Wednesday, April 08, 2009
Saturday, April 04, 2009
5 Golf Goals.
Goal 1: Get 5 lessons this year from someone who knows what they are talking about
Progress: I have signed up for those lessons, I took lesson 1 out of 5 and I have 2 great things to practice, which I am excited to do. As a matter of fact, I'm more excited to practice those things than I am to get out on a golf course. Today, at least.
Goal 2: I don't want to shoot 100 ever again. Starting 4/1/09. Ever.
Progress: I have played 2 rounds since 4/1 and I shot an 82 (par 70) and a 93 (par 71). If I play with a modest level of attention to detail, and follow up on #1, I can do it.
Goal 3: Figure out some consistency with my 3 wood, 5 wood and hybrid off of the tee by the 4th of July.
Progress: I don't know what to do. Off of fairways today I was great with those clubs, very few mistakes and none too costly. However, off of the tee I lost a 3 wood shot, didn't pull out my 5 wood, and I hit my hybrid 35 yards shy of my logical distance.
Goal 4: As an immediate "Summer of '09 Goal", I realistically want to hold myself to no more than 2 holes of 3-putt in a round.
Progress: First, I recognize that you could say, "3-putt twice? WHY?!"...but thats a reality. I sometimes chip the ball onto the green, but i'm still 30 yards away...Sometimes I'm 175 out and I hit a good iron on and I'm still a mile away from the hole. I had too many 3 putts today, and that is irresponsible.
Goal 5: Work on my short game as much as anything else, while at the range or practicing.
Progress: My driver isn't my problem anymore, I don't need to hit it on the range nearly as much as I need to practice everything else.
My opinion is that my handicap, which is at 18.4 now, should decrease on the following line:
April 15: 17.5
May 15: 17
June 15: 16
September 1: 15
Why not have goals, right?
Progress: I have signed up for those lessons, I took lesson 1 out of 5 and I have 2 great things to practice, which I am excited to do. As a matter of fact, I'm more excited to practice those things than I am to get out on a golf course. Today, at least.
Goal 2: I don't want to shoot 100 ever again. Starting 4/1/09. Ever.
Progress: I have played 2 rounds since 4/1 and I shot an 82 (par 70) and a 93 (par 71). If I play with a modest level of attention to detail, and follow up on #1, I can do it.
Goal 3: Figure out some consistency with my 3 wood, 5 wood and hybrid off of the tee by the 4th of July.
Progress: I don't know what to do. Off of fairways today I was great with those clubs, very few mistakes and none too costly. However, off of the tee I lost a 3 wood shot, didn't pull out my 5 wood, and I hit my hybrid 35 yards shy of my logical distance.
Goal 4: As an immediate "Summer of '09 Goal", I realistically want to hold myself to no more than 2 holes of 3-putt in a round.
Progress: First, I recognize that you could say, "3-putt twice? WHY?!"...but thats a reality. I sometimes chip the ball onto the green, but i'm still 30 yards away...Sometimes I'm 175 out and I hit a good iron on and I'm still a mile away from the hole. I had too many 3 putts today, and that is irresponsible.
Goal 5: Work on my short game as much as anything else, while at the range or practicing.
Progress: My driver isn't my problem anymore, I don't need to hit it on the range nearly as much as I need to practice everything else.
My opinion is that my handicap, which is at 18.4 now, should decrease on the following line:
April 15: 17.5
May 15: 17
June 15: 16
September 1: 15
Why not have goals, right?
Friday, April 03, 2009
Trade
Cutler to the Bears
2 First Round picks, Kyle Orton and a 3rd rounder to Broncos.
Trent Dilfer is screaming about how much the Broncos won in this trade.
He keeps calling Kyle Orton a "system QB".
I guess I'm posting so I can look back at this in October and have more of a reason to think Dilfer is a nothing. Why can't Hubie Brown cover Football too?
2 First Round picks, Kyle Orton and a 3rd rounder to Broncos.
Trent Dilfer is screaming about how much the Broncos won in this trade.
He keeps calling Kyle Orton a "system QB".
I guess I'm posting so I can look back at this in October and have more of a reason to think Dilfer is a nothing. Why can't Hubie Brown cover Football too?
Monday, March 30, 2009
Digital Nick.
This is insane, but its my life.
I am enjoying it a bit, but I do feel like it's going to overwhelm me.
Facebook - Nick Fisher
> I'm attempting to use this primarily as a social networking tool, which means basically stay in touch from 30,000 feet up with people I know well and hardly know at all. Its fun to be on there, b/c everyone else is...its a place where those who want to know about me can, but if they want to ignore me, thats fine too.
Twitter - twitter.com/nickfisher47
> I'm using this as a place to keep people updated on the "things" I do...vacations, travel, notices, info, etc...I'll post things on here that really are about me being able to look back in 10 years and say, "neat"...its also a great tool to do frequent updates, especially now that I have twitpic.
LinkedIn - Nick Fisher
> Started using this today, really. After starting using it, I realize that I do think it is going to be THE tool that gets me a job at some point. I am starting to build up the profile and get in as many networks as possible.
Blog - toast47.blogspot.com
> I don't know what the point of this will be other than to vent and tell stories. I don't think i'll open up my twitter or my blog to those in my job search, unless I feel completely compelled to do so at some point. This really is just for those who want to know me better, but I can't imagine that 1/8th of my facebook friends would read it.
What is my motivation for being on all this? Well, its simple, to me, I think. 3 reasons:
1. I am in the job search mode, and I do feel like these are good tools to get things moving a bit. My friends will keep me top of mind with things like twitter and the blog, and those who I worked with in the past will see my updates on LinkedIn, etc.
2. I actually find all of this fun to be honest. It feels like I am part of some kind of larger digital movement that my Grandparents will ask me about someday, and that's interesting, and it sorta ties into #3.
3. When I do have a family, and kids, and they are using whatever technology is current, I do not want to be the older adult that doesn't "get it" or scoffs at the idea of where technology is moving. The adults I am friends with don't realize that all of these tools are part of the normal teenager's life - they are part of what they are...My generation had beepers, Nintendo, then cell phones, then the internet and those 20-30 years older than us couldn't/didn't keep up.
I want to keep up. I want to be able to speak the language when I'm 50.
I am enjoying it a bit, but I do feel like it's going to overwhelm me.
Facebook - Nick Fisher
> I'm attempting to use this primarily as a social networking tool, which means basically stay in touch from 30,000 feet up with people I know well and hardly know at all. Its fun to be on there, b/c everyone else is...its a place where those who want to know about me can, but if they want to ignore me, thats fine too.
Twitter - twitter.com/nickfisher47
> I'm using this as a place to keep people updated on the "things" I do...vacations, travel, notices, info, etc...I'll post things on here that really are about me being able to look back in 10 years and say, "neat"...its also a great tool to do frequent updates, especially now that I have twitpic.
LinkedIn - Nick Fisher
> Started using this today, really. After starting using it, I realize that I do think it is going to be THE tool that gets me a job at some point. I am starting to build up the profile and get in as many networks as possible.
Blog - toast47.blogspot.com
> I don't know what the point of this will be other than to vent and tell stories. I don't think i'll open up my twitter or my blog to those in my job search, unless I feel completely compelled to do so at some point. This really is just for those who want to know me better, but I can't imagine that 1/8th of my facebook friends would read it.
What is my motivation for being on all this? Well, its simple, to me, I think. 3 reasons:
1. I am in the job search mode, and I do feel like these are good tools to get things moving a bit. My friends will keep me top of mind with things like twitter and the blog, and those who I worked with in the past will see my updates on LinkedIn, etc.
2. I actually find all of this fun to be honest. It feels like I am part of some kind of larger digital movement that my Grandparents will ask me about someday, and that's interesting, and it sorta ties into #3.
3. When I do have a family, and kids, and they are using whatever technology is current, I do not want to be the older adult that doesn't "get it" or scoffs at the idea of where technology is moving. The adults I am friends with don't realize that all of these tools are part of the normal teenager's life - they are part of what they are...My generation had beepers, Nintendo, then cell phones, then the internet and those 20-30 years older than us couldn't/didn't keep up.
I want to keep up. I want to be able to speak the language when I'm 50.
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