My thoughts on Tiger Woods

Certainly, Tiger Woods has made headlines with the revelations of his recent off the course behavior. I've decided to put down some of my thoughts relating to Tiger and his career. I started playing and watching golf in 1997, during the tail end of my senior year in High School. Living in Jacksonville, Florida, I was fortunate enough to be able to attend The Players Championship, an annual PGA Tour event boasting one of the strongest fields in golf. Tiger was a regular newcomer to the tour at this time, no doubt generating significant buzz. My first experience with Tiger was watching him hit an approach shot to one of the greens. Unfortunately, for Tiger, he was not pleased with his efforts and banged his club into a tree several times, while cursing loudly.

This left a very bad taste in my mouth. Early on, I viewed him as somewhat of a prick due to what I perceived as his lack of gentlemanly qualities. Over the years, as he rose to fame, I was not a supporter of his, though I certainly admired his ability to play the game. Eventually, his on course heroics trumped his on course behavior, though I never truly loved him, like so many others.

His recent exploits are not surprising to me, at all. Someone once said, "There's a fine line between genius and insanity." It's obvious to even a casual golf fan that he's a "genius" on the golf course. It's becoming clearer and clearer he's inept in certain social situations. I've always felt that when a person is very talented in one area, they severely lack in another. Tiger's again proved this theory true.

My goal in life has always been to be well rounded. I've never been really good at any one thing, but I've always achieved a certain level of accomplishment in my endeavors, whether in sports, academics or my professional life. I hope I can continue this trend as my life evolves and I truly hope Tiger is able to make amends with himself and his family.

Home Arcade

If you're like me, you spent a considerable amount of your youth in the arcade. When I was living at home, my mom and dad would go to dinner every week. On the way to dinner, they'd give me and my brother 10 dollars each, drop us off at the arcade and pick us up on the way home. This is where my formidable Mortal Kombat skills began to develop!

Long story short, here's an amazing 'home arcade' and I've actually seen this guy at work.

http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/the-2400-square-foot-private-arcade/

Finals

Another semester comes to a conclusion this week at GMU. My compilers final is Tuesday at 430, followed by Software Engineering Wednesday at 730. After this semester is officially over, I'll have 4 classes left: Algorithms, CS Senior Elective and a Science sequence.

R.I.P. Sean Taylor

Very troubling, is the news of Redskins defensive back Sean Taylor, who was shot and ultimately killed inside his home early Monday morning. Taylor attended college at the University of Miami and being an avid fan of FSU, I saw him play quite a bit in college and the NFL. He was truly a force to be reckoned with and seemed to be maturing as a man and father. Rest in peace, #21.

Back in Action

After a chat with DC Dan, I have decided to make an attempt to blog more often. Blogging has been something I've been interested in for quite some time and I do read quite a few blogs. I realized one thing I really enjoy is learning and sharing things with others. Look for more posts on potentially any topic in the future!