My First Time ... Golfing. Jeez. Clean Up Your Thoughts
Home. True fact: I am afraid of trying new things. This will surprise my wife and pretty much everybody who thinks I'm a wild and out-there trier of new things. Gastronomically, that is correct. Otherwise, not so much. Skiing didn't start until 25. I was in Utah and friends and family were coming to visit. They all wanted to go skiing. I wasn't going to NOT go skiing, so I had to learn. I fell in love with it on my first day, in the worst-possible conditions. Cliff diving was new. I've never jumped into water from more than 20 feet. That changed yesterday . Maybe it's a normal part of the human condition. We don't like to try new things. Or we don't always like to try new things. Which is why sometimes we need a shove. My push comes from T-Dubs, who doesn't get nearly enough credit for getting me to try new things. That's why tomorrow I will be a member at the Nonesuch Golf Club (named, of course, for the scenic Nonesuch River, which I'm guessing...