The weekend here was WARM--two days at 107 degrees Fahrenheit. Good time to stay indoors and peruse the web. Except the web stories were mostly about Covid cases, and I for one am weary of this whole scene. The 'new news' is that New Cases are exploding across the country, so many folk (esp. doctors and nurses and public health officials) are excitedly worried. Meanwhile, the administration is confident that while cases are exploding, deaths are not, so don't worry. I've got some insight material for a later post on this, but this is hardly 'good news'. So, for awhile, I was grasping for something else, something more enjoyable.
Opening (or re-opening) schools was also a hot-button, with Betsy DeVos, probably the worst (in terms of education-issue aware) and certainly the most corrupt, coldly uncaring, and in many respects malignant Secretary of Education in American history, saying "Just open 'em--what's the problem?" This from the same person who has taken public education money and redirected it to parochial schools and especially Charter schools for which she and her family are major profit-seeking owners. How do the teachers feel about it? And how about the parents? See the last Post.
Actually, weather itself was a topic for many--not only was it warm at our place, there seemed to be an attempt to export hot air across the nation. Palm Springs was a torrid 120 degrees yesterday, whew! Phoenix's high was 115 degrees; Las Vegas 114; Houston 96 ("feel" is 106) with 50% humidity; El Paso, 103. Also, Shreveport (95, feels like 108): New Orleans (97, feels like 111 with 70% humidity); Biloxi, 95, feels like 113 w 76% humidity. So, no, the weather wasn't particularly good news either.
Over on the golf channel, Corin Morikawa edged Justin Thomas on the WorkDay(?) playoff hole, the winner garnering $450,000 more than the runner-up. New basically to the tour, Morikawa was a bit erratic, 9 bogeys and 2 eagles to join 24 birdies in 72 holes; Thomas by comparison was 4 bogeys, 1 eagle, and 21 birdies. When is the last time the winner had as many holes NOT par as PAR? Fun to see these 'kids' starting to soar.
Golfer Bryson DeChambeau won a week ago at the Rocket Mortgage Classic; he is a "LOCAL" from Clovis, a suburb of Fresno about fifty miles from us. He's been getting better and better the past couple of years. And a nice kid, to boot. At age 16, he won the CA State Juniors; In 2015, he became the fifth player in history to win both the NCAA Division I championship and the U.S. Amateur in the same year.
Not much else going on around the loop. We did get some wonderful clips of the youngsters in Seattle--Jordan (yep, named for the golfer) is now 18 months, and FAST. His twin sisters, just three, are nearly as fast, and much louder. His uncle, whose middle name is Nicklaus, lives just down the road, and loves to entertain them. His aunt, on the college golf team as a graduate student, works at a golf pro shop in Shreveport (why else would I know or care about the temperature there?). His cousins, especially Sam Nooney, are 'into golf' in their senior year of high school. I haven't said much recently, but I did letter in golf in college myself (okay, a 3rd rate sports college, admittedly).
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