03/18/10

My Money's on Woods

   I just placed a friendly wager on Tiger Woods finishing no worse than third place when he returns to golf at the Masters.  Frankly, I think Woods is the best pick to win the green jacket – his fifth –but that’s not a bet I’m willing to make .
     Not yet. If he’s leading after the third round, I’ll double down. 
     Woods couldn’t have picked a better venue for his comeback.  He is more intimately familiar with Augusta National’s layout than with any of his former mistresses. 
      All the distractions – the sex scandal and the status of his relationship with Elin – will cease once he tees off in the opening...

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12/01/09

Inside the Ropes With Tiger

    Frankly, I’m stunned by the media’s reaction to Tiger Woods’ driving mishap. Come on, have you seen this guy’s driving accuracy stats? He hits trees all the time! 
    My bad. I couldn’t resist that one.
    But that’s what you get when you pull hook your squeaky clean celebrity image into the deep rough and then tell everyone you “deserve” privacy. For years Woods has been able to keep inquiring minds – not the mention the National Enquirer – from getting inside his life because he never gave them any juicy tidbits to gnaw on.  He was a one-dimensional figure – Tiger Woods, professional golfer. He lived his life like he played golf, with him...

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11/17/09

The SunRail Slant

     You really have to wonder why the Orlando Sentinel is so blatantly biased in its reporting on SunRail. I can recall very few times when I have seen a mainstream daily paper produce such one-sided coverage of a controversial topic as the Sentinel has on the proposed 61-mile commuter rail system. 
    Cases in point:  The Sentinel ran two section-front “news” stories and a My Word op-ed column on SunRail on three consecutive days this month. The two news reports, on Nov. 11 and 13, were headlined “Legislators close to SunRail deal” and “Confident Dyer says SunRail approval near.” The earlier story began this way: “After two embarrassing defeats, the SunRail...

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09/02/09

10 Signs of the Apocalypse

10. I bought a Prius. I would rather have gotten the new Camaro, but I’m 52 and starting to get a conscience. So I caved and got a hybrid. My soon-to-be-16-year-old daughter thinks I’ll get over the conscience thing and give her the Prius. She’s only half right—I’ll trade it in on a Camaro.

9. Florida is losing population. And this is a bad thing?

8. Lightning struck and killed the fountain in Lake Eola. Believe me, that was a sign from God.

7. For a failing bank to get bailout money it only had to fill out a two-page form. Meanwhile, the federal government generated 36 pages of instructions and forms for participants to use in the “cash for clunkers” program.

6. Jennifer Aniston still can’t hold on to a man.

5. Neither Mayor Crotty nor...

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