34th Street Loop

I walked the 34th Street Loop this morning in 44:35.

I PLAN TO STAB...
...the next person who says, "Back in the day,..."

OVERHEARD
"Every day I look at the pond, but I don't know how to swim, and I'm very scared of water because I had a very bad experience when I was young. Actually, I told my caddie last year before the tournament started, I told him if I win this tournament, I can't jump in the water. You have to jump in the water. I can't. I'm very scared. But he said, you don't have to think about that. After you win, you have to figure it out. So even this year I talked to my caddie. But, you know, if I win this tournament, I think I can do it."
—Na Yeon Choi—who nearly drowned as a preschooler—speaking of the traditional and nearly obligatory leap the Kraft Nabisco winner takes into Poppy's Pond beside the eighteenth green. Choi is tied for fifth after two rounds, three strokes behind the leader, Yani Tseng

"Yeah, she quit her job. And do you know why she quit? She said it's 'cause she didn't like her boss. I said, 'Shit, you didn't like your boss? That ain't no excuse. I mean, shit, they ain't nobody likes they boss.' "
—customer to the clerk at the Phillips 66 on Camp Robinson