Thursday, July 6 2006
Welcome to version 2.0 of my website, up just in time for my 28th birthday. I've got a new site that is powered by Typo, a Ruby On Rails (RoR) based blog. I like some of the features of Typo better than the software I was using before, WordPress. WordPress was developed in PHP, which I don't really like. I hope to be able to add some features to this site in the future, and I'd rather do that with RoR.
Anyway, I plan on updating my blog more frequently as well as adding feature, but for now, check out some of the links on the right sidebar. You can get an RSS feed for all my posts or just posts in a specific category.
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9:03 PM EST Sunday, March 12 2006
This saturday was a beautiful day, so Eileen and I decided to check out the Air and Space Museum and the Data Exhibition at the National Gallery of Art.
Check out the photos here.
Afterwards Eileen and I headed to Harry's Restaurant and Saloon at 11th and E St. It was a pretty good place, with seating outside, a good atmosphere and good sandwiches. Next time you're in that neighborhood, be sure to check it out.
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