Being that it is a Spring Saturday, I feel that I must bring up the Golf word. Check this out...
A 12-handicapper, knocked in holes-in-one on back-to-back par 3s at the Municipal Golf Course. He used a pitching wedge to sink his tee shot on the 3rd hole from 130 yards out. Then, after remarking to his group that it would be something if he repeated his feat, he did just that. He then grabbed an 8-iron and nailed a hole-in-one from 182 yards out on the 8th hole.
He finished the day with a 78.
A study by Golf Digest in 2000 said that the odds of getting two holes-in-one in the same round is 67 million to one.
Also in the sports world, Tony Parker had a career-high 41 points along with 12 assists and San Antonio routed the Suns 115-99 on Friday night to take a 3-0 series lead. Marriage to a Desperate Housewife has been good to Tony.
Hey- do yourself a favor today and take a walk outside. Take a moment to appreciate this wonderful time of the year- spring. Don't miss too much of the draft doing it though.
-shakespere
Senate lawmakers in Florida have voted to ban the fake bull testicles that dangle from the trailer hitches of many trucks and cars throughout the state. Motorists would be fined $60 for displaying the novelty items, which are known by brand names like "Truck Nutz". Why would anyone want or need "Truck Nuts."
In Chicago during a busy rush hour, a tractor trailer exiting a nearby expressway made a sudden and violent detour. The truck barreled into a street-level bus shelter, ending part of the way up the station's north stairwell. Two women died on the scene and at least 21 others were injured, authorities said. The truck was wedged inside the stairwell. See the picture and video below for more info.
Do your HDTV programs look as good as they should? If not, you may be seeing the results of overcompression, acording to PCWorld.com. A growing number of viewers and experts are claiming that increased use of compression--technology that downsizes huge high-definition video streams for eventual reconstitution on your screen--is responsible for a drop in quality. Such charges--aimed mostly at the two biggest cable providers, Comcast and Time Warner--have been echoing around the blogosphere in the wake of reports about new compression algorithms. This is costing us how much??
Motorists in Phili were the ones celebrating on Friday.The Philadelphia 76ers are in the playoffs for the first time in three years and to celebrate,for 76 minutes starting at noon, a gas station offered fuel for 76 cents a gallon in a promotion tied to the playoff series with the Detroit Pistons. Hundreds of drivers began lining up around 6:30 a.m., some sleeping in their cars. About 100 cars made it through before the line was cut off.
photo of the day....
From Chicago, the semi that attempted to take the train
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