People you hate will get their hooks into you, they’ll pull you down, you’ll frown, they’ll tar you and drag you through town, but you still don’t like to leave before the end of the movie…
— Cake
The new cod fillet sandwich at Wendy’s goes nicely with the vanilla frosty and sea salt fries
First round of the year in the books: shot 86 from the MGA tees at Valleywood
Who needs the range? Straight to the first tee at Valleywood – bogey on one
Starting to really like having a Mi-Fi in the bag – no other wireless at the tire store
Tree droppings, but at first I wasn’t sure…Valleywood Golf Course, Apple Valley, Minnesota
Don’t sell yourself short Judge, you’re a tremendous slouch.
— Ty Webb
With the continued excellent weather, I was hoping to at least get to a driving range before I play in San Diego next week. Discount Tire in Burnsville got my snow tires off quickly and I found myself at Valleywood in Apple Valley on the first tee just before 10AM. Amazingly, I walked 18 holes and was back at the car by 12:25. Gotta love that!
As you can see above, work is progressing nicely on their new clubhouse. I wasn’t quite clear from the news reports exactly where it was going up, but it’s basically right outside the old pro shop door. It was a little noisy around the site, but the safety fences and temporary paths were clearly marked and not much of an inconvenience.
The rest of the course was the same old Valleywood. They opened for play on March 16th and it seemed like they had cut most greens at least once. Conditions were decent and they had sodding projects started on a few holes. There were also a few new distance signs up that were very helpful.
I basically went from my last round of 2011 to the first tee with no practice shots, stretching or warms ups. After a scrambling bogey on one, I hit pin-high on the 136-yard par three second hole and made the birdie putt en route to a decent 86. I need a little more practice before the big tournament at Sycuan, but this was a good start…
I’m sure the movie will be good tonight, but I still think “The Humpty Games” would be even better
Gift card dinner at Panera, clothes shopping/returns and family movie night at the stroke of midnight
New flannel pants on clearance for $10, Old Navy, Eagan, Minnesota
Kid one and kid two before the Hunger Games screening, Regal Cinema, Eagan, Minnesota
Rain, lakes with no ice and an appointment to remove the snow tires tomorrow
Ely meeting postponed, vendor meeting I forgot about over – time to punch out and hit the road
If payback’s a bitch he’ll be in debt forever…
— Atmosphere
Just downloaded the Photoshop CS6 beta, but realized it may not work on a maxed out MacBook Air (hardware graphics card only?)
Survivor, Modern Family and CSI, followed by a kinda quick treadmill 5K, bike and cable cross
Two random thoughts: 1) thinking about getting a standing desk at work and 2) these sliders rule
This sucks: climber Lincoln Hall dies of cancer at age 56
9:37 a.m., Grand Marais: Caller wanted to speak with a deputy regarding the goat on Cramer Road.
1:11 p.m., Grand Marais: Caller said someone has been driving by and giving him the finger.
11:43 p.m., Grand Marais: Caller said he wanted a female removed from his residence because she was drinking and acting nuts, and he couldn’t take it any more.
7:41 p.m., Grand Portage: Some guy turned in counterfeit money at the port of entry.
Walleye poor boy sandwich and fries, Tamarack Restaurant, Fortune Bay Resort Casino, Tower, Minnesota
Thankfully this hasn’t happened much lately, but woke up today with a massive headache. Still in bed watching the Price is Right
…you’ll have a yabba dabba doo time. A dabba doo time. You’ll have a gay old time.
— The Flintstones