Thumbs down to Nancy Grace

This will be a quick post just because I'm mad. Nancy Grace recently interviewed Elizabeth Smart, the Utah girl who was kidnapped from her room when she was 14. Smart did the interview to help push through a bill to stop child molesters, and Nancy couldn't stop talking about the abduction. She seemed to be digging for some juicy tidbit that hadn't been released yet. She even asks the completely stupid question, "how did you see out of that burqua?" Yuck!

Crooks and Liars has the transcript and the video.

The worst moment of all is when Elizabeth tells Grace that she wants to talk about the bill and not her abduction and Grace snaps back, "I thought that you would speak for other victims." Please, Nancy, that's what she was there to do, and you didn't have the brains or the sense to let her do it. Two thumbs, waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay down!

Cheers,
Jeff

What a great little course!

Picture from Webshots


This wonderful little picture is taken from the tee box of the second hole at Millsite Golf Course in Ferron, Utah. As you can see, it's quite an intimidating shot over a canyon to a narrow fairway. It would be an amazing hole on any course, but it's just one of many stunning holes at Millsite--one of Utah's best kept secrets.

Millsite is a 9-hole course in central Utah set close to Millsite Reservoir. It's narrow, challenging, and beautiful. It's the type of course that can eat up a scratch golfer and yield some birdies to higher handicaps. There is trouble everywhere, but scoring opportunities as well. It's my home course, and I love it.

To show you the intrigue of Millsite, I'll show you a hole-by-hole breakdown of my score today. I'm an eight handicap, and I played well today. Check these scores out:

Hole #1 (404 yards, par 4): 4
Hole #2 (274 yards, par 4): 5, bogey
Hole #3 (606 yards, par 5): 5
Hole #4 (396 yards, par 4): 3, birdie
Hole #5 (164 yards, par 3): 3
Hole #6 (489 yards, par 5): 9, quadruple bogey
Hole #7 (213 yards, par 3): 6, triple bogey (#7 is Millsite's signature hole. It was rated the 16th toughest hole in Utah.)
Hole #8 (306 yards, par 4): 4
Hole #9 (350 yards, par 4): 3, birdie
Total (par 36): 42

I'm posting this round because it is typical of Millsite. I played 7 holes at 1-under par, but I was 7-over on the other 2 holes. I hit two bad shots all day, and they cost me 7 strokes. That's the beauty of Millsite.

There is a great slideshow of the course and the surrounding area here.

Cheers,
Jeff