Author: Nick Momrik

I'm searching for my first hole-in-one. I enjoy being active and making things. I work for Automattic.

What is a "Hoya"?

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While watching Georgetown during March Madness this year, the question came about their nickname and “What is a Hoya?” We thought it might be some type of bulldog, but after looking it up, I don’t quite feel so stupid for not knowing what a Hoya actually is. No one really knows.

Review: 300

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300I went to see 300 at an IMAX the week it came out. We drove from Saginaw all the way to Lansing one night after work, which put the total drive time around 3 hours. That’s a lot of driving to see a movie when I could have went 2 miles down the road from my house. Well…it was well worth it!

300 is one of the greatest movies I’ve ever seen, if not the greatest. That’s saying a lot. The whole drive home Casey, Maggie, and I couldn’t stop talking about how good it was and everything we liked. Seeing this movie in IMAX is worth the jacked up ticket price (we paid $12) because everything is just done so well. I seriously can’t think of anything I’d change about the movie right now. I really did like it that much.

I know this isn’t much of a review, but you have to see this movie for yourself in a theater and if you have access to an IMAX, pay the extra cash and make a trip. I will have an HD-DVD player by the time 300 comes out and if I don’t, I’m buying one just for this movie. Everything from the acting, lighting, cinematography, script, action, to special effects was well put together.

Definitely an A+.


April SNOW Showers

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Last Sunday was it was 70 and sunny. I was out golfing. It was April Fools Day and the joke was on us. The past few days have brought temperatures in the 20s and snow. I drove up to Rogers City last night and ran into a snow storm with 2 inches of fresh snow. […]

Shooting in the High 60s

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60 degrees. It actually was supposed to get up to 70 today, but I’m not sure if it did. Played 9 holes at Beech Hollow with Tom and lost by a stroke. He’s on his high horse because I usually beat him by 5-10 strokes for 9 holes and now he’s beat me two days in a row. It was a beautiful day for golf, but the course was nearly empty again. I can’t believe more people don’t have the itch to get out there and play.

In response to my post regarding 460cc drivers, I need to figure out what’s going wrong with my tee shots before I test out any new drivers. The past 3 rounds I played were 46-48-49 and I don’t like the direction those numbers are heading. My bad golf is because of my tee shots for the most part. Two and a half rounds ago I started hitting a hook, then I hit a few dead pulls, and today it was a combination, with some bad topped drives. I don’t like playing catch up golf to try and par or bogey it from the women’s tee.

One of my goals for the year was to not shoot above 49 for the rest of the year. The last hole today is a 156 yard par 3 and I needed a bogey or better to break 50. Fat 9 iron off the tee, duffed pitch shot from about 80 yards, and then a chip well past the whole. With the pressure on, I drained the putt which was about 12 feet and my goal was safe.

My approach shots, chipping, and putting have all been pretty good, it’s just my tee shots causing me problems. I did hit Tom’s Ping Rapture a couple of times and when I made contact it felt like I launched my golf ball with a rocket. I’ve always loved the way the ball comes off my Makser AS440, but this was just amazing. I’d bet I can hit these newer style drivers a good 20-30 yards longer than I can hit mine and if the consistency on off-center hits is as I’ve read, it won’t take me long to be sold on dishing out some dough for a new stick.

460cc Drivers

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Makser AS440 DriverI’ve been playing a Makser AS440 for the past couple of years and it’s the only driver I’ve ever hit consistently straight. My friend Tom recently bought one of the new Ping Raptures and now instead of out driving him by 30-40 yards, he is sticking right with me or bombing it longer. I’d really hate to give up my driver, but at the same time if I don’t test out some of the new drivers I think I’m costing myself distance which equates to strokes. So I’m asking your advice…

What type of driver do you play? How big is it? When did you switch? How happy are you with the results?

I’ve been reading a lot about some of the goofy looking drivers in Golf Digest and if I’m going to make a switch, I’d much rather do it at the beginning of the golf season than in the middle.


First Post of 2007

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Wow, three months without a single post on the blog. That kind of sucks. I’ve had plenty of material to write about. Looking back through my calendar, here are a few highlights…

  • January 5 — Bought a house.
  • January 7-12 — Attended MacWorld in San Francisco, CA.
  • Rest of January — Cleaning, removing wallpaper, painting, and moving.
  • January 23 — Started a new job at SVSU as Microlab Technology Specialist.
  • February 11-17 — Trip to Phoenix, AZ for Altiris training and lots of golf.
  • March 14 — Saw the movie 300 in IMAX, which was AMAZING!
  • Marach 17 — Bought a road bike.
  • March 25 — Walked 18 holes here in Saginaw, MI. Had never before played MI golf in March.

January was a crazy month for me and February was pretty busy as well getting set in the new job. I love the house I bought and went with a pretty big one as a first time home owner. Go big or go home right? The new job is excellent. I don’t have to deal with the phones and stress of working at a Help Desk anymore. I’m kind of on my own which is a new challenge and very rewarding.

I’ve been working out like a mad man for the most part and really enjoying it. I feel so much better, both mentally and physically, when I workout daily. I want to “attempt” a couple of triathlons this summer, which I think will be an amazing experience and quite the accomplishment.

I still have that new design stashed away for MDV. Once I get my taxes done and a few other things done around the house I’ll try to pull it back out and get it finished because this site really needs a face lift.

What Is Poker?

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Where have I been you ask? Shit…who am I asking? Does anyone even visit this “poker” blog anymore?

I haven’t written here in 5 or 6 months. I’ve played poker barely more than that. In mid-January on a flight back from San Francisco, I had a night long layover in Las Vegas. Hit up the MGM and about $180 playing $3/6 hold’em. It was fun and I wish I’d make time to do it a little more often. I made a few rookie mistakes, but that’s bound to happen when you haven’t played poker in months. I flopped a set of queens, turned a full house, and rivered quads all on the same hand. I was called all the way by two players, even after I check-raised the flop. They even called out my hand after the check-raise, but had to call me down. I was taking their money, so I was happy.

I don’t have money at any online poker sites and without checking my records, I’d bet I haven’t played a single hand of online poker in over 6 months. I still have a couple of hundred stuck in Neteller waiting for them to get their shit together and let US players withdraw. The online poker legislation or whatever you want to call it took away my interest in playing for the most part. I still like to play, but I’m making more productive use of the time I used to spend online playing poker.

I’ll still make posts here from time to time, but I doubt you’ll ever see the posting frequency of a year or two ago.

Until next time…head on over to Card Tricks and give me some suggestions!