Senior Center

I walked two miles at the Senior Center this afternoon in 33:47. I have a cold.

OVERHEARD
"They ain't got that here. This is Walmart, nothing but Chinese shit."
—old fart walking through Walmart with what looked his fixit stooge

War Memorial Golf Course

I played War Memorial Golf Course this afternoon, the first nine with a stranger in a cart named Ken, and the back with Jeff Krupsaw. I scored 90, with nines of 47 and 43. Krupsaw scored 48 for his nine. I had 4 pars, 4 bogies, 8 doubles, 2 triples, and used 34 putts.

UCA

CONWAY — Before UCA's game with McNeese State, I went to the driving range (for the second time since I restarted my golf career exactly a year ago today) and walked for 41:29 around the UCA campus.

War Memorial Golf Course

Tim Biggs and I played War Memorial Golf Course this morning. I scored 88, with nines of 45 and 43. Tim quit after 12 holes. He played the front nine in 50. I had 3 pars, 8 bogies, 5 doubles, 2 triples, and used 34 putts.

War Memorial Golf Course

John Czarnecki and I played War Memorial Golf Course this morning. I scored 86 and John 97. I had nines of 44 and 42, used 34 putts, and had 2 pars, 10 bogies, and 6 doubles. It was a nearly perfect day.

War Memorial Golf Course/Levy Trail Loop/DFL

I walked the Levy Trail Loop this morning in 33:18 as a warmup for a drive through Hot Springs to pick up Jim and Karen for a trip to Nashville. As much as I love Jim, I wish he wanted to eat dinner at McClard's rather than Outback Steakhouse (where they're having an all-you-can-eat fried-shrimp deal. He and dad shared a penchant for chain restaurants, particularly when they were having specials advertised on TV).
Yesterday afternoon, I played War Memorial Golf Course with UALR students named Billy and Ian in 94 with nines of 41 and 53. I birdied No. 7 with a nine-wood to two feet, but I quadrupled Nos. 15 and 18). I used 35 putts.
The NFL Green Bay Packers lost to the New Orlean Saints, 26-17. The DFL Packers lost to the Fat Chicks, 86.12-72.91.

Lakewood Lake No. 2

Four other Geezers and I walked this morning for 1:11:15 from Lakewood Lake No. 2. Elaine's watch said we went a little over 4.1 miles.

Levy Trail Loop

I walked the Levy Trail Loop this evening in 34:48.

War Memorial Golf Course

I had a private little battle with hypoglycemia throughout most of my round this morning with Don and Kayce Chaney and Don's friend Rilo at War Memorial Golf Course. It was weird. Kayce asked me if I was OK at one point on the back nine after I'd eaten about my fourth PayDay. That's a reasonable excuse for my 102, but you gotta combine that with the fact that Don and Rilo had music playing from their carts the whole round, and that all three of my partners drank beer and Mimosa's from 8:30 a.m. forward. Furthermore, unlike my usual company, those two guys were mad as hell about half the time. I wasn't the only one to play a shitty round.
Nevertheless, I believe everyone had a lot of fun, particularly Kayce and me.

The following was mistakingly published at Rock Dreams on Friday afternoon:

I played War Memorial Golf Course this morning with Tim Biggs, John Czarnecki, and Ed Pennington. I scored 91. John scored 92, Tim 100, and Ed 45 for the front nine before he left to fuck with his wife's car. I had nines of 45 and 46 and used 32 putts. I had 2 pars, 8 bogies, 6 doubles, 1 triple, and 1 quadruple. By the way, I've worked out my pitch-shot problems and am hitting them nearly as well as ever. Furthermore, I ordered and received a 60° wedge identical to the one Chris Vratil bought me in early December, 2007, that I lost at First Tee six years ago. I hit it great today.

Burns Park/War Memorial Golf Course

I had a hard fall this morning. As I walked and jogged on the rather flat trails near the covered bridge, I tripped over something. When I hit, I felt a jolt of pain run up the back of my left leg from knee to hip. I was up in ten seconds and away in about thirty and out for maybe ten more minutes before I got back to my car, which is where I noticed I was bleeding pretty good from my kneecap. I alternated one-minute jogs with four-minute walks for 48:10.
I'm interested to see how my leg feels through the day and whether it affects golf tomorrow morning.
The leg's OK. I played six holes using three and four balls at War Memorial Golf Course this evening before Thursday Night Football. I was hitting the ball well, particularly with my driver. I also hit a few nice iron shots, but mostly, I was pleased to have hit a bunch of nice pitch shots, ten to thirty yards out. That's a shot I haven't had since I started playing again last October. I can't wait to try a couple tomorrow.

War Memorial Golf Course

There aren't many things more enjoyable for me than golf in perfect weather with people I like. John Czarnecki, Ed Pennington, and I played War Memorial Golf Course this morning. I scored 90 and John 97. Ed played the back nine with us in 45. I had nines of 46 and 44 and used 30 putts. I'm not sure, of course, but this might have been the lowest I have ever scored without a par. I had 12 bogies, 4 doubles, and 2 triples.

Lakewood Lake No. 2

Three other Geezers and I walked this morning for 1:14:41. We started and ended at Lakewood Lake No. 2.

Hash/DFL

I jogged and walked with the Hash House Harriers this afternoon for 48:53. We were out in the bottomlands close to the Big Dam Bridge.
The DFL and NFL Green Bay Packers lost Aaron Rodgers and their games today. Rodgers broke his collarbone early in the first quarter. The DFL Packers lost to the Complete Sellouts, 105.52-79.90. The NFL Packers lost to Minnesota, 23-10. They said Rodgers might be out for the season. He also broke his collarbone in 2013, when he missed seven games but returned to direct the Packers on a decent playoff run.

Conway

CONWAY—I walked loops around and crisscrossed the UCA campus today (Saturday) for 42:27 before watching the school's football team beat Stephen F. Austin 24-20.

War Memorial Golf Course

I played with John Czarnecki, Tim Biggs, and Steve Grace this morning at War Memorial Golf Course. I didn't join them until they reached No. 13. For six holes, I had five bogies and one double. It was nice to be out on a course for the first time in three weeks. My game needed a break. Clubs felt much better in my hands today.

Levy Trail South

I walked Levy Trail South late this afternoon in 34:58.

QUESTION OF THE DAY
How do smartphones contribute to crippling anxiety?
This appeared in the New York Times today: High school and college administrators say they’ve seen a spike in students who report sometimes crippling anxiety. Some factors: smartphones, social media, pressure to succeed, trouble at home.

Clinton Presidential Center/DFL

Six other Geezers and I walked for somewhere in the neighborhood of two hours around downtown Little Rock and North Little Rock from the parking lot of the Clinton Presidential Center. There are all sorts of new sculptures and the like down by the river on the Little Rock side. We spent quite a bit of time standing around looking at stuff, which helps to explain why we only covered 4.7 miles.
The DFL Green Bay Packers defeated the Cavemen 121.79-80.09 last weekend to improve to 4-1. The NFL Packers defeated the Dallas Cowboys 35-31 on Sunday to improve to 4-1.

Levy Trail Loop

I walked the Levy Trail Loop this afternoon in 33:46.

J.A. Fair/Arkansas Traveller 100 Miler

WILLIAMS JUNCTION — Today I was out for 49:52, including a little over eight minutes spent jogging with the eventual winner of the Arkansas Traveller 100 Miler from the Lake Winona Aid Station.
Last night, I walked for 40:23 before I watched Parkview High School beat the cow shit out of Beebe at J.A. Fair's War Eagle Stadium that is, as a crow flies, about a quarter of a mile from the theatre where Erin Vratil and I watched a movie more than 11 years ago about Japanese losers packed into a cave during World War II.

I'M CALLING BULLSHIT...
... on this quote from the Washington Post: "[He] has uncovered the abyss beneath our illusory sense of connection with the world." It's a classically fancy sentence that says dick about the Nobel Prize-winning literature of Kazuo Ishiguro

Cooks Landing Loop/DFL

Six other Geezers and I walked the Cooks Landing Loop this morning in 1:58:34.
The DFL Green Bay Packers dropped to 3-1 after a 109.65-91.30 loss to the 546 Posse. The NFL Packers are also 3-1 after a 35-14 victory over the Shitcago Bears.

I PLAN TO STAB...
...anyone who makes, markets, sells, buys, serves, or eats popcorn chicken. Popcorn chicken. Jesus fucking Christ, who comes up with this shit

OVERHEARD
"I've lived the ass off my life."
—Harrison Ford on Charlie Rose

UCA

Conway — I walked for 34:05 around the UCA campus this afternoon.

OVERHEARD
"It wasn't actually a fight. I mean, we weren't like yelling at each other or anything."
—pretty, slightly overweight red-headed coed to another student at a UCA bus stop

Conway/Levy Loop

I walked the Levy Loop this evening in 33:23.
Yesterday evening I walked for a handful of seconds more than forty minutes in and around Estes Stadium on the University Central Arkansas campus.

I'M CALLING BULLSHIT...
....on the lead sentence of a story at nfl.com about the Minnesota Vikings that read, "The news couldn't be worse for the Minnesota Vikings."
It was about a very talented rookie running back who apparently broke the fuck out his knee in a game today. I mean, come on, how about, "Each player on the Minnesota Vikings' roster was raped by the driver of their team bus before she drove it off a bridge into Lake Michigan, killing all aboard."? That would be worse news, I believe