Dog Days...and a little golf

I've lived in Fayetteville my entire life, and been through some hot weather before, but this week has just felt like one massive heat wave.

Now I know I've spent every day outside working and what not, but still, the humidity is almost unbearable at times. It almost makes me wish that summer were over.

However, I scoff at that. I love the summer and while this summer has been more different than any other in years past, I've still had a great time.

My birthday was this past Sunday, and I turned 19. It's hard to believe I'm already 19, but I'm not complaining. Almost to 21, which is kind of scary.

In other news, I've been playing a lot of golf lately. Golf was something that I've liked since I was a toddler, and I was really into it from about 4th or 5th grade until about 9th, but just wasn't interested in it during high school.

I hope to spend most of my weekend on the course, and I might have one of my friends from church, Krista, accompany me on Sunday, because she has never played before and I want to introduce her to the game.

On a side note, how about Padraig Harrington repeating as British Open champion? I know you will say it's not legit because Tiger wasn't in the tournament, but Tiger didn't win it the last time it was at Birkdale and who's to say he would have won had he played.

Tiger is the best player in the world, yes, but he is human, and links courses in Open Championship play have given him trouble before. I'm not liking how some people are knocking Harrington for achieving a very difficult feat on two very difficult courses in '07 and '08.

NCAA FOOTBALL 09!!

EA Sports' annual installment of NCAA Football hit stores at midnight on Tuesday and I went a little bit later than that to grab my copy on the XBOX 360 with Darren McFadden on the cover.

The gameplay is about the same as usual, pretty good, but the graphics are exceptionally good. One thing I have definitely noticed in playing the game is that it feels like you are more into the game now than in years past.

I'm about to start a dynasty with Arkansas and see how far Bobby Petrino can take the Razorbacks on a game console.

From the penthouse to the outhouse

I was at work today unloading copiers into a storage facility when I got a text that said "Matt Jones is dumb" from a friend, so I replied and said 'Why?'

I got my answer when my friend subsequently called me and informed me that MJ, the former Arkansas star and Jacksonville Jaguar receiver, had about six grams of cocaine on him last night in a Dickson St. parking lot.

Why Jones would be in that parking lot that late at night is beyond me? If he was going to do cocaine, why would he do it there, of all places, at that time of night?

It was almost like he was asking to get caught. I'm still flummoxed by what motive he had to do it. Maybe it was a release for him or just something he did around his friends, but was he selling it?

If so, why? He has more than enough money. It's something I'm going to be perplexed over for quite some time.

On a lighter note, maybe Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones will use this opportunity to bring another Jones in who's looking to get over the stigma of trouble(i.e. Pacman).