Tuesday, July 25, 2006

the DZER 5's ...

Because I was tagged by both My Favorite Person and TequilaGirl … and maybe others I don’t know of … LOL … I present my lists of 5.

5 Things always in my purse/briefcase/backpack/golf bag:
1. Odyssey 2-Ball putter
2. Nitro golf balls
3. Velocitees golf tees
4. Cabretta golf glove
5. Ball markers

5 Things always in my wallet:
1. Cash
2. ATM/debit card
3. Business cards
4. Driver’s license
5. Driving range card

5 Things always in my refrigerator:
1. Assam black tea
2. Cheese
3. Sammich condiments
4. Arm & Hammer baking soda
5. Bottle of white wine

5 Things (at least) always in my closet:
1. Shirts
2. Jackets
3. Hangers
4. Ties
5. shoes

5 Things always in my car:
1. 1-1/2 ton floor jack
2. Toolbox with tools
3. Pneumatic tire wrench
4. Pens and notebooks
5. Various baseball caps

5 (or more) Things always on my desk: (at work)
1. My G5 tower
2. AP Stylebook
3. Pens and pencils
4. Pica pole
5. Brian Urlacher action figures

5 People to tag
1. Any five people on my sidebar who haven’t done this yet.

Monday, July 24, 2006

strange days indeed ...

Things you don't see every day, but which I saw today:

• Hunchback old woman.

• Transvestite hooker out bushcutting his/her front lawn in her non-working clothes.

• A tow truck ... being towed ... by a tow truck.

• A woman kissing a woman goodbye at the elevator ... and not two ugly women either ... LOL

• The sunrise ... OK, things I don't see every day; in fact, hardly ever!

• A man walking a three-legged dog.

• Someone pay for their lunch entirely with change.

Sunday, July 23, 2006

milestones ...

Some notable notes from the world of DZERLAND, for you three or four weekend readers.

• This is post No. 500. That's a lot, considering that I haven't been posting as often as I usually do, of late, thanks to online poker.

• A little earlier this month, I went over 40,000 visitors, at least according to my counter. That's almost as high as the number of people Madonna has slept with so far ... but she's in a monogamous relationship (one would imagine) so I have a shot to pass her!

• This month also marked a full year of blogging for me ... well, under this version of the Diatribe. I actually started in April or May, sometime around then, but ended up deleting the entire thing a couple months after that. As one can tell (one that isn't mindless, that is), I started up again a little while later.

And now back to the usual mundanity
Golf with S and the godsons was great, as always. Turns out it was a good thing that the only tee time S could get was 7:15 a.m. -- it started to rain on the 17th hole and we finished up in a light drizzle, which was followed by a day of persistent rainfall.

I played OK tee to green, but wasn't very consistent with my putting, which is why I only ended up with three pars on the day. But only one double and two triples too -- all the rest were bogeys. I ended up shooting 47-45 for a 92. Two birdie putts, one of 50 feet and one of 8 feet, died just short of the hole. Three par putts of less than 5 feet either lipped out or skirted the edge.

For some reason, I can't ever get all aspects of my game working. Last week, tee to green pretty much sucked, but I putted very well to make up for it. This week, it was the other way around.

One day, I'm gonna put it all together for a good part of a round and shoot super-low ... well, for me.

Rest of the Sunday was spent in my usual manner:

• Nap ... had to, thanks to My Favorite Person keeping me up past 3 a.m. ... not that I minded one bit. Any time spent with her is my favorite time. :) ... dozed for about 2 hours in the later afternoon. Wish it could have been longer, but then I'd never get to sleep tonight.

• Online poker. Hell-o? Have you read this blog this week? LOL

• Made myself some fried SPAM sammiches for dinner. I will SO write a detailed SPAM post this week, after seeing the wonderful canned luncheon meat besmirched and belittled on a few other blogs. Yes, that means yours, JMai!! LOL

• Watched "Blazing Saddles," as planned. Now just waiting for final round of British Open to start.