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Well folks, it’s officially golf season again. I finally got the nerve to go play the back nine at Cascade. Turns out that I did 10 strokes better on the back nine than I did on the front nine. And I only lost 2 balls. And for the first time in my life, I got a birdie. Long straight par 4. “Skip the driver, skip the 3 and 5 woods as well. Think I’ll try the 3 hybrid. It’s been doing pretty well for me lately. Hit it hard but don’t smash it like you did on hole 11.” A pretty good drive, about 10 yards form the green. Just a nice easy pitch up close to the hole here, oops. Crap, I topped it. Ooo, it’s got a good role, come one… slow down. Sweet! 4 feet from the hole. Ok no pressure now, if you screw up on a 4 foot putt after spending all that time practicing on the AstroTurf in the office you’ll look like the worlds biggest fool. Ok, second biggest. Nice and easy… WOOOO HOOOO!” So I guess I have learned a few things from my first birdie experience. 1. Confidence is key, it’s also all in your head. There’s a reason Tiger almost never takes a drop. 2. Don’t be afraid of hitting along a long narrow cliff ledge, just try it. If you go out of bounds you’ll probably find more balls than you lose anyway. 3. Don’t be afraid to dance a little jig on the green now and then. It keeps you young. 4. My inner monologue has terrible grammar. It’s a good thing people can’t hear me thinking.

When I started this blog I added things pretty regularly. And it went through a couple down times where I skipped a month or so at a time. Then the last year or so, I have just been happy if I have been able to get one entry per month. Even when Grant IMs me and tells me to write stuff, I still can’t seem to write very often. For a long time though, I felt fine with it, all my friends were only writing on their blogs once in a blue moon so I was way ahead of the game. Then Jon decided to give this blog thing a real go. He even moved to some real blog software. So even though I have nothing meaningful to say, here I am, typing away on my blog. Maybe it’s my competitive nature, maybe it’s my need to fit in, maybe it’s something I haven’t thought of. Whatever it is, I dare say it qualifies as inspiration. And maybe it’s short. That’s OK.