Every time [[Tiger]] tees it up it seems, he’s setting a new record or chasing an old one.

Nothing better explains the magnitude of Woods’s domination of professional golf, perhaps, than this reality: Still just 26 years old, he steps into the history books almost weekly.

Case in point: This weekend’s bid to win a fourth straight Memorial would put him in select company. Only Gene Sarazen (Miami Open, 1926, ’28-30) and Walter Hagen (PGA Championship, 1924-27) have won the same tournament four times in a row.

The entire tour seems to be caught in the headlights of the on-rushing [[Tiger]].

Sports Illustrated seems to think so.

Before you scoff at an American magazine’s World Cup picks, bear in mind: People snickered when SI tabbed host France to win its first World Cup four years ago. This time around the French may be cofavorites (with Argentina) to repeat as champions by taking the final in Yokohama, Japan, but we’ll cast our lot instead with Italy, a veteran group fully capable of cashing in on the kindest draw imaginable.

This sure makes my friend Raffaele smile with pride (he’s from Italy :-).

The part that I’m happy about is that they also predict that the U.S. will make the second round.

Vote the Bums Out!

**D**on’t

**P**oliticians

It really is that simple. We have political leaders that are drunk with power, and it’s our own fault. If we had the collective guts, we’d keep voting these bums out until we got a group that truly represented our best interests instead of their own desire to get re-elected.

We get the government we deserve.

Has anyone looked into cutting unnecessary spending first?

The state Senate is set to approve the entire $1.06 billion tax package passed by the House and may raise additional taxes to help pay for increased spending on education and health care, Senate President Thomas F. Birmingham said yesterday.

In the elections this fall, don’t forget to [[DRIP]] on the State House!

Technology buffs have cracked music publishing giant Sony Music’s elaborate disc copy-protection technology with a decidedly low-tech method: scribbling around the rim of a disk with a felt-tip marker.

You just gotta love this!

Mac OS X could put the squeeze on Linux.

…Linux recently got a new round of thrashing from another competitor to Linux on the desktop: Mac OS X. How so? At its core Mac OS X runs a version of Unix called BSD (Berkeley Standard Distribution). Linux is, of course, also based on the Unix tradition. According to ComputerUser this means that Mac OS X and Linux could appeal to many of the same users.

That’s the way that I see it. OSX gives UNIX what it’s needed for a long time: a fully integrated desktop environment with millions of users and thousands of commercial applications.

Perhaps the open source Linux guys should consider working on the Darwin code base?

All I can say is that the Force is with him!

George Lucas and 20th Century Fox may not have expected to shatter any records with the latest installment of the most popular franchise in movie history, but that’s exactly what they did.

Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones blasted off with $183 million from its unprecedented worldwide launch over the weekend ending May 19, while Spider-Man, About a Boy and others not only survived but thrived under the shadow of the digital epic.

Even with the negative publicity, nothing seems to be able to halt the Star Wars Empire.

Tiger wins another playoff to defend the Deutsche Bank Open.

Tiger Woods parred the third sudden-death playoff hole to beat Colin Montgomerie on Monday and win the Deutsche Bank-SAP Open for the second year in a row.

He’s won 3 out of the last 4 tournaments he’s entered including the [[Masters]]. Anyone wanna take a bet on the [[U. S. Open]]?

The San Jose Sharks are not yet the Boston Red Sox of hockey. But the down payment has been made.

The Red Sox, of course, have gone since 1918 without winning a World Series. And in the NHL, the St. Louis Blues have reached the playoffs the past 23 years without once reaching the finals. In other words, the local paying hockey customers are still minor leaguers in the despair and suffering department.

Ain’t that the truth. But to be this close and not make it… it feels like it did when we lost to Toronto in the second round that first playoff season.

Oh well… there’s always next year.

Damn! And I so much want to like this movie.