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I’ll be offline until late Tuesday night. That’s an extremely long time for me. I’m not sure I’ll be able to go 12 hours without checking the status of my Google ads or Gmail. Hopefully I’ll be hitting them long and straight and making a few putts along the way.

Review: Into The Sun

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Into the SunOver the past few years, Steven Seagal’s movies have sucked. I’ve been a fan of his movies ever since I saw Under Siege, but with his recent lack of hits he is not even in my top five list of favorite actors anymore. With that said, Into the Sun was actually a decent movie.

Some of the other Seagal movies I’ve seen in the last two or three years have been downright horrible. I should know better than to watch one of his movies that didn’t make it to the big screen. What can I say though? I’m a fan. Or…I was. At least Into the Sun had Seagal doing his own voice-overs for the entire film, unlike previous films.

There is a lot of action, but nothing I’ve never seen before from Seagal. The story is nothing special, but kept me semi-interested. I give the movie a C-.

Review: Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle

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Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (Unrated Extended Edition)I’m not the biggest fan on stupid comedy movies, but Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle was pretty good. John Cho and Kal Penn worked well together to make this film.

The entire film revolves around the characters of Harold and Kumar. One night after getting stoned, they get the munchies. A commercial for White Castle appears on TV and they’re off to satisfy their hunger. Their journey takes them on many unexpected turns, providing some hilarious scenes. The end of the movie was left wide open for a sequel, which I hope they decide to make.

As I mentioned, I’m not a big fan of comedy, so the highest I can give is a B+.

Why Keep Going?

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Most of the time I wonder why I keep this poker blog running. I haven’t posted anything worthwhile in weeks and you could even debate that was worth anything. What do I really have to offer the poker community in this poker blog? To be fair, I haven’t played much poker in the last month or so. In a few days I’m off on a 4 day golf trip. Maybe I’ll come up with an answer when I come back. (Wow that was painful to go back and read, but I don’t feel like giving it any more thought right now.)

Upcoming 2005 Golf Trip

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Go Whackers

On Saturday I take off for NW Michigan for my summer golf trip. I’ll be playing 18 at Little Traverse Bay Golf Club in Harbor Springs on Saturday and then off to Boyne Mountain for a few days to play the Alpine and Monument. Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday are the heart of the trip, which we call the Hackers/Whackers McDuff Open. 20 guys go for the trip and we play 36 holes of golf each of the three days. Each 18 hole round has a unique format with everything planned out ahead of time. Needless to say, there will be lots of gambling, booze, and laughs.

Over the past week or so I’ve been getting my golf game into top form for the trip. Just call me Lance Armstrong, because I’m peaking at the right time of the season. Saturday I shot a 44, Sunday a 39, and Monday a 40. 50 Titleist Pro V1 balls and a new Nike Dri-Fit shirt arrived on Monday. A few weeks ago I replaced my 3-5 irons with hybrids that are easy to hit and have a nice straight ball flight. About a month ago I bought a new driver, which I’m just crushing. I’ve never been able to hit a driver in my life, but this one is different. I actually have confidence taking it out of the bag. I’ve spent my share of money on golf equipment this summer, even taking a series of 3 lessons, and it is all in preparation for the Hackers/Whackers.

The shit talking has started and signs like the one pictured above have started to appear back in my hometown where most of the golfers live.

In addition to having Monday and Tuesday off work I took Friday off to get ready and Wednesday off to re-cooperate. I can’t wait to get out of town!

Refreshed

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I was out of town for a long weekend and I’ve been very busy since I came back, so that’s why I haven’t posted in a week or so. Last weekend was the 2005 Nautical Festival (“Naughty Fest”) in my hometown of Rogers City, MI. It’s always a blast and this year was no exception. I had more fun over those couple of days than I’ve had in a long time. It felt good to get trashed with all of my friends from back home.

I had taken Thursday, Friday, Monday, and Tuesday off and I sure did need the break from work. After a short dentist appointment on Monday, I drove back down to Saginaw to catch up on some things. Mentally and physically I felt better than I have in months. Over the course of Monday and Tuesday I accomplished a lot of things around the house that I had been putting off for months.

I’ve even started looking for a new job. Seriously this time! Wednesday I spent over 2 hours browsing through emails that contained job search results and last night was more of the same. Once I finished catching up on a few weeks worth of email from Monster and Career Builder I hopped onto a few other sites such as Dice, HotJobs, and Computer Jobs in search of that perfect position. There are actually quite a few positions out there where I’d fit in well. The bad thing is I want to move out to CA and I’ll need an employer to take a chance on me relocating. I’ll just keep plugging away at it until something comes my way.

Wish me luck!