Tuesday, March 29, 2016

Blogging just in time...

Ok, so it's now the end of March and I'll admit, I almost forgot to come up with something to post.  Would have been sad to mess things up after only 2 blogs in.  But here I am just getting it in under the wire.

Anyway, Spring is here which means that summer is around the corner (though spring showers can sometimes last longer around here).  For me that results in the golf clubs coming out and being tossed into the car, as sometimes one never knows when he'll trudge out and hit the links.  It's always a pleasant surprise when heading out onto the course.

In 2015, I was fortunate to play 11 times (Yes!! *fist pumps a little*), which might not seem like a lot to an average golfer, but considering that prior to that year I'd played significantly less.  when I started working for a new company, I had only increased playing one round a year.  In 2008 I played once, in 2009 I played twice, and so forth leading to 6 times in 2014, and I was ecstatic about that!  So the 11 rounds of golf broke the escalating mold and I was glad for it.  I love playing golf, but never got a chance to play as much as I would have liked (that whole thing called life getting in the way).

So, come 2016, the goal is to break that mold even more.  With 5 rounds currently scheduled on the calendar (1 round in each May, June, July, August, and September) and another 9 rounds being planned (project for this next weekend), that puts me already at 14 rounds.  With the certainty that there will be a few additional rounds popping up (even if they are a quick 9 holes), I'm looking forward to a fair weather 2016 golfing season.

And who knows, I might do some other athletic activities as well...(*hint hint*)


Friday, March 11, 2016

Preparing for a May movie event

So...many years ago (in an employment far far away), I spend a few enjoyable years working for Hollywood Video.   As a nut about movies, there were few places where visual happiness could be found (now there is the Internet where Netflix and other such sites are available).  When working there, it would not have been unheard of me to watch 4-5 new movies in a single day.  Now a days, I'm lucky to watch 4-5 new movies in a month.  And those typically are children/family films.  I probably do watch more then that but it doesn't feel like it.

Anyway, as a challenge and a treat for me, I am going to attempt to watch a movie a day in the month of May (I know that rhymes, how annoying right).  I'm going to select a different movie from the 1st to the 31st.  Hopefully they will all be new movies I have not seen (I have several in my Netflix queue), but I know that there will be a few repeats in there (like "The Princess Bride" or "Deadpool" which I could watch over and over again).  On 3 days (our family movie nights as they are planned), I will be at the mercy of my wife and kids as they will get to pick what we watch.

Overall, I think this is a very doable challenge and I look forward to the task of picking the movies.  Any and all suggestions are welcomed (my friend Amy recommended ""This Is Where I Leave You") and I'll try to mix them in with a few I already have planned.

This is going to be fun!!

June's post will recap the movies watched and maybe through in a few quick reviews.

May Movie Madness Potential Movies:
     Man Up
     Pee Wee's Big Holiday
     Stuck In Love
     The Ridiculous 6
     Chef
     Inglourious Basterds
     Hector and the Search for Happiness
     IP Man & IP Man 2
     Rubber
     The November Man
     Sharknado
     Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy