Pour Some Out For...

Johnny Cash. The man in black would have been 78 today.

Tiger Woods, Y'all

I just got the Planet Earth series on DVD. After watching about five minutes of it, I was humbled. The HD footage is amazing! But in just a couple of minutes I realized what a enormous and fascinating place or world is. I realized how much there is that I haven't seen, and how much there is that I'll never see - no matter how hard I try. Maybe I was just in a place where deep thought was easily attained, but it was one of those things I won't forget.

Now, I know you may be asking, what does all of this have to do with Eldrick Tiger Woods? Like deserts, or mountains, or oceans, Tiger is something/one that should be appreciated. This week Tiger won his sixth straight tour event. It was also his eighth win in his last nine outings. It was a match-play event so each round was head-to-head against another golfer. Tiger came from waaay behind to win. Tiger won a close one. And Tiger demolished people as only he can. He won in every fashion that he could have conceivably won. My man was dropping birdies like O'Shea Jackson used to drop rhymes. (Go ahead and pour some out for Cube's "hardcore" rap career.) He's playing the best golf of his career right now. And could be the first golfer to ever win the Grand Slam.

I'll stop slurping Tiger long enough to make a point: In life, we all aspire towards excellence in something. And right now Tiger is putting the very thing we aspire towards on display. You may not be a sports fan, and if you are, you may not care for golf. But do yourself a favor on a weekend, take a few hours and watch the most dominant athlete in sports ply his trade. Watch him overcome the courses and the fields and march into history. Even if you don't know a driver from a wedge, you'll see the beauty in his game. You'll hear him make galleries roar. You'll see him make grown men quake. You'll see things on a golf course that have never been seen before.

After all, there are a lot of amazing things in this world. And it would be ashame for you to miss an easy opportunity to see one of them.

A Glass of Heaven

Since moving to Arkansas I've refound an appreciation for beer. (But I can still enjoy a dozen or so Natty Lights in Forest Park.) People here are beer snobs! Whoda thunk? Every once in a while something is just too good not to mention. My beer of the moment, Bell's Two Hearted Ale.

It's a big IPA from Comstock, MI. (It's near Kalamazoo in case you were wondering.) Hoppy but not just for the sake of hops. I think you would call it a beer drinker's beer. If you get a chance, give it a try. But be warned this is real beer. Three of the might make you want to take a nap. Six might make you goofy. Enjoy at your at your own risk, as I'm doing right now.

It's good to know Michigan produces something besides hot lesbians.

Shamed Back In

Or you could say I was inspired. My dear friends, Michelle and Jeff, are currently making their ways through the blogosphere, making all of us smile and contemplate our existences. They reminded me of my blog. The one I hadn't posted on in almost two years.

Yes, indeed. I'm a slack motherfucker. But no more. I'm back. Back like bad Chinese. Back like shitty 80s music being ripped off by shittier new bands.

And to Michelle and Jeff, I can only say thank you.