Mark Twain described Golf as "a great way to ruin a nice walk." For most golfers out there, this is not far from the truth. Golf is a very difficult game to play well on a consistent basis and even good golfers have many frustrating moments. In my never ending quest to find how to do just about anything online, I have come across a new one: how to Have a perfect golf swing. And I thought I'd seen it all.
I can't play golf much anymore due to my bad back, but I try to get out once or twice a year just for kicks. Needless to say, breaking 100 is a good day for me.
The key to golf is good body mechanics consistently applied AND LOTS OF PRACTICE. The author of the Perfect golf swing website has come up with a method to allow people to know how to use their body to strike a golf ball with consistent power and accuracy.
"Consistent" is a recurring theme here. The only thing I seem to do consistently is slice the crud out of my drives. The Perfect golf swing guy would say my hands are out of position and his methods would help me cure that problem. I'd be willing to try just about anything!
The Perfect golf swing course is a video instruction course that has a 90 day money back guarantee. If you implement the instructions, practice your swing and STILL stink, you can get your money back.
If golf is important to you, this sounds like a good deal.
Swing It
Blog Your Blessings Sunday XXXV
The Christmas Season is in full swing. While I get presents for my family and have a Christmas Tree, I try not to get caught up in the Christmas hype.
This month's BYB Sunday posts will strive to help folks remember what Christmas is about.
Luke 1:26-38
The Birth of Jesus Foretold
In the sixth month, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin's name was Mary. The angel went to her and said, "Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you."
Mary was greatly troubled at his words and wondered what kind of greeting this might be. But the angel said to her, "Do not be afraid, Mary, you have found favor with God. You will be with child and give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus. He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David, and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever; his kingdom will never end."
"How will this be," Mary asked the angel, "since I am a virgin?"
The angel answered, "The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God. Even Elizabeth your relative is going to have a child in her old age, and she who was said to be barren is in her sixth month. For nothing is impossible with God."
"I am the Lord's servant," Mary answered. "May it be to me as you have said." Then the angel left her.
Where's the Beach?
The guy who started Mad Gringo, the company that sells Hawaiian Shirts and
beach wear has a lot in common with me.
We both got fed up with the high stress, high energy level of the corporate world to create a "lifestyle business" that allowed us to "Go Slow." My change of heart drove me to selling hot dogs at the Hot Dog Truck, his to selling beach wear online.
Every day I see people who are rushing around and miserable and they stop at my Hot Dog Truck for a quick lunch and hopefully a smile. Most folks would really be better off if they took the Mad Gringo's advice to "go slow." Life's too short to rush through it all and stressing out over stuff that doesn't really make you happy is just not worth the aggravation.
Hawaiian shirts and casual beach wear exemplify this attitude. It should be no surprise that I own about a dozen Hawaiian Shirts and that I wear them regularly, even in the winter time! It's more about attitude than fashion with me. I'm a "go slow" kind of guy. Of course I spend every weekend at the beach during the summer and I usually find some time for a warm weather getaway in February (this year I'm headed to Florida with the kids). Going slow and chillin' out is just so much cooler on a beach than in Massachusetts in the wintertime.
Someday, I will be rolling my Hot Dog Truck to a warm weather climate and slinging dogs beach side. The MadGringo guy lists his company HQ as "Going slow on beach."
That sounds like my kind of neighborhood!
No Way!
Two seconds left and the Trinity team needs a miracle. Will they get it? View the most UNBELIEVABLE play in football history.
Can you imagine the losing team's locker room after this game?
UNBELIEVABLE.
