A Blog of the Ridiculous and Sublime, by Mark Sackler
“To you, I’m an atheist. To god, I’m the loyal opposition.”–Woody Allen
“Atheism is a non-prophet organization.”–George Carlin
I must admit, golf was once my religion. Now I’m a non-theistic existentialist, though I still occasionally play around–er, I mean a round.
“What most people don’t understand is that UFOs are on a cosmic tourist route. That’s why they’re always seen in Arizona, Scotland, and New Mexico. Another thing to consider is that all three of those destinations are good places to play golf. So there’s possibly some connection between aliens and golf.”–Alice Cooper
Does Alice Cooper have inside information? Maybe he is an alien?
Anyway, if you watched any of this past weekend’s U.S. Open golf championship, it’s worth considering that Chambers Bay was designed for aliens. Or maybe by aliens.
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“If god had meant us to play soccer, he wouldn’t have given us arms.”–Mike Ditka
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If god had meant us to spend this much time online, we would have been born with a modem. Personally, soccer sort of bores me. I can’t wait for the world cup to be over so I can go back to being bored watching baseball, tennis and golf.
“Scotland is the Canada of England!”–Rainn Wilson
“There are two seasons in Scotland, June and winter.”–Billy Connolly
So what else would I fete on the 4th of July? Scotland, of course! Three years ago this month we fulfilled one of the premiere items on my bucket list, by visiting Scotland for the Open Championship at the Old Course at St. Andrews. That would be winter based on the second quote above. Here are just a few of the memorable photographic moments.
What do you think this is? We had to ask three locals before we finally got an answer.
A Scottish Loch. A typical “soft” day.
I bet it was cold under those kilts.
A dramatic view from one of two farms we stayed at in St. Andrews.
The Old Course’s famed Swilcan Bridge. Eat your heart out, Tom Watson
This July we are headed to Alaska. I’ll be curious to see how the seasonal temperature and long daylight hours compare. At least it should be drier. I would call Alaska the Canada of the U.S., but I think that name is already taken. Cheers, and happy 4th.
All photographs in this post ©2010, Mark Sackler
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“Today must be Thursday. I could never get the hang of Thursdays.”–Douglas Adams
Please Thursday, don’t muck up my weekend.
My creative pipeline is constipated; it will probably require a massive mental enema to flush out the next significant post. In the meantime I’m hitting the golf course this morning. It’s a form of self-flagellation, I know, but it beats passing kidney stones. Wish me luck.
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