Yesterday's Tournament Results

     Yesterday, as you know, was New Year's Day.  It is traditional for me to play in what is called "The Hair Of The Dog" tournament. As I said earlier, New Year's Day for me is a non-holiday and winds up being fairly boring.  There is only so much football you can watch and really there is only one real "bowl" game and that is the Rose Bowl from Pasadena. So it winds up being before the game watching a stupid parade, then tuning in on "World War II In Color" reruns that I have seen a million times and then watching the game.  All this and the experience of stuffing my face with dip chips and onion dip.
      With that in mind, why not get up early and play in a fun tournament where most everyone is suffering from a hangover from the night before.  What fun!  I much prefer playing golf.  There is one problem and that is I still can't swing a club because of my back. You can conclude from what I just said that my day yesterday was not spent on the course having fun, but sitting at home on the couch bored to tears scarfing on onion dip and drinking fruit punch crystal light.
     I was going to write today as if I had played in the tournament and intended to give you results of that tournament.  Those results never happened and the events in the tournament I was going to write about never happened.  After some time of deep thought I decided that that would be a little, for want of a better word, stupid so I am not going there. Don't get me wrong, I wish it had happened and I am really looking forward to when I can play again.
     Please be assured of one thing.  I am not going to play with you on this.  I am not going to submit you to that kind of nonsense, so don't worry.  The idea should not have crossed my mind in the first place.  It would have been a grave disservice to you and a critical blow to my credibility as a writer.  I am not going to do it to you.