A Shark Sighting and other Weekend Observations

Hi There. For all you people who thought a major golf event couldn't survive without Eldrick the Gimp, you were wrong. It did very nice thank you very much. Greg Norman turned backed the clock to the late 80's and early 90's and the Shark made a nice run at Royal Birkdale but in the end Padraig Harrington made it back to back Claret Jugs. Wait a minute is this the same guy who played with a very painful wrist injury? This was the greatest performance in the Open Championships' history!! David Duval also turned back the clock with his play in the first 2 rounds. Unfortunately, he still has the personality of a wet fart. I want to know how many times you played golf and the winds gusted to 40 mph? Also, how many times did you hear anyone mention that the R and A tricked up the course? Not once. That's because they don't unlike the Masters and U.S. Open. ABC did a O.K. job with their coverage. Tom Watson was insightful as a commentator. One of the most underrated hosts on sports television is TNT's Ernie Johnson.
I watched "Outside the Lines" yesterday morning, and they showed a piece that really disturbed me. People are actually teaching kids younger than 10 years old mixed martial arts and they hold competitions and stuff. Only a parent with a lack of decency and common sense would let their kid do it. What happened? Did all the pro wrestling schools for ages 10 and under close?
The New York football Giants have announced that they are going to charge season ticket holders a hefty personal seat license fee so they can cover their portion of the costs to build that new stadium they will share with the Jets at the Meadowlands. I have a question. How come the Colts can build a retractable roof stadium for $675 million dollars and the Cardinals built a stadium not only with a retractable roof but a retractable field for only $455 million dollars? Think about these numbers. Add the cost of Lucas Oil Stadium and the University of Phoenix Stadium together and it comes out to 1.13 billion dollars which is about 71 percent of the 1.6 billion dollars it will cost to build the 82 thousand seat open air facility scheduled to open in 2010. I can understand inflation and increases in the cost of materials. What is it though that makes is so much more expensive to build a new stadium or arena in New York City and New Jersey? Somebody please explain it to me.
My dad does not embrace new technology easily. When he does, talk about a croc of s--t. His favorite line is, "We did all this time without it, why do we need it now?" You name it, he rejected it. Calculators, FM car stereo, cable TV, microwave oven, just to name a few of the things. He would eventually cave in or my Mom would force it upon him. The latest is his cell phone. My sister gave him a Trak phone as a gift and after 5 years he finally had it activated. Well now he thinks he's hot stuff because his provider has service at my home and he can text people. Big deal.
I have to send out props to my friends at Global Fitness in Queensbury where I workout for the event they held Saturday. They launched the new fitness classes outside at the bandstand in Crandall Park and at the same time raised over two thousand dollars for the American Cancer Society. Speaking of fundraising, the go-cart race is tomorrow. See you there...Leccese out.