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I've enjoyed hitting the burner rescue 4H (22*) in the week or so I've had it. I can't speak for bridging yardage gaps, but it flies straight and it's really easy to control launch angle. I was enjoying hitting into the wind the other day and I can't really say that about any of my irons.

After I stopped laughing. Or do you mean they looked at me like that? 'Cause, yeah, everybody gave me the 'WTF' look... And I gave a 'WTF' look to the golf club...

The idiot mark on my 3-wood is special to me... It hit the ceiling of the covered range so hard it sounded like a gunshot. People ducked and covered.

If your location services work, like I was saying in my last post, I turn off the 3g and the wifi before my round to save power, so I don't see any reason you'd suffer with an original iPhone version... EDIT: I noticed you were talking about a different application (Golf Logix or somesuch? I can't speak for this one, I was referring to Golfshot GPS here...)

The iPhone version of Golfshot GPS is as accurate as anything I would ever need... Very intuitive, as well. Here's a tip: Try changing your iPhone settings before a round and turn off anything that you don't need for the next couple hours. You can do without 3G, bluetooth, and wireless, but leave `location services' on. Then, set your auto-timeout or auto-lock settings to "never." This way, your phone will stay awake and GPS will monitor your position even while you're not looking at it. It takes some getting used to not to click the lock button when you are setting the phone down, but it'll save you close to 10 seconds every time you want to check a distance. If you forgot to charge your iPhone last night, you might try turning the brightness down as well. Personally, I haven't had to do this... I do know that on my iPhone 3G, if I don't turn off the 3G network I'll run out of power before the end of the round. Hope that helps somebody...

The G30s are among the lenses that I had been considering. The Oakley site says they are for "flat to medium light" and that they "improve contrast...in blues and greens." Sounds like the right tint for those with ball-spotting problems . Kingfisher, is that what you use them for? What about when it is overcast? Do you wear them on cloudy days, too? I was a little worried when I read that the lenses block 70% of visible light. I'm noticing now there are Persimmon lenses which are probably better for overcast days (similar tint and improved contrast among blues but only block 30% visible light). For now I'll try the G30 variety, though; I can see the ball pretty well on cloudy days.

Caveat Emptor Looks highly suspicious if you ask me. No phone number? Site online for no more than a few weeks? No products information (all are listed as "New Oakley Sunglasses")? It looks like they set their products stock for each item at 1000, indicating an unlimited supply. It seems unlikely that they are "cleaning the stock" using such a method. Caveat Emptor

I don't really know how correctional facilities look, but if it's like TV he might be in better shape. Three square meals a day, an hour or two in the yard for some kind of cardio, and then they just lift weights the rest of the time, right? Top-tier athletes don't always operate like other humans. That kind of athleticism is written in his genetic code. Think about somebody like Willis McGahee- 99.5% of people won't heal from an injury like that. Ever. He still plays in the NFL. Saying that Vick was anything less than awesome makes it sound like you weren't watching him play. Rocket arm, fastest guy on the field, accurate thrower while on the run, not even a bad decision maker, just a little impatient and maybe a little anxious... People are wired differently, though, and what is as foreign to you and I as running a 4 second 40 was as foreign to him as our moral stance on dogfighting. The guy will get to resume his life, and he won't be spending his off time abusing animals lest we send him back to jail. As with any convict, his reintegration and lawfulness is our ultimate goal, right? I, for one, would like to see him play in St. Louis...

Although a lot of people complain about soccer players and their "diving," that's really a part of the game, yeah? On-ball tackling is constant, and if a legitimately spiked player gets up too fast, a lot of things that should happen don't have time to occur, e.g., opposing player gets a card, opposing team outs the ball to stop play, and probably most important- everybody gets a short rest. They say during the course of a match the players run some 8+ miles. As for Ronaldo, if he's running towards the goal with a defender to beat, he's not trying to take a dive. It's the defenders who chance it and aggressively try to dispossess -- better they reset and deal with a free kick than let him get into the box... It's a little like fouling a basketball player who is about to make a layup. Ronaldo doesn't really get any special treatment from the officials; he gets special treatment from the defenders because he is a threat. If the forward players don't make it clear when they're fouled, and penalties aren't enforced for misconduct, some of those brutish defenders will start to hand out injuries, albeit accidentally or even on purpose. Last thing, never forget that penalties are assessed for the very act of "diving." If there's no contact, or truly incidental contact, you'll see guys get carded for trying to fake it. Rivalrys, then? Cards versus Cubs - Before networks offered ALL the games, every night, people watched and listened to what was available. For about one-third of the US it was either Cardinals or Cubs. UNC versus Duke - Everybody has to take a side. When's the last time you asked somebody with any knowledge or care about sports to pick between these two and they said, eh, who cares? Celtic versus Rangers - People in the US apparently know about this one, even if they know nothing else about association football. Like, for example, they could pick out a Celtic FC Jersey but might think Glasgow is in Sweden...