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    More than Flowers and Fish Head Fake! My last my post, which I considered the best thing I've ever written (not  a high bar  I suppose )  was apparently kinda heavy for some folks. It wasn't intended it that way, I thought of it as a general reflection about life in modern America (which, I agree is kind of a downer today.)  Nonetheless, I vowed then that I would deliver a more positive post this time and t rue to my word, I am - here is an upbeat ode to the upcoming month of May.   Well, sort of about May. Okay, it's mostly about golf. I thought saying  it's about May might lure in more "Unfortunates" (what we in the vast golf community call non-golfers.) I am confident  that when I show  the intimate details of golf to  those who are uneducated in the game, they will gain a whole new, positive appreciation for the Sport of the Gods.   Prepare to be impressed! It does start with May. May is a wonderful month. It glides c...

AI assisted (minimally) . . . Until it Doesn't - Pt II American Tectonics   I  started this post last year  about this  time.  In fact, even before Pt I and  I have been working on it ever since with many changes and updates. I was also wise enough to run it past my two very smart daughters who gave me some invaluable insights into the many things about which I was (and am) ignorant.  As with Part I, this does not cover anything that has happened since the election. That would require months more of revisions.  I hope you find it worth your valuable time. Geologists tell us that over 200 million years ago the earth’s continents were all bunched together making a single huge one they named Pangea. Then over time violent forces pulled this large landmass apart into the world we see today. It occurs to me that there is a litany of forces at work today trying to pull our American Pangea apart .  A good place to start is identifying some those co...