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As most of my friends know I have taken up the sport of golf. I may be a few years away from playing in any real tournaments but I am getting better. In fact I am starting to feel confident enough in my golfing that I feel like calling out a challenge. No, I’m not going to invite my friends, they can go golfing with me anytime. And besides, what would that prove? I think I would like to take someone that might have a little higher profile. Maybe even a world leader. Hmmm, what world leader would have time to go golfing with the likes of me? It would have to be someone with a small enough country that this would not ruin a busy schedule. It would have to be someone without very much influence in the world. Those guys are too busy. It would also have to be someone who thinks he is much more significant the he really is. Maybe Fidel Castro. And I think it would be humorous to find someone who thinks it would be ok to make up the rules as you go along. Someone that doesn’t mind taking 17,000 mulligan’s in order to pull off 11 holes in one in just one round. Maybe someone that would shoot each caddy that handed him the wrong club (the club that didn’t result in the perfect shot). Yes I think I know who could fit that bill. I hereby challenge Kim Jong Il to 18 holes of golf at Cascade Golf Center on October 31 2006. . Mr. Lunatic, please feel free to bring how ever many caddies you think you will need to beat me. I have to warn you though, my last round I managed to sink 13 holes in one. One of them was even on a par5. And while we are on the subject of warnings, let me warn you that failing to RSVP or show up the day of the tournament will be considered an act of war and will result in more acting cocky and belligerent (Probably on your part too but we’re all used to that).

October is Breast Cancer Awareness month. I just found a collection of sites that have gone pink in honor of the month. No I won’t be doing that. Nor will I be changing to some other crazy color just in honor of what ever month it is. Don’t get me wrong. I would love to see a cure for breast cancer. But how many cancers are there? How do you pick a cause to get behind? Even if I just choose between the anti-cancer organizations, I still have a plethora to choose from. But there’s also save the planet, save the whales, save the homeless children, save the imported orphans, save the local orphans, save the orphans that you will never see, save the trees, save our historic sites, save our city from trashy yards, save us all from the UN, I could even join a cause to get some crazy family to re-landscape their yard. How does one choose a cause without having some sort of personal grudge against a specific malady. Maybe I will choose a “pro” organization instead of an “anti” organization. There’s a ton of them out there too. There’s countless religious, political, scientific, photography, design, even car organizations. So do I need one of these organizations to help define who I am? Maybe. If I put a big CTR on here, maybe people would know I was LDS. Maybe I should write a big post about my favorite conference talk from this last weekend. Maybe I’ll post some pictures on here that will let the world know how I feel about some cause. Maybe I’ll create my own ads for my favorite political candidate for the next election.

So how does one make a difference without selling out to one specific cause? Somehow I want to say something eloquent about how we just need to live our lives better or raise our children better or maybe just eat better desserts. But then, eloquence somehow eludes me. You would think I would have gotten used to it by now. Guess I’ll just go campaign to get those bigots thrown out of town. Man, if there’s one thing I can’t stand, it’s a bigot.