Why Not Jack?

It's pretty much official now that I'm a weekend blogger.  When I get home at night, I just don't feel like being on the computer.  Next week, I'll be on business travel all week, and then we'll be outta town for the weekend, so I might get one more blog in before a pretty long hiatus by my standards.  Though, if my energy level allows, I may blog while I'm on my trip.

Anyway, this blog is not about my lack of blogging.  This blog is about the pick of Tiger Woods to be on the US President's Cup team.  Fred Couples, the team captain, said that Tiger is the best player forever and had to be picked.  I hate to disagree with Fred Couples...he's a likable guy, but he's flat out wrong with this pick.  Tiger is not the Tiger of old...Tiger isn't even in the top 15 Americans right now.  I could name off at least 15 Americans that I'd rather have on the team before I get to Tiger.  In his last 2 events, he finished T-37th and missed the cut...those finishes coming off 4 months off due to injury.

But, if I use Couples' logic, then why not take Jack Nicklaus for the team.  Sure, he's in his 70's now and can't play anywhere near how he used to play, but Jack Nicklaus has more career wins than Tiger Woods and more career majors.  Jack is obviously the greatest player ever, so shouldn't he be on the team too? 

I wish I could take credit for that one, but a friend at work made that point last week.  I thought it was great, so I used it.  This pick doesn't make any sense to me, and it's not just because I'm not a Tiger fan.  I enjoy the President's Cup and I'd like to see America win.  I believe that to do that, we need our current 12 best players on the team...not our 12 best of all time.

Another of the Things That Make Me Go Hmmm...

Last night, my wife and I watched the movie "Tristan and Isolde", which was billed to me as a love story with sword fighting and battles and such.  Well, it's not...it's a star-crossed love story with a few moments of action, followed by long moments of heartache and sorrow.  I only rate it 2 stars, because I'm a happily-ever-after kind of guy.

This got me wondering...why do people like to watch movies and read stories that end poorly?  Why do we want to end up sad or scared or both?  I've never been a fan of movies that have sad endings, and I'm also not a fan of horror movies, and frankly, I don't understand people who are.  If I'm going to invest 2 hours of my time into something, I'd rather laugh than cry, and I'd rather my heart start pumping because of action as opposed to something scary.

This is another blog without any real point, other than to wonder in writing about things that I think are weird about other people.  I guess to each his own.  I'll stick with my over the top action films and sappy happily-ever-after stories, and the crazies out there can watch their horror films and shows with sad endings.