Aunt Susie has a dog, Roxanne, but no cow that I'm aware of.
For real, man, those seats need to be usable by future users.
You'll probably need to click on the picture to be able to read the text. The sketch at the top is absolutely priceless.
For those not in the know, Lumiere is a candle and Babette is a feather duster. They come to life and sing and make dinner. Here's Babette and party hostesses Dawn and Debbie.
At any given time, there are something like ten thousand people logged in to Second Life that you can interact with. Tomorrow I might check out a concert--as far as I can tell it's an actual concert that is webcast through Second Life.
I snapped this fuzzy picture with my camera phone near the 10th tee at Arrowhead golf course. Arrowhead is right next to Cicero swamp, so there are tons of frogs and birds and such.
It apparently can make some mad crazy labels, but for now we've only made this little tester.
Tiger is pumped, he won the PGA Championship (last major of the year).
Man, I wouldn't want to be that ball. Seriously. She is crushing that thing.
There they are, with the district trophies! This was a close one, it came down to the last game of the last doubles court, which of course went to a tie-breaker. I thought I was having a freaking heart attack.
Despite being undefeated, they had been in second place most of the year. It took a win in their final match to secure a spot in the district championship. Everyone drove down to Binghamton on Saturday to watch them tough it out in the 90+ degree heat, and in the end, they won four out of five courts. On to the regional championship next weekend!
Tiger got back on track last week at Hoy Lake, winning The Open Championship (a.k.a the British Open). He got pretty choked up after the victory, this being the first since his father passed away. He's shown above with his wife, Elin. The media got lots of pictures of tiger overwhelmed by emotion, being comforted by his caddy, and so forth. I couldn't bring myself to post the real tear-jerkers. Too much tender man hugging, I suppose. I didn't want to throw Tiger's soft side out there like that.
We got to see some good matches on the other days, too. Having grounds passes doesn't allow you to get into centre court or court number one, but in a way it's better, because the other courts are much smaller and you always get great seats.
We saw Venus Williams and Bob Bryant play mixed doubles. Here they are at the change over.
But none is so photogenic as my lovely wife. Here she is demonstrating one of the many uses of her Wimbledon towel (Arthur Dent would be proud) and enjoying some berries.
The London Eye is the world's largest Ferris wheel. It is 443 feet tall and is located across the River Thames from Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament. I get the impression that some folks think building a giant Ferris wheel in the middle of historic London was not such a good idea. They are wrong, it is cool.
And the happy tourists...
The first two days were spent doing full-on sightseeing stuff. We went to see the houses of parliment, Big Ben, etc. It was really crowded so we bailed pretty quickly. The only items of interest that we missed were the guys in the red suits who don't move (guarding the Queen's jewels?). It's nice to see that stuff but then again you just look at it for a bit and then move along.
A lot of history took place along the Thames: Roman invasions, Viking invasions, and now lots of expensive real estate. Here's a shot of the Globe Theatre, where Shakespeare plays were originally performed.
Okay, maybe this one isn't as obvious as it was for the last major.
The skinny guy drinking out of the trophy is Australian Geoff Ogilvy, who won after Phil collapsed on the final hole.
Special agent double-0-Dave and the beautiful yet elusive Miss Rae-Rae of the Russian consulate attend a wedding in Steamboat Springs. Spy outfits provided by James Bond.
We met this unfortunate fellow at Meg and Alex's wedding last weekend. Nice guy. He played a round of golf with no sunscreen up in Steamboat Springs, Colorado (elevation 6728 feet). But he did wear a baseball hat!
Rae decided that the lawn should be mowed twice per week. "At least during the growing season," she says. She mowed on Sunday morning, and she was back at it today (four days later). This time, she went with the diagonal pattern.
Fascinating! National Geographic looks like a winner!
The older guy, is, like, Vice President of Microsoft or something. The other guy works in a warehouse for a furniture company. You just never know how things are going to turn out.
Apparently, in a previous life, your middle initial was L.
Here is one of my heros, Fred Funk. As with many good heros, he plays his golf in a skirt. Actually, he donned the skirt after getting out driven by Annika Sorenstam at a skins game last year (he ended up with a big victory).
And here is an anti-hero, Julian Tavarez, in his old Cardinals uniform. Unfortunately, Julian was picked up this year by my favorite team, the Red Sox. He's a punk, you can just tell from the picture. He'll punch a phone at the drop of a hat.
I've officially started the countdown to the end of the semester! Next Monday is my last lecture, and I'm giving my final on the 10th. After the 10th I will have plenty of time to keep both of my loyal blog readers entertained and informed!
