Sacking the guy seems both harsh and pretty hard to avoid doing.

Rage and Radiohead obv first ballots but I may be done with the hall if the Cars and Moody Blues don't get in

Obv did not read the e-mail but wow

That letter actually much more readable from the bottom to the top. That way it goes, "Let me tell you about this *****." *THEN* "Now let me tell you about my psychiatric problems."

Best laugh is definitely the "I wouldn't wish these anxiety symptoms on HITLER!" line.

mine is the one where the ting goes skraaa

My fav radiohead song: boom boom boooooom a let me hear you say hey-ooo

Anyone seen this new bladerunner? Getting great reviews, seems like Denis Villeneuven is an ultraelite director

Its pretty simple really


If ryan gosling is in a movie its gonna be sick...if hes not in it then theres a decent chance its not sick

Just watched Sicario last night, really ****ing good movie (especially in the midst of a Narcos binge)

Sicario is ok for a movie without the GOS

blunt + benecio + brolin = 2.13 GOS's

speaking of sicario has anyone seen wind river? Dude who wrote sicario and hell or high water wrote and directed it. I need to see that asap.

Explain La La Land then

a man needs his trophies

Great flick with even better soundtrack.

CITY OF STARS

la la land an absolute CLASSIC

got robbed by moonlolight

Wind river was very good

re: Villeneuve - I thought Arrival was decent while watching but the last half hour bumps it to pretty elite

Yeah excellent film. Villeneuve or however you spell it is a very good visual filmmaker, so looking forward to Bladerunner.

Thought Sicario was massively overrated, tedious, and in an era of Girl Power Emily Blunt's character was embarrassingly written as completely helpless and reliant upon men to solve her problems. To each his own.

I read most of that manifesto KC was kind enough to post, eventually skipping paragraphs which were clearly repetitive. What's sad is that he would obviously take her back tomorrow if she had another "change of heart". I can't bring myself to laugh at him because I've been in that neighborhood before, but not likely again.

Loved Arrival. I enjoyed the first Bladerunner for what it is, but certainly don't love it. Bladerunner 2049 is good but again has very slow pacing, much like the first. 2049 improves on what the first did well, and has its own story, but again, I must stress the pacing is still very slow. People who know what they are getting into will probably like to love it, but others may be WTF.

How's that for a hedge your bets review.

Twelve rounds spanning seven different courses. The final round, at a nice but generally unremarkable course in Palm Springs, will leave out. But the others are worth mentioning. In roughly reverse order of preference:

Rancho San Marcos, Santa Barbara. Located inland but evidently technically a part of Santa Barbara, this course was in terrible shape, and they had aerated the greens earlier in the week so they weren't any better. They cited a drought for the conditions and the greens fee was much cheaper than normal. It was also incredibly windy that day and they were absolutely paranoid about fires (for good reason, as the fires in the wine country over the past day can attest) so enjoying a cigar wasn't an option.

Front nine totally forgettable, but the back nine had spectacular views and justified the trip.





Valley Club, AsH KeTcHuM Idaho. A nice private club in SE Idaho. An initial 18 holes designed by Hale Irwin (and being redesigned next year by DLIII) and another nine tacked on by Tom Fazio which was the strongest of the three. Great views of nearby mountains which include Sun Valley ski resort.





Circling Raven, Couer d'Alene. I was told to skip the resort course in town - way overpriced tourist trap - and instead play this public course located on the reservation (I stayed three nights at the casino adjacent). Great call, it was a fantastic course in great shape with memorable views.





Sandpiper, Santa Barbara. Nicknamed the "Poor Man's Pebble Beach", it's a fantastic public course. The course, like apparently most of the Santa Barbara area, is owned by Ty Warner, the billionaire brain behind Beanie Babies. The greens were bentgrass and phenomenal; the rest of the grass was Bermuda and in so-so shape. Several holes run along the beach and ocean.







The Club at Rock Creek, Couer d'Alene. I had met someone the day before at Circling Raven who got me on this course, which was a coup because it was a great course and we only saw one other golfer the entire round.

The first picture is a downhill par-3 alongside the lake with two greens that both have flags on them. One is shorter but the green is a lot smaller with no bailout; the other has a much larger green but 30-40 yards longer. The second pic is a Weiskopf staple, the reachable par-4. This one has a wide fairway to the left or optionally a chute to the right to fire right at the green.





Gamble Sands, Brewster Washington. Located more or less in the middle of nowhere west of Spokane. A new course, apparently already the #1 public course in the state. Created by the same person who developed Bandon Dunes, and it was mentioned that he's looking to develop multiple courses here too in hopes of making it a similar type of destination. In the past year they opened a hotel onsite, which is not only nice but probably necessary since the nearest hotel isn't close. Great restaurant at the course which also serves dinner. Despite being the middle of a week in the middle of September both the tee sheet and the inn were full. Played four rounds at this course and would go back.

Alongside the room at the inn is what they claim to be the largest putting course in the world (first photo). Wouldn't be surprised, it's easily over 100 yards from one end to the other. 18 putting holes which changed daily. Wild hills and swales so they can't mow it nearly as fast as the course.

Second photo is what's probably the best picture on the course, from the second tee looking down at the green with the Columbia River in the background.

Third photo is from the 16th tee. The greens at this course are so big that many of them have sprinklers on the greens themselves. This particular one is at least 80 yards wide with three distinct shelves that aren't clearly visible in this pic (front right, left center, and a high shelf on the back right) which make the hole completely different depending on the day. Part of the reason I played this course on three different days was interest in playing to all parts of the greens.

well im jelly

any fackers ever had a hole-in-one?

AOL instant messanger shutting down for good

Type a/s/l to pay respects