MAJ, Molinari, Manassero - The Sexiest Golf Video Ever

A Slow Week at the Omega European Masters is a four minute video brought to you by the European Tour... and as you will see, it takes SFW golf porn to a whole new level.

I fully realize that "sexy"... more than most things in life... is subjective. However, in this particular case I'm quite sure most will agree with my assessment.

After all, the leading man in this elegant court métrage is the only golfer I know of to be described as "resembling a porn star"... albeit a retired one. And his co-stars are both Italian. So OK, enough said about the cast.

The setting is nothing short of spectacular. It's filmed entirely on location at Switzerland's Golf-Club Crans-sur-Sierre ...against a breathtaking backdrop of snow-covered mountain peaks... where the sensual alpine sun casts shadows on voluptuous valleys and pleasing plateaus.

Admittedly there's not much of a narrative here, but let's face it, we don't watch this genre for clever dialog and complicated plot lines. We watch it for the awesomely implausible, slowmo golf swings... and in that department
A Slow Week at the Omega European Masters delivers. ~ Over and over again.

September 4, 2010 - Photo by Warren Little/Getty Images Europe

Like Fine Wines, European Golfers Improve With Age

On the European Tour today, 46 was the optimum age for winning. ...and it applied to the ladies as well as the lads.

in Crans-sur-Sierre, Switzerland, European Tour veteran Miguel Angel Jimenez took home the OMEGA European Masters, while LET icon Laura Davies captured the UNIQUA Open in Wiener Neustadt, Austria.

Both players have the kind of distinctive style and amazing talent that make them hugely popular with fans... and both are children of the early sixties. In fact they were born just three months apart. She on October 5, 1963 and he just 5 days into 1964.
Today both were challenged by players decades their junior.

The Spanish cigar aficionado, faced a back nine charge today from Edoardo Molinari. It narrowed his lead to one stroke, but MAJ prevailed to win by three, leaving Molinari with second. Another Italian youngster, 17-year-old Matteo Manassero, finished third ...and secured his 2011 European Tour card.

In Austria meanwhile, Ms. Davies entered the final round one stroke behind fellow Brit, Melissa Reid but tenaciously took the lead and held on despite difficult conditions and stiff competition. France's Virginie Lagoutte-Clement took second. Reid finished in a tie for third with Alison Walshe of the USA.

Laura Davies and Miguel Angel Jimenez undoubtedly inspired many yesterday, and like Jack Nicklaus who won the Masters in 1986 at... yes, age 46... they demonstrated that a golfer... male or female... can remain competitive well into their fourth decade.

A Teacher's Lament by Kalli Dakos

I’ve been retired from my elementary library position for six years. Before I worked as a school librarian, I was a classroom teacher for more than three decades. I stopped teaching a children's literature course at BU 1n 2008. Although I enjoyed my years teaching young children and college students, I have to say I love being retired! I can do whatever I want--whenever I want. I can blog, write poetry, go away on vacation, have lunch with friends when I choose to.

I thought Labor Day weekend would be a good time to post a poem about school—as many children will be heading back to class next Tuesday.

A Teacher’s Lament
by Kalli Dakos

Don’t tell me the cat ate your math sheet,
And your spelling words went down the drain,
And you couldn’t decipher your homework,
Because it was soaked in the rain.

Don’t tell me you slaved for hours
On the project that’s due today,
And you would have had it finished
If your snake hadn’t run away.

You can read the rest of the poem here.

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At Wild Rose Reader, I’m still in summer mode. I have an original poem titled Toasting Marshmallows.

Susan Taylor Brown has the Poetry Friday Roundup this week.

Maria Verchenova's Awesome Facebook Profile Photo

She's a professional golfer and a fashion designer. Her favorite golf course is in South Africa, and when it comes to cuisine she favors Italian.

Maria Verchenova is the epitome of a global golfer... and judging from her current facebook profile photo, she's pretty resourceful when if comes to air travel. Maria's got a fanpage too... and a website.

If you're very intrepid, you can try to keep up with her.

FASH DON'T ASK NO PERMISSION

always knew "Red Ford Radio" was like a total cat walk jam...never knew it could be this forward:
(P.S. I WANT FASH/FREEBIES)

VNFOLD - ISSUE III - LAST DAY PARADE BY CHRISTOPHER STARBODY from VNFOLD on Vimeo.

full story here:
http://www.prendaspublicas.com/2010/09/01/vnfold-issue-03-video/

Come to the Mid-Autumn Moon Family Festival!

Mark your calendars! I'm launching my book, Thanking the Moon:Celebrating the Mid-Autumn Moon Festival at the Mid-Autumn Moon Family Festival at the Museum of Chinese in America!!

Description:

Mooncakes, lanterns and the Jade Rabbit in the moon! Join MOCA for a day-long series of activities in celebration of the Mid-Autumn Moon Festival (中秋节), including storytellings, drop-in arts and crafts activities, gallery tours and lantern making workshops with special readings by Asian American children's book authors Grace Lin (that's me!!) & Lenore Look.

WHEN: September 19th, 12pm reading and signing (other activites will be going on all day from 10-5)

WHERE: Museum of Chinese in America, 215 Centre Street, New York, NY 10013

I hope to see you there! Please come!!

vacation

trying to hold onto the summer sun!

For the last ten days I've been on vacation! When you are a freelance author, vacations can be infrequent (just like how Libby said). Most of the time, my vacations are a mix of work and fun; places to help inspire my writing or illustrating. However, this vacation was planned for pure enjoyment, relaxation and fun. See:

Doesn't that look like pure fun? It was! Because that's me up there! Really! Here, we'll zoom up:


Because, I spent my vacation on the shores of North Carolina at Okracoke Island and Kitty Hawk and had a fun, fun time swimming, getting tan, looking for sea glass, and eating lots of bad (but delicious) things. We rented a house right on the beach. To live with the ocean as a daily companion was a new and magical experience for me. In the mornings I could watch the sunrise:


and at night I could see the moonlight on the water:


Even when it stormed, it was beautiful. A child was a bit careless with his large, clear beach ball and during a storm it was slowly washed out to sea. It looked like a giant bubble, delicately riding the waves:



There was something bittersweet and poetic about it. In fact, it gave me an idea for a book...ah! For freelance authors, there really is no such thing as a non-working vacation!