Filipino American Ryan Patricio, 17, of Temecula, CA, 1st place Single Hand 3×3x3 Solve (World Record Holder), 2nd place 4×4x4 Solve, 2nd place 3×3x3 Solve, 2006 US National Rubik’s Cube Championship, San Francisco, CA. August 6, 2006.
All I can say is… Dang!
I was sent this Dilbert Cartoon by a friend. The sad part is that I have run into many senior level managers that have this attitude. Click on the image to read the comic.
My oldest son turned 4 this week. We had a transformer themed party that was a lot of fun. He got some great gifts from friends and family and felt the love we all have for him.
I was most excited about the present that I got him. His first putter. I went to Uinta Golf with an old junior putter of mine and had them cut the shaft so it would fit his little body. We went to the practice green to putt around and Clayton loved it. We’ve got to work on his stance and stroke, but it is the first step.
Of all the sports out there, there isn’t a better one for closing deals. Here’s why…
“I want them to close $100-million deals,” says Ron Stone, the IBM senior marketing manager who organized his teams recent seminar, “and a lot of ‘deals’ are going to get done on a golf course.”
What do you think about Golf and business? I know there are some out there that want to change the official business sport to basketball. Not gunna happen.
There is no question in my mind about the answer to this question, however Steve Ballmer seems a little behind.
This post just about sums up his intelligence.
What’s funny is Microsoft is currently looking to buy a 5% stake in Facebook for an amount that would value Facebook at over $10 billion! That makes Steve Ballmer’s comments even more confusing.
Leaper Footwear LLC is suing Nike and Apple for a patent infringement on their Nike+Ipod product.I hate reading things like this. If there really is an infringement then I can see the need to sue, but patents are usually easy to get around - since the implementation of a patent is what is valuable, not the idea.
The implementation of Leapers patent has to be identical to Apple’s implementation or Leaper has no case. It would have been so much more pleasing to see that, prior to the release of the Nike+Ipod product, that this Utah company was able to make a deal with Apple to use parts of their patent.
I’m all about companies being deal makers. If you can’t cut a deal then you shouldn’t be in business. Enough of this “Lawsuits are my business model” mentality.
Dad, Devin and I had an idea this year - we would track all of our rounds of golf that we played together and then rank the three of us against each other to reveal who the real best player in the family is. We call it the “Blodgett World Rankings in Golf.”
When the three of us play together - it is considered a “Major” tournament and so it is weighted heavier then rounds where just two of the three play with each other (rounds where there is less then two representatives from the Blodgett tour don’t count for the rankings).
This year there were 4 majors (the 4th will be played at Talons Cove on Oct 13th) and several minors. My Dad and Devin have each won one major out right, and the third major was a tie between my dad and I.
The gallery’s are starting to get big - the courses we play have begun to have to hire extra help to keep the fans in designated areas.
This year should be know as “the year of the Dadders” because he dominated. Some interesting stats about this year…
Worlds #1 Golfer: Dad
Rounds played: Dad 10, Devin 9, Chad 8.
Wins: Dad 7, Chad 3, Devin 2
Scoring Ave: Chad 82.7, Dad 83.2, Devin 85.5
Courses Played: Thanksgiving Point, Tri-City, Wasatch, Boundry Oaks, Deer Ridge, Talons Cove, Wente, and Contra Costa County Club.
With one more Major left for the year there is a battle for second place between Devin and I (dad has clinched 1st place). While Dad doesn’t need to even show - the purse is rather large for this final major and so he’ll be there.
We are hoping that next year we can add Brett, Dave, and Pete.
Anyway - this has been a lot of fun and something that keeps us interested. It turns our love of Golf into more of a competition…which Blodgetts just crave 
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