happy new month!

did you see the superbowl? did you see the last play? stupid. could have called it a fumble or an incomplete pass. they called it a fumble & gave the ball to the steelers. if they'd called it an incomplete pass, the ball would have stayed with the cards, they could have thrown one more pass to the end zone.

watching the f-b-r open - a golf tournament. it's played at t-p-c scottsdale, in scottsdale arizona. in the desert. this guy who developed it trucked in all this dirt & created an elaborate irrigation system with streams & ponds & shizzle. so, it's like some sod on a moonscape. sounds bad, but it's actually quite good. very cool contrast between the desert sand and the grass/sod. the 16th hole on this course has virtually a stadium built around it. it is like nothing you've ever seen. these grandstands surround the entire hole -- tee to fairway to green. it's a short par 3, and there are occassionally holes in one on it, so that's the attraction. people fill the stands and cheer and heckle the golfers. they are mostly quiet when the guys are hitting the ball. they are all cheering for holes in one. it's so totally different than other golf hole.



the guys on the golf channel just said there are 12 million games of golf played in scottsdale every year. that's a lot of golf.