Had a fun past couple days working at the PGA Championship and traveling up to Minnesota to do some antique show shopping.

Working the public scoreboard for the PGA was a blast. The people I worked with were really nice and the lady who was in charge, Terry, along with her husband, Ed, were awesome to work for. At the end of the tournament, when we were cleaning up they let me take a couple of the score sheets so I got Luke Donald and Adam Scott. The signs are very big - about 3.5 feet long and 1 foot tall. Eventually I'd like to get them framed.

On my trip to Minnesota I picked up a large assortment of gloves and bats. I didn't get anything super great but I did pick up some nice items. I also managed to pile up 35000 steps on Friday chasing down all of these items. :) It will get me in shape for school I guess.

Today I went up to Medinah Country Club for the practice round and my training session on how to work the public scoreboard. I got there early and did a bucnh of things - I watched the players on the practice tee, I walked most of the course, and checked out the merchandise tent. After walking around I have a couple observations to make. The course is absolutely beautiful. Any regular golfer would be lucky to break 100 playing from the tees the pros are playing on. And finally, the commercial for the PGA that says "These guys are good" is the biggest understatement on televesion. These guys are wicked incredible.

The 17th hole is going to be a real treat to watch - the green is tiny, narrow and right next to the water. The 13th hole is equally intriguing - 244 yard par 3 over the water! I was amazed at how small and narrow the greens on this course are - there will definitely be a premium on accuracy this weekend.

No Tiger sightings today but I did get to watch a Adam Scott play a couple holes as well as Davis Love III, Corey Pavin, Tom Lehman, JJ Henry (the Nutmeg State's contestant), Jesper Parnevik, Geoff Ogilvy and a hole bunch of others. There were tons of people trying to get autographs - souvenir flags and hats seemed to be the objects of choice. The sad thing was seeing grown-ups pushing kids out of the way to have a better shot at a signature.

Tomorrow I'll be working the public scoreboard in the morning, as well as Saturday and Sunday afternoons. Make sure to look for me on TV - I'll be wearing a blue shirt.

Nothing at the flea market this past weekend. Oh well, a couple of good shows coming up - hope I can find some nice things.

Kristin and I went to see Talladega Nights - The Legend of Ricky Bobby the other day. This movie was really funny - the whole cast does an excellent job. Definitely recommended if you like comedies. We also watched Syriana and the Producers over the weekend. Syriana was kind of confusing to start - it took me a little while to piece all of the characters together. If you can figure it out, it's a pretty interesting premise - you really can't figure out who the good/bad guys are. The Producers was pretty bad - I'm sure it comes off better on the stage - the movie was boring and I only chuckled a couple of times.

Finished the Neil Gaiman book Stardust and really enjoyed it. It is a fairy tale for adults. The movie comes out in March - should be interesting. I also read Gaiman's Good Omens. I liked this book as well - it's about angels, devils and armageddon told in a very funny way. It sort of reminded me of Kevin Smith's Dogma.

August already! Doh! That means it is almost time to go back to work. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

Been reading some good books lately and watched some decent movies. We went to the theater and saw Pirates of the Caribean 2 - I liked this one better than the first one. It was exciting from start to finish and I like the ending. The other night we watched Capote. This movie was very good as well. It was interesting and kind of creepy at the same time. I can see why Philip Seymour Hoffman won the Oscar - he was excellent.

As for books, I read Two Years in St. Andrews by George Peper. I learned quite a bit about living in the UK and have a grand desire to someday tee it up at the Old Course. I also gave Dan Brown another chance and read Deception Point. I liked this one better than DaVinci and Angels but his written dialouge is still super cheesy. I'm wondering if he did the writing for X-Men 3 because the dialouge in that movie was terrible. Right now I'm finishing up a book called Stardust by Neil Gaiman. This is a science fiction book that is quite interesting. A movie based on the books is coming out in March and should be visually exciting.

If you have some spare change lying around I suggest you pick up the latest CD by the Long Winters called Putting the Days to Bed. Right now it definitely ranks in the top 3 for the year. We'd really like to go the Lollapalooza show in Chicago this coming weekend but that doesn't look like it's going to happen. We've only been to two concerts this year so far. I did buy tix to see the Decemberists but that is not until November.

August already! Doh! That means it is almost time to go back to work. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

Been reading some good books lately and watched some decent movies. We went to the theater and saw Pirates of the Caribean 2 - I liked this one better than the first one. It was exciting from start to finish and I like the ending. The other night we watched Capote. This movie was very good as well. It was interesting and kind of creepy at the same time. I can see why Philip Seymour Hoffman won the Oscar - he was excellent.

As for books, I read Two Years in St. Andrews by George Peper. I learned quite a bit about living in the UK and have a grand desire to someday tee it up at the Old Course. I also gave Dan Brown another chance and read Deception Point. I liked this one better than DaVinci and Angels but his written dialouge is still super cheesy. I'm wondering if he did the writing for X-Men 3 because the dialouge in that movie was terrible. Right now I'm finishing up a book called Stardust by Neil Gaiman. This is a science fiction book that is quite interesting. A movie based on the books is coming out in March and should be visually exciting.

If you have some spare change lying around I suggest you pick up the latest CD by the Long Winters called Putting the Days to Bed. Right now it definitely ranks in the top 3 for the year. We'd really like to go the Lollapalooza show in Chicago this coming weekend but that doesn't look like it's going to happen. We've only been to two concerts this year so far. I did buy tix to see the Decemberists but that is not until November.