Homework is in
So as far as I can tell, Barry Bonds broke the home run record (call me Nostradamus on that one), Tiger Woods won his thirteenth major (shocking), a bridge in this country collapsed in horrific fashion (this actually is shocking), and I haven't posted a blog in a month and a half (not really that surprising). Sometimes it feels good to miss deadlines that you set for yourself. It's like a not turning in the homework and not giving a shit at all. When does that ever happen?
The bridge collapse was absolutely unbelievable. As usually the case with structural failures, everybody is very hush-hush about how or why it happened. The off the record explanation is that the bridge was fatigued by the fifty or so years of traffic and the effects of this stress were recognized but not corrected. I'm pretty sure that when they put this and any other bridge up in the US, they are intending for it to last more than fifty years. What about all the steel structures that were built in the 20s and 30s? I bet there is going to be a massive re-building of bridges in this country because of this. If we had any guts we'd all start businesses focusing on this market. Somebody else will do it I guess.
Bonds finally hit 756 and all the hype is over. It's a shame that his team is in last place. It would be a whole lot more fun if he was playing for a contender. Shouldn't the Yankees buy him pretty soon?
Tiger won his thirteenth major at the age of thirty one. Jack Nicklaus was 35 when he hit thirteen. Jack also won his last major at forty-six. I think Tiger will have a tough time competing at 46, but I’m certainly not going to put anything past him. He said today that he's not going to win six more majors in one year, alluding to the fact that he has a long way to go. It may take him two. At 35 Tiger will own every record and might as well run for President. Hillary would have no shot.
For fear of not turning in the homework on time, I’m not going to make any commitments on when I’m going to post, but I’ll make sure that it won’t always take an engineering catastrophe, once in a lifetime record, or ho-hum major win by Tiger.
The bridge collapse was absolutely unbelievable. As usually the case with structural failures, everybody is very hush-hush about how or why it happened. The off the record explanation is that the bridge was fatigued by the fifty or so years of traffic and the effects of this stress were recognized but not corrected. I'm pretty sure that when they put this and any other bridge up in the US, they are intending for it to last more than fifty years. What about all the steel structures that were built in the 20s and 30s? I bet there is going to be a massive re-building of bridges in this country because of this. If we had any guts we'd all start businesses focusing on this market. Somebody else will do it I guess.
Bonds finally hit 756 and all the hype is over. It's a shame that his team is in last place. It would be a whole lot more fun if he was playing for a contender. Shouldn't the Yankees buy him pretty soon?
Tiger won his thirteenth major at the age of thirty one. Jack Nicklaus was 35 when he hit thirteen. Jack also won his last major at forty-six. I think Tiger will have a tough time competing at 46, but I’m certainly not going to put anything past him. He said today that he's not going to win six more majors in one year, alluding to the fact that he has a long way to go. It may take him two. At 35 Tiger will own every record and might as well run for President. Hillary would have no shot.
For fear of not turning in the homework on time, I’m not going to make any commitments on when I’m going to post, but I’ll make sure that it won’t always take an engineering catastrophe, once in a lifetime record, or ho-hum major win by Tiger.
posted by John Poole at 9:50 PM
6 Comments:
Per your column, I've begun a bridge-building business. All of my experience has been with legos, sand at the beach, and couch cushions - that shouldn't be a problem though, right?
Thanks for finally posting, JP.
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Anonymous is on drugs. This column was good, it came full circle and told it like it is. Koodoos JP3
make that koodous to you bud.
It's "Kudos"
Wake me when there's new content.
-A. Nonymous
I'm getting one of those sleeping pods from Aliens so I'll survive to your next blog post.
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