Mommy protects her baby

Me ( to my wife ):  I went downstairs earlier tonight and found Michael doing bench presses on the weight set.  He was bench pressing 5 plates!  I don't think you could lift 5 plates.  I think your little baby has already gotten stronger than you.

My Wife: We are NOT going to let him play football!

Bad Tiger

Tiger Woods used to be the most famous athlete in the world, but since then, he's committed the biggest crime a public figure can commit.

He's become boring.

Let's face it, all these 37th place finishes and all these petulant, defiant, and yet somehow bland press conferences have been really boring.

I guess he could get exciting again if he actually started to win, but since that's probably not going to happen anytime soon, I suggest the following ....

Tiger needs to turn into Bad Tiger.

- Bad Tiger would wear a sinister looking beard at all times.  I see he's actually started to grow one, so he's well on his way.  However, the beard has got to get a lot more sinister.  I'm talking about the "evil twin" style beard they used on Knight Rider and the original Star Trek series.

- Bad Tiger would wear black at all times.

- Bad Tiger would never smile, except for the few seconds before erupting into a sinister laugh.

- Bad Tiger would be rude to all golf fans.  He would insult them during tournaments, revel in their boos, and would never sign autographs ( Except at events where fans were forced to cough up lots of cash ).

- Bad Tiger would never been seen off the golf course without at least two bimbos on his arms.

- Bad Tiger would neglect to pay his child support.

- Bad Tiger would refer to his ex-wife as a gold-digger and a ho.

- To make up for all the endorsement contracts he's lost lately, Bad Tiger would endorse products like porn sites, condoms, and AshleyMasidon.com. 

- Bad Tiger would relentlessly hit on his fellow golfers' wifes and girlfriends, and whenever possible, their daughters.  He would also brag continually about his conquests.

- To finally push things over the top, Bad Tiger would go all Clubber Lang in a press conference with Phil Michelson.  Bad Tiger would leer at Phil's cancer striken wife Amy and say "Hey woman!  Bring your pretty little self over to my mansion tonight, and I'll show you a real man!.".

C'mon, who wouldn't love that?  What golf really needs to get its mojo back is a pure unadulterated villain ( Actually, considering how much he's cheated on his wife, maybe we should refer to Tiger as "adulterated" ).  C'mon Bad Tiger, fill that void!

Rich

The Flag Man

Two weeks ago ( June 24, 2011 ), I was in Saratoga Springs, NY with my family for my cousin's wedding.  There were a few hours between the wedding at the church and the reception, so we headed back to our hotel room to relax for a bit.  While I was in the hotel room, I decided to use Google Street View to see what the reception location would look like as I drove up to it.  Peter was watching me do this, and he surprised me by asking "Why does the man have a flag".  I had no idea what he was talking about, but he asked again and pointed to the Google Street View man in the bottom right corner of the screen, and sure enough, he was holding a little flag ( Well, as best as he could "hold" something without arms ).  I took a closer look and noticed that he was holding a rainbow flag.  Actually, I was pretty sure it was a Gay Pride flag.  I guess it was all well and fine that the Google Street View man was showing gay pride, but why was he doing it that day of all days?

I did a little googling, and this link answered my question.

Apparently, the Google Street View man was celebrating the first day of legal gay marriage in New York State.  Pretty cool easter egg.  I guess I was lucky to be checking Google Street view in New York that day, because the street view guy only had the flag in locations in New York State.

Rich