Ratted out

So, Michael Bamberger, a reporter for Sports Illustrated is watching Michelle Wie on Saturday and notices that she takes a drop from the bushes that might be a hair closer to the hole than it should be... so you go off running to the officials whining about the drop and eventually getting her disqualified and costing her a 4th place finish worth $53,000? What a schmuck.
Having played golf for a couple hundred years, I can honestly say that a couple inches on a drop is not going to change the outcome of the tournament, unless she was to drop it on the green or something but that's not what this was about. The PGA and LPGA tours are so strict on the interpretation of the rules that it's bordering on Nazi Germany! We've seen players being disqualified for all sorts of stupid things completely unrelated to how they play the game. This is just stupid...

So, we go down to Eugsters Farm near Oregon/Stoughton yesterday because the wife likes to ride the wagon out to the field and pick her own pumpkins (read that as point to them so I can carry them). It's completely packed with people and we have to park 14 miles away and walk over. We get there and there's a big long line to get in. It looks like it's for the petting zoo, etc. so we try to just walk into the "go get pumpkins" area and are stopped by armed security (ok, just some woman) and told that it's $5 and we have to go through the line. Wife argues, but I've already started walking back to the car. What a waste of time. We end up at the Pumpkin Paradise off 51 a little south of McFarland and pick up like 8 pumpkins and 2 gourds for $23. Looks like we've found a new place and it's free and easy to get in and out of.

I then convinced her I needed to go to Best Buy. I've been wanting an LCD monitor for my computer and saw they had some. I ended up picking up a 19" Samsung 914v. It wasn't the best one there, Sony and LG looked like a better picture but I couldn't justify the $150 to $200 price difference. I ended up paying $330 and there's a $30 rebate (hate those damn things). She bought portable speakers with a docking station for her ipod at work. Sounds pretty good, but I guess it better for $130. At least she didn't demand the Bose one that's $300. I also got a wireless mouse for my laptop. I've been meaning to do that for a long time. Sure makes things easier.

Ok, better get working on this rainy Monday morning.