Not bad!

The cheap gas prices have got me excited... forgive me.

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Boyd came to basketball practice tonight and failed miserably. He'll be banned from practice for a few weeks, at least. Maybe he was tired. Maybe he needs a new direction. Something.

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Evey is off school for Christmas break, and enjoying her time off. I can already tell it's going to be hard for her to return in a week...

Question: is it OK for an 8-year-old to watch "High School Musical"? It's rated G, but... it's called High School Musical.

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Oklahoma and Texas got stomped today in bowl games/college fooftball. But still, the most bizarre loss goes to K-State basketball against Southern Texas University. A perfect storm of follies. Interesting to watch.

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Adrianne made a funny recently.

I can't time it like she did, but her and Evey were griping about Boyd and me. We're too stinky, ornery, something.

Then Snickers jumped on my lap. Boyd was also sitting on my lap. The three boys sat there, pretending to be triumphant.

Adrianne scowled in our direction. "Evey... we live on the island of misfit boys!"  

Santa's cookies and milk

The kids, with the cookies and milk they set out for Santa on Christmas Eve.

Frenemies

Big dogs, big guns

A few pics from my recent trip to Cleveland... one of a big dog, another of some big guns...

The dog, Rambo, belongs to my coworker Ryan. The guns belong to Moustafa Ismail, Guinness Book of World Record holder for largest arms in the world. Moustafa was my Uber driver on a trip while in CLE.

Crazy, huh?

From October of this year

Hey Santa, check out my big girl donating her time to make meals for the needy!

Our big boy

From November of this year… Boyd working away on the computer at Memow's…

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So how big is our "big boy"?

Not so big, as of today. Fairly average, actually... unlike his Sissy, who is a giant, according to the growth charts.

This, from an email Adrianne sent me in early October:

I just got back from Boydee’s three year checkup and the doctor said he was perfect!
Surprisingly, he’s only 43% in weight and 46% in height. I think that’s completely normal and right on track from where he’s been all along – I just thought he was BIG and tall like Evey.

The doctor did say he looked just like Evey.

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For the record, I still think he has a huge noggin, and on occasion, he does wear a size XXXL from the jerk store...

But apparently the doctors don't quantify that yet -- they're  polite.

Class of 96 represents for T.J.

Lervik's mom passed away last week... Age 61. That's awful, and I don't have the words.

But if there is anything that made me smile, it is the fact that Mrs. Lervik raised a son (Thomas, center) who is thought of so highly by his friends, that a group this large shows up to show their support.

What a compliment to a guy. Glad I could be there for my friend.

How could these two ever frustrate a guy?

Long, busy day at work today. Trying to get a lot done in a little time. Jamming, you know?

Evey comes home with homework, which rarely happens. It makes her paranoid. She'll nag me until it's done... But I have to go back to work.

Finally, 445, I clock out to help her. The subject is 'reflective pronouns' or some BS, words like 'ourselves' and 'myself.'

It takes all of 15 minutes to read through it... But I was so mentally tired, I actually fell asleep during the middle of homework! It also helped that the topic was mundane, but... Had Evey been less interested, I could have slept through basketball practice! And I'm the coach! Yikes.

Now I want to go to bed, and I can't! I need Evey's homework to knock me out, I guess...

Boydee with Santa

One strange standoff

This is one of those photos that begs for a photo caption contest. So, if any follower of Evey and Boyd's blog is brave enough... BOLD enough... submit a caption. I'll even give away a prize: a hat, or some souvenir, from the next golf course I visit. Really!

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Evey had a great birthday weekend. It started off with me returning home from a week in Orlando (she was happy to see me, OK?), then a sleep-over birthday party at Khali's, followed by her own birthday party on Sunday.

Evey was thrilled to receive a pair of roller skates from her friend Khali, and a NextBook from her Noni, and a bunch of other cool gifts from everyone else (full disclosure: I went downstairs and watched football during the gift-giving part). She's a good girl; I'm glad we celebrated her birthday to her satisfaction. (She's always satisfied with her birthday... but I think this year she was really happy to have so many friends over here at her house.)

Attendees, L to R: Sadie, Evey, Marina, Adira, Khali and Amelia... with Boyd.

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Got a nice compliment from Khali's dad. After I went to pick up Evey from that sleep-over, as we were leaving, he told me, "Evey is always the most polite."

That makes my day.

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I just got back from the Golfdom Summit, and it was another career highlight. I had 45 golf course superintendents from around the country there as my guest... another 25 or so sponsor attendees... and my staff of about seven.

Doug Ferguson, head golf writer for the Associated Press, was my keynote speaker... and he killed it. Treated the event like what it is -- a true "insider's only" event and told a few stories meant for a small, non-media crowd. Also hung out for a little with our group after the event, telling a few more stories.

The best part for me was being on the microphone, introducing the speakers, making the occasional joke. As well as the nice things the attendees said to me, including one guy asking to take his photo with me. It seems like things are coming together at Golfdom -- four years into it, people are starting to know my name and recognize the work I'm doing. And that re-energizes me.

I remember four years ago, when I first accepted the job, I was so excited that I just wanted to not get hit by a bus for two weeks, so I could survive lone enough to actually sit in that chair.

Four years later, I've been in that chair for 1400+ days, and sometimes it wears me out. But events like this one remind me of the excitement I had in those first days... got to maintain that feeling.

One inspirational message I have written to myself reads: What do you want Golfdom to be today? As a journalist, if you have the opportunity to answer that question, that's awesome... I've got to take full advantage.

Happy 8th birthday!

My big girl is 8 today! Love you Sis!

Boyd is slap-happy

Picture of a picture

I wonder how my friends are doing in Indiana? I need to make a phone call up that way.

This photo is of (L to R) Bea, me, Dad, Mom, Gauge and Marilyn, taken in Wheatfield, Ind. Gauge is 12 now, so this photo is about 11 years old. That T-shirt I'm wearing was stolen at a Pearl Jam concert in 2003, right after Wake died. It was a Black Belt Jones T-shirt, too... don't see those everyday.

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I was a lot skinnier and had darker hair back then. But, good news... an update on my weight loss challenge... I managed to lose about 25 pounds when I went on my diet. That's more than I was shooting for. Now I just want to maintain it for a while.

With Thanksgiving coming up, we'll see how it goes. I love me some green bean casserole and stuffing!

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Had a dream about Dad, Mom, Evey and I last night. It involved a fire, and me trying to put out the fire.

Ominous dreams give me the creeps.

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So Ferguson is on fire tonight. I like Adrianne's question: Why the hell did they announce this at 9 p.m.?

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Got Foo Fighter tix on Saturday. That was unexpected fun.

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Turkey? Turkey! Turkey.

Evey missed me!

The sign she made me after a week on the road...

HAAAA-yaaaaaaahhhh!!!!

Introducing... Snickers!

The Jones family has a dog!

We have had Snickers, a 9-year-old Dachshund, for more than a month now. We adopted him from a family who lives nearby. They didn't feel like they could give him the attention he deserves because they had a new baby.

Snick has fit in well with our family. He's nervous in general, and also a little clingy to me and Evey.

But he loves our family, he likes his new back yard, and he appreciates the walks we try to take him on daily.

The carousel in front of the Antique Mall

Taken a couple weeks ago. Worth the 50 cents, actually.

Evey digs comics

For the past couple days, Evey has been reading and re-reading this comic. She also learned today what a 'cliffhanger' means, as well as the definition of 'pediatrician.'

I also showed her where all my long boxes are. She thought my entire collection was in my spinner rack (pictured behind Evey.) She didn't know about my other 3,000!

Gave her a Justice League Adventures comic this evening... Hope she continues to find interest in these little pieces of American art...

Good lookin' family

I'm fortunate to have such a good looking family. Plus, they're awesome people.

Even Boyd.

Boydee looks like Peter Parker here, doesn't he?

Captain And America

Tres Mexicanas con los dos ninos

Just showed this photo to Adrianne.

"Awwww... She looks cute, and he looks ornery!"

"She is, and he is!"

Cheers, Royals

Brought Dad

To Game 6 of the World Series!

Yard is dialed in!

A collaboration of Adro's green thumb, Ryan Lawncare's applications and my meticulous mowing!

Great job, team! Let's put it to bed for the winter!

The weekend's over, Royals need a W

It was a good weekend here for the Joneses... it went by too fast, but we had fun, and got some stuff done.

The above photo is from Boyd's 3rd birthday party a few weekends ago. I need to post a bunch more, but for now, this one will do.

Game 1 of the World Series was cool, woulda been a lot cooler if it was a close game though. Neuty went with me. Was happy to take a lifelong Royals fan, and more important a great friend, along.

Was in Louisville this week for a few days. A good trip. Heard some really great comments on my magazine. People are paying attention, and that's great.

The dog is doing well. I still need to tell you that story.

But right now World Series Game 5 has me wore out... I'm headed to bed!

Seth's got tix!

To Game 1!

Thanks to Adro for letting me go to the World Series on our 8th wedding anniversary!

Another item off the sports bucket list:

1. Final Four (2003)
2. The Masters (2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014)
3. U.S. Open (2007, 2011, 2013, 2014)
4. World Series (2014)
5. NBA Finals
6. Super Bowl

I'm freaking out about Game 1... it's gonna be AWESOME!

Possible Halloween costume for Boyd?

Boydee as Alan Weibel?

Boyd is getting used to opening presents!

His 3rd birthday is turning into a 2-week event!

Don't people know that this boy is a stinker?!?

Happy 3rd birthday, Boydee!

There is a lot to report from the last few days... Once I get out from under this Golfdom deadline, I will!

In the meantime... Happy 3rd birthday, Boydee!

Snickers?

A great candy bar, sure but... Man's best friend?

Omaha

Somewhere in middle America....

Oktoberfest with my sweetie!

Halloween sneak preview

The Amazing Spider-Kids!

Boydee-size sink at IKEA

Evey and Daddy's annual KU football excursion

Thanks to Evey for humoring me... We paid $20 to get in, and left midway through the 2nd quarter to play games at Rick's...

On assignment in Wisconsin

Weekend that was

Does this look like a devil to you?

We were at the Monarch watch place on west campus on Saturday... it was cool that morning so Boyd was wearing his Spider-Man stocking cap. An older lady saw Boyd and said, "Look at that boy! He's wearing a devil mask!"

I said, "It's a Spider-Man mask!"

"Oh," she said.

But then I said, "But a devil mask wouldn't be too inappropriate for him."

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Great weekend here. Highlights include the Monarch event; Royals game for Neuty and me; watching a ton of sports; taking the day off on Friday; golfing 9 holes at Eagle Bend; lunch with Adro at 23rd St. Brewery; some good bargains at Love Garden; mowing and the yard looking AWESOME; Evey's room getting cleaned and looking AWESOME; hanging with Judy Saturday; getting a ton of laundry done; getting in 6 miles over the weekend; seeing 213.5 on the scale.

Lowlights include Boydee being occasionally stinky; Adro and I being occasionally grumpy; and the funky smell in the garage.

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Picture day is tomorrow! Evey, smile big!

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The kids have two Monarchs in cocoons in the house. They should be coming out soon. It's pretty cool... you can see the butterfly all rolled up in the one.

I don't love the butterfly event because parking is crazy, the hallways are too narrow, too many rugrats running around, etc. But I brought a book along and was mostly OK.

But it was nice that the family all did something together. And like I said, the cocoons are cool.

   

A mustachioed Boydee

Ninja Warrior vs. Dr. Solar

I just won Royals tickets off Channel 6 News! Whoo-hoo!

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Bought a couple Dr. Solar comics off eBay. Four issue, # 10, # 20, # 23 and # 26... all from the late 1960s. Mine for the low, low price of $15.

eBay is awesome. They're reader copies, the best one is in VG condition.

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Evey has been doing great at school. I think she went on a run of 5 consecutive days of "off the charts" good behavior. I'm starting to think she might be Mr. Powers' favorite.

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Adro's car has a funky smell to it. Probably something Boydee stashed in the car.

Adro was asking Boyd if he knew what it was.

"Mom, I think it's just some stinky fumes," he said.

He turns three next month.

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Can you believe this cold snap? Twenty degrees below the average temperature. What a strange weather year.

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I've been trying to get into better shape lately. Been trying to eat right, and working out a little. I ran 10 miles last week, and I've ran 6 miles this week. Lifting weights intermittently, too. I've lost 5 pounds so far.

If I could lose another 5 or 10, I'd be thrilled. Started out at 222, currently 217.

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Caught the Chevelle concert on Tuesday night with Joe and his buddy Scott. Good times. At the Uptown Theater.

Last time I saw them was over ten years ago. I know this because I was with my friend John Wake, who has been dead for... 11 years now?

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Had a dream about my Dad last night. I was carrying luggage into a hotel room, or something. The best par tof the dream was, when he walked in, I just walked over and gave him a big ol' hug. The rest of the dream was random BS, but that part was cool. 

Touring the parks of Eudora

Three parks down... How many more to go?

Happy birthday!

Boyd and Sylvia, Labor Day 2014

It's Monday night. Three-day weekends truly have become one of my favorite things. And that's coming from a guy who works from home. I can imagine how you feel!

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Sylvia and Boydee, taken today at Rod and Lupe's place. Sylvia is 6 months old. Boyd, 2 years, 11 months. Sylvia is Rosalina and Brent's little girl.

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Tomorrow is Adro's birthday. Wish her well, if you see her. Tell her Seth sent ya'.

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My unbridled energy continues. I swam for a few hours with Boyd. Hung out at Jessica's. That doesn't sound like much, but trust me — it was a BUSY DAY.

Yet I went back to work tonight and edited/proofed 5 pages of the magazine.

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Here is your shocking stat of the day: In August of 2014, Especially Evey (But Also Boydee) had 1,000 hits. That's shocking to me. I really thought it was down to just Adrianne, Damon and I at this point. But apparently there are still some of you out there. Thanks for reading! Sorry for the occasional swearing and drunk blogging.

I wonder how much of it is random web surfing from people who have no idea who we are and stumble here, somehow. I really do wish I knew who everyone is who knows of this site. Why? It would stroke my ego.

I've been a professional writer/editor for 17 years now, but it still tickles me that someone besides my mom would read my stuff.

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On that note, check out the new issue of Kansas magazine, where I have a fun little article.

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And please do click over to Golfdom, on a regular basis. And Athletic Turf.

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Then there's this. I had fun!



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The big news of the weekend, I think, is the massive leap Boyd took in swimming. Judy took him to swimming lessons this year, and it shows. But on Saturday, Boyd was pretty much a bobber in the water, and you had to try to convince him to paddle. Today (Monday)? It was like he had two rudders underwater... he puttered all over the pool!

He also enjoys diving in feet-first off the diving board. That impresses Rod. It does show some guts, I guess. But at the same time, it's one small step.

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I should mention that this weekend was notable because Adrianne found inspiration to buy me some new clothes. Suddenly, I'm not such a slob. New shoes, new shorts, new shirts... thank you Adro! Sorry I hate shopping for clothes for myself. But, as I've told you before... you keep me farting in cotton. Like right now.

(Also, apologies for fart jokes. That might have been the first one, though.)

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Happy birthday, Adrianne! I love you.

I'm blogging on Saturday night, tired. UPDATE: I'm pro-duct-ive

This is the Labor Day weekend of pro-duct-ivity so far... don't know why, exactly, but digging it.

Friday Adro got off work a little early. Despite my office closing at 3 p.m. EST, the Eudora office stayed open until 4:30 p.m. CST. Adrianne and Boyd arrived, Evey and I were unprepared. We quickly got ready and hit the door.

Dinner? Yeah, dinner. Somewhere fancy, right?

Well, I stayed at the Ritz-Carlton Dove Mountain all week. Walked out of there with a $1K+ folio. Felt like taking it a little easy. How about Wendy's? Yeah. At the Legends. Good food, friendly older couple sat beside us and chit-chatted with us (reminded me a little of my Dad... told me to take the kids to Omaha for their air museum, zoo, etc.), and all for the low, low price of $13.

Next stop, Nebraska Furniture Mart. Wife did all the research. Found the new KING SIZE bed we wanted. Bought it. Thank you, we're gone.

Did not get the poker table I want, but it's in the works.

As we're heading towards the door, we're questioning... are these windows tinted, or is something Biblical heading this way?

Then, a lightning strike. Uh-oh.

Hauled ass to the Tucson. Intermittent rain the whole way home. Loved the way the new tires handled on the Tucson. Drive was a breeze, really. Evey, a little freaked out.

I get home, still more energy in the tank. Not sure why. I start cleaning the kitchen. Suddenly, I hear Evey screaming, "Get it off, get it off!"

I run into the living room. My little angel has one of those commons house spiders -- I don't think they bite -- on her leg. Harmless, but big and hairy, to a 7-year old. (In reality, the spider was smaller than my pinky fingernail.) I grab it, squish it a little, lose it, it falls between her legs again. I rebound it, and then smash the mutha &*#$@&'in shit out of it right in front of her. Evey is FREAKED OUT. But good wins over evil. Adrianne is holding her at this point. Evey asks if the spider is dead. I laugh. Apparently she didn't watch me annihilate it.

Typically, I hate killing things. I toe'd a grasshopper 10 times to get it out of the garage the other day. We're all God's creatures, I figure.

Freak out my daughter? You're DEAD.

Everyone goes to bed. I stay up late and continue to watch The Godfather 2... my first viewing.

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INTERMISSION: three hours have passed (in blog time)... a few more beers consumed.

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Saturday...

Adro makes the kids pancakes because Boyd has been demanding pancakes lately. Usually I make breakfast (and usually it's breakfast burritos) but I refuse to make pancakes (I think they're an awful, awful breakfast food) so this throws off the usual routine of Saturday mornings a bit. But the Joneses... they persevere.

On a typical weekend, while waiting for Adro to finish getting ready, I sit there and watch SportsCenter. Not this weekend, no, my friend. This weekend? I took Boyd and Eve outside, and started cleaning the garage.

BJ and Evey played Shinobi while I cleaned the garage and Rain-X'ed the windows on both vehicles.

See what I'm saying about pro-duct-ivity? And it's only Saturday morning!

Head to Lawrence. Stop by the animal shelter, apparently they don't open until 11:30 a.m. on Saturday mornings. We are looking to obtain a dog, once we meet the right little guy.

On to the barber shop. Adro drops the kids and I off. The place is packed, so we go shopping instead. We went shopping for Adro's birthday presents. The kids both picked out their own gifts for their mom. I got Adro a C-note to take to the casino. Good times.

Finally, the barber shop, where Boyd and I got cuts. Mediocre ones, at best. C'est la vie.

Adro came to pick us up. Back to the shelter. We didn't meet Mr. Right. The hunt continues.

From there, late lunch at McDonald's. We're apparently visiting every major fast food place this weekend. It was OK.

Then, on to Lupe and Rod's, where we swam for a few hours. Swimming at their place has become a favorite weekend activity, because their pool is awesome, private, and not-too-far. I pound a few beers, Evey does a few cannonballs, Boyd does a few belly-flops. We get to see the Vignerys and their baby Sylvia, who is a favorite of Evey's.

Finally, the drive home. Saturday is winding down.

(This post has become a brutal blow-by-blow. But I can't stop now.)

I pull into the house at 7:30. Enough time to mow the front yard? WHY NOT???

So I get into it. It's the weekend of pro-duct-ivity, right? Then, inspiration strikes. I decide to run-mow the backyard. Got it all done. Sweating profusely.

Come inside. Kids go to bed fairly early. Thinking about doing the same thing. Tired.

Instead? Blog. Make jukebox note cards. Look through old comics, searching for Marvel Super Heroes # 18. Stay up until 2 a.m. (Don't find Marvel Super Heroes # 18. Pissed.)

It is the weekend of pro-duct-ivity.

Until tomorrow.

Welcome back, Evey

Here is another pic of Evey and Boyd on Evey's first day of 2nd grade.

I still have the photos we took on the back porch to post... we've taken that photo (Adro and I) with both kids the last three years in a row... a tradition I hope to continue. So we can compare how the kids (and my face and belly) grew over the last year.

Evey is enjoying 2nd grade. I introduced myself to Mr. Powers when I picked her up today, and he told me Evey was a real pleasure to have in class, and he was happy that she was "off the charts" (the best level on their daily behavior chart) today.

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I've been issued the ice bucket challenge by Lervik. I'm going to go complete the task tomorrow at Lawrence CC, with my bud Bill Irving. I'm looking forward to it, it looks like fun.

I haven't been able to complete the task in 24 hours, but that's because I was in southern Pennsylvania on business most of this week. But I'm back now.

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Speaking of business trips, looking at the calendar, I've been on 16 business trips this year, for a rate of two a month. But I only took one in both March and April, so that's why it feels like much more than that.

Upcoming trips include Tucson, Sheboygan, Louisville (again) and Orlando (again).

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I spent the last few days at Nemacolin Woodlands Resort in Pennsyvlania. Beautiful country, nice resort.

It was a North Coast Meeting, first all the editor-in-chiefs of the six different pubs owned by NCM, then a EIC/publisher meeting.

It was cool, and fun to hang out with my counterparts of the different magazines. Interestingly to me, I had this feeling that I belonged, but also a feeling of respect and admiration for the other editors in the room. Age-wise, I was right in the middle: three older than me, two younger than me.

But no one would argue that I possessed the best hair.

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Jayhawks West Fantasy Football Draft is this Saturday. We've got nine of the 10 guys confirmed for the draft. Do me a favor and don't call early on Sunday morning... I'm anticipating a level-three hangover.

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Not sure if you saw this video, but it's an interview I did for Golfdom at the recent PGA Championship. Actually, I don't expect you to care, but I'm posting it here just to have it in the blog. You can view more Golfdom TV videos here: https://www.youtube.com/user/GolfdomVideo 

Back to school... Almost

Evey wasn't the only one excited for her first day of school... so was her brother Bubba!

He helped walk Evey to her class. Even packed his own lunch, just in case.

We thought he might get mad when it was time to leave Evey at school, but he was fine with it. He was ready to bounce.

But in just a few years, Boydee... you'll be heading to school too!

Jones Family

Love 'em.

WB in town

WB and I at Louise's West on Friday night.

Great to see my college roommate and my best man at my wedding, Will Baxter, back in Lawrence for a few days.

WB lives in Bangkok, so I'm lucky if I get to see him once a year.

I was flattered that this year, he booked two days in Eudora to hang out with me. Considering his other U.S. stops were to see his brother in Chicago and his mother and oldest brother in Austin, I thought that was pretty cool that he made time before flying back over to stop here for a bit, and just hang with me and see my family.

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We started off the journey with a trip to Funky Monkey in Eudora. Sadly, FM is going out of business. How can I tell? Well, the first sign is pretty common: cash only. The other signs are more rare: all the booths had been sold off, leaving only tables and chairs... all the taps were empty, leaving only bottled beer... all the TVs were off, meaning cable has been cancelled... and 100% of the staff were either no-shows or new hires, meaning the regular staff had already seen the writing on the wall.

Too bad. We enjoyed the place, though it didn't last very long.

From FM to Rick's, where Willy and I only had a few beers, but managed to play all the bar sports. In a controversial ending, Will tried to declare overall victory, despite the last game of shuffleboard ending before all the pucks could be thrown. On to Red Lyon, where we played darts (WB beat me fair and square there.) On to home, where we played Texas Hold 'Em and drank tequila into the wee hours of the night. And yes, I did take all of WB's baht (Thai cash) that night. It's probably worth $5, total.

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Friday morning we ventured on to the golf course (Eagle Bend), at 9:30 a.m., despite my inability to concentrate, speak or walk from all the tequila the night before. Ande Parks met us out for golf. We walked 18, walking a total of 6.5 miles, according to Ande's iPhone app.

Golf was awesome -- a great day, weather-wise, to be on the course. And a good cure for a hangover. Also, I hit some really nice shots. The game is coming together.

From there, lunch at 23rd Street, then a much-needed nap.

WB, Arnett, Jones... at Rick's.

On to Rick's, to meet Arnett. Then we went to Rick's actual house, to see how he was recovering from his brain surgery (progressing nicely, it seems.) Then Louise's West (pictured) for $2 schooners and for old time's sake.

From there, Johnny's, where both Copy Jesus (Eric B.) and Ted (Ted) stopped by to say hello. A few other friends were missing, apparently the victims of "the dog house," whatever that is. Beers and pizza there before heading BACK to West and Rick's, telling some old stories, the bullshit meter reaching peak bullshit, and then closing it down.

Left the bars in fine enough shape to get back to Eudora, Kan., where I then took WB down in another game of Hold 'Em, earning me another 2,000 baht (approximately $3). Then, sleepy time.

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WB and I watched the kids in the morning so Adro could garden on what turned out to be a SPECTACULAR weather weekend. Then Boyd and I took WB back to el aeropuerto.

BJ fell asleep pretty fast into the car ride. He was a little dismayed that Will was gone when he awoke, especially after declaring that Will was his "best friend" that morning. (Boyd has many best friends, it seems. Or, maybe, his 2-year-old brain doesn't quite grasp the concept yet.)

All in all, a fun weekend with WB. I look forward to his next visit. And I thank Adro for

WB and I at Red Lyon. My T-shirt, btw, is a  LeBron James/CLE shirt.

understanding that the guy literally flew around the globe... might as well take him out for a few cold ones!