The Road and Other Early Monday Morning Stuff

Books and The Road

Did finish Cormac McCarthy's The Road last night. Another pretty bleak picture of the human race in this little story of a father and a son on the road to some kind of survival quite a bit of time after the world has been incinerated by an unnamed cataclysm. That makes two books by McCarthy this year, the other one being No Country for Old Men, each of which perceives the world as a pretty nasty place and one whose people are not very nice. A little hope at the end of this book, but not a lot.

Sports

-Sherri Steinhauer wins the State Farm Classic when she rolls in a 23 foot putt from the fringe to save par on the 72nd hole. Wire to wire winner. Annika finishes in a tie for third and looks to be playing like her old self again. Will she challenge Lorena?
-Cubs still in first in their division. Wow! Go Cubbies!
-Eric told me the Hoosiers slaughtered ISU on Saturday. Go Hoosiers.
-Irish will not go undefeated this year. Heard Doug Flutie say they would be lucky if they get two wins in their first eight games. That's bleak.
-No recent hole-in-one at Lakeview. What's up, guys?
-Tuesday Boyz going to Vincennes today, Vincennes Golf Club formally Foxridge.
-Tuesday Men wrap their season up with play today. It's been a great season and we'll know who ends up on top later today. Amazing...

Weather

-continued hot and dry. We are burning up. Definite brownish tinge to the golf course. Greens remain an oasis in the midst of dry and hard. Cool nights help, a lot.
-Maybe rain Thursday or Friday. Okay.

I'll be at the golf course this morning. Better come on out and get some golf in before the Men descend later this afternoon.