Continued from Why People Play Golf, Actually (Part 1)
Reason #4:
You don’t have to be “good” to enjoy the game. And here’s something I think every golfer, regardless of skill, can agree with. Golf is like heroin… it only takes one good shot to get hooked. I’ve seen new players hack and hack for 16 holes, […]
As someone who plays golf as much as he possibly can, I feel called to attempt an answer as to “Why People Play Golf.” This post is, of course, in direct response to Why (I guess) people play golf, which, quite playfully, muses on the possible reasons men and women would engage in a sport/game […]
I’m not a vegetarian but do think twice about eating certain meats. I have little use for fast food, especially when local competitors are so much more worthy of the business. News from the beef processing industry, with its grossly overcrowded feed lots and reports of cows grazing in pools of animal waste, leaves me […]
(Republished from developerWorks: “Golf’s secret engine”)
As someone who doesn’t play golf at all, I’ve struggled to understand the fascination. But now I think I know. I think I’ve seen something as I drive along the road that bisects the municipal golf course here, where scores of golfers are out at all hours, in summer thunderstorms […]
With the news of yet another memoirist admitting to fabricating her story (see Margaret Seltzer’s “Love and Consequences”), I’ve decided to condense my made-up life story — “Outsource This” — for the GP:
Mom didn’t understand my decision to follow Def Leppard around the country; Dad didn’t really care. My priest … you know … he […]
A few months ago I was watching an Oprah discussion with Michael Moore regarding his latest movie Sicco. I tend to appreciate Mr. Moore’s radical social graces but viewed his comments on health care with a degree of skepticism. I have been following the debate over “universal healthcare” within the […]
Now that winter is upon us in full bloom, it seems appropriate to reflect for a moment on the anticipatory first days of summer. Staring across the counter of the local coffee shop at the confused but eager barista - in - training last week I was reminded of my first high […]
If you think the only thing Wilmington’s Indochine has over Ruby Tuesday is its food, you’re a dummy. Or a philistine.
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