Saturday Night Off-season Open Thread 2025-22

I am at the tail end of a crazy month of golfing. I have played A LOT. Today, I played in a tournament close to Palm Springs. Tomorrow, I play in a Match Play tournament. We’ll see how it goes.

So, aside from sporting activities, what is there to talk about?

Current Events

Next week, we have the July 4th holiday and I am really looking forward to not working. It is very nice that this year July 4th falls on a Friday. Three day weekends rule.

I have to figure out a way to schedule more during the summer. Maybe I’ll take off every Friday… UPDATE: I realized on Friday that I had not taken enough vacation days in June and that I would lose one if I didn’t take one, so guess who’s not working on Monday and making it two three day weekends in a row with a three day workweek in between? THIS GUY!!

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Sports Update

The Club World Cup is rolling into the Knockout rounds! Two games were scheduled today, with Palmeiras getting a goal in Extra Time to beat Botafogo. Also, Chelsea is beating Benfica by a TWBS on a tremendous goal off a free kick but the game has been delayed due to lightning. You can update the bracket below to show Palmeiras playing the winner of Chelsea v Benfica in the next round on July 4th:

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Goals Update

Since today is the last Saturday of June, I’m going to take advantage and provide the six-month update on where I am:

GOLF GOALS: Lower my Handicap Index to less than 21, Shoot an 18 hole score of 89 or better, Win a tournament, and finish in the top three of my club championship.

UPDATE: My Handicap Index started the year at 26.7. It is currently at 24.7. I am happy with my progress and the volume of playing time this month has helped me develop my game. Hopefully, that bodes well for the rest of the year.

FITNESS GOALS: Do one NFL Combine Bench Press Rep (235 lbs), Get a PR of 300 in Squat, and run 2 miles in less than 23 minutes (Army standard for my age).

UPDATE: I have finally started working out again! To give myself added incentive, I have joined a couple of my real life friends in a friendly $100 weight loss/body fat percentage loss bet. Initial weigh-in is on Wednesday.

WORK GOALS: Get 5 non-performers to either quit, retire, or transfer, Get 3 mentees promoted, and institute a company-wide cost-saving measure.

UPDATE: 2 non-performers are gone and 3 mentees have gotten promotions. I had already processed paperwork with HR to get rid of (read: transfer) 2 non-performers but my boss’ boss wanted to review it further. Hopefully, it can be implemented in July. The cost-saving measure is in the process of being implemented with some hesitation from upper management to be overcome. However, I am confident that I will succeed. I won’t claim it yet.

INTELLECTUAL GOALS: Read 5 Christopher Moore books, create a 7 episode minimum series of fiction, and do a creative visual project.

UPDATE: The first two are done and dusted. DJ TAJ, Brick, and I have met for lunch and have started working on our collaboration. It is going to be a lot of fun.

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In this space, I will tell you what I’m drinking as I type this post. Today’s drink is: Celsius Playa Vibe

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Your weekly Psych gif:

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Your weekly hot girl pic:

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Your weekly music video:

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One last thing:

Hat tip to Brocky: