London Sightseeing

We're back from our glorious vacation in London! I didn't do any posting whist we were there because the internet wasn't free. (London is apparently the fifth most expensive city in the world.)

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.

The next move was to board a boat and go down the river Thames. That was pretty nice. Here are Rae and I floating along with the London Bridge in the background. Note the bonnet.

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.

Matrimony and Muscle Cars

Meg and Alex's wedding coincided with the Rocky Mountain Mustang Roundup. We weren't sure if it would be horses or cars, but it turned out to be cars. Everyone there was obsessed with polishing their bumpers. I suppose there are worse things to be obsessed with.

That's Steamboat ski resort in the background, sweet, no?

Guess Who Won The U.S. Open...

Okay, maybe this one isn't as obvious as it was for the last major.
This picture should clear things up:

The skinny guy drinking out of the trophy is Australian Geoff Ogilvy, who won after Phil collapsed on the final hole.

Steamboat

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.

Why Sunscreen Is Important

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!

New Golf Club Nearly As Large As Cat

(And that's a big cat.)

Rae Loves To Mow The Lawn

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.

Searching for Cool Web Sites

Today was my last dynamics lecture! At this point, the relief hasn't really hit me. I'm just tired and noodle-brained.

So I decided to be productive and find some new web sites to read. My mainstays (espn, cnn, nytimes, pga) only have so much content. So I went searching for the web's top-rated sites. Turns out that National Geographic is one of them.

Here's a picture of proper Muslim swim wear that I found there.

Fascinating! National Geographic looks like a winner!

Namesakes

Have you ever searched for yourself in Google images? Lier! Of course you have.

Here are a couple of my namesakes...

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.

I also searched for images of my loyal blog readers. The one with the funny name apparently has no namesakes. The one with the common name has lots of namesakes, most of which go by Katie.

And then there was this...

Apparently, in a previous life, your middle initial was L.

Hero / Anti-Hero

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.