Thanks for all the nice comments on here today. Anth is probably correct that I take some things on here too personally. There are likely two reasons for this...most prominently because this is one of only two places on the internet that I actually stop to read people's opinions, as I have always enjoyed this thread. I think most of you (UK Dallas excluded) seem like reasonable, smart people and you make me laugh. So when those folks take what I think are somewhat unreasonable shots at me, it annoys me. I probably shouldn't take it personal but since I don't really KNOW you guys, that leads me to it. The only other place I read opinions is on my Twitter replies and 20 percent of those are moronic or wishing me death.
I didn't mean for it to seem like I don't like Wayne. I actually like him quite a bit. I was taken aback when I found out who he really was, and yes, part of that were his comments about me on here. But if there is anything I have learned over the years, it is that people are different online. And offline, Wayne is an awesome dude, with a terrific wife and has been kind to me at times in my life when I really needed it. So I will always be a Wayne Dougan fan, no matter how terrible his political takes on here are.
Speaking of terrible political (and life) takes, UKO may be one of the top 10 worst people I have encountered in Kentucky that hasn't committed a serious crime. He continues to post on a message board thread where clearly everyone loathes him and in a decade of looking at his comments, I am not sure I have ever seen anyone like them. He has created like 15 Twitter accounts and has tried to troll me on all of them but is too dumb to realize that if he uses the same dumb picture of himself as an avatar on each one, I will realize that he and his 6 followers are still pathetic, regardless of his latest attempt at a funny screen name. The good thing about someone so terrible? He can say something really ****** (like his family comment) and it matters not to me. If one is judged in life by your enemies (or haters) then there is no one I would rather have on the other side.
As far as politics/corona, I have grown tired of arguing about either one. Everything in politics is complicated and difficult if you get beyond the surface level arguments. Now no one wants to get past those arguments and they would rather divide/label/scream at people based on surface level stupidity. Here is a secret I have learned...I talked to Jamie Comer about AOC and AOC about Jamie Comer...and guess what. Both think the other one is very smart and like talking to the other about issues. Everything else is just political theater which networks then use to get ratings and unfortunately a vast majority of our electorate takes it seriously as a reason to hate their neighbor. It is tiresome. And then the team gamesmanship leads people to do things like rationalize to themselves that Donald Trump would be a good choice for President or getting rid of the police is a way to make society safer. It is a bizarre world and it is tiresome. And when it comes to corona, which literally NO ONE who has a strong opinion on truly understands viruses or contagious diseases, I get even more worn out. I don't know what will work, what won't work and how we will get out of this. But I know what we have done so far has been pretty piss poor.
I hope we have college football. I really need it from a business standpoint and want it from an enjoyment standpoint. But the more conversations I have with my ESPN bosses, the less confident I get. It sucks and I hate it
But I did love Bethpage Black today. What a course! Shot 84 and probably hit my driver better than I ever have consistently in my life. Course is brutally hard and I played from the whites (which was still 6900 yards). But what an experience. Highly recommend it.
Goodnight, Time to do my KSR homework