10:00am shuttle to catch

Here I sit in my early morning flight to Atlanta, sipping my hot freshly brewed Airtran coffee and fresh from the bottle OJ. I hear this smoke ridden voice from behind me. I mean this women sounded like a career smoker, three packs a day for 50 plus years. She started smoking when RJ Reynolds was a little boy!
She kept say "I have a 10 o'clock shuttle I have to catch, a shuttle at 10." She must have repeated this 5 or 6 times in the spam of 5 long minutes. No body responded.
She stepped up the attack of words, in her best Ethel Merman voice after an all night bender in Old Vegas, when Sammy and the boys ran the show. "I have to catch this 10 o'clock shuttle or I'll get stuck on the 11" This time the entire row took notice and offered her the aisle set so she can make a mad dash for her 10 o'clock shuttle.
This cause the entire boarding process to screech to a sudden halt. This wasn't easy for some that had purchase their weekly allowance of sodium from Burger King and could wait to wrap their chubby fingers around that baconeggncheese sandwich. (I have enjoyed many of these) but I digress....
As five ppl moved to accommodate the new Marlboro man and the people standing in the aisle waiting I get to the rear of the plane, she belts out, "I have a 10 o'clock shuttle to catch." without missing a beat the burger king breakfast lady says, "WE KNOW!" She got the attention of all with in ear shot, the entire plane. The shuttle lady quick scrambled for her seat, jumping over everyone before this healthy sista decided to take matters into her own hands or hand, remember the other hand was firmly wrapped around the now moist Burger King sac.
There was no thank you or appreciating from the miss smoke 2011, just total quiet. You could only hear the smell of the breakfast in this women's bag and the broken breathing of damaged lungs. I haven't decided if I'm going to take my time getting off the plane, I have a 10am appointment at Cobb Galleria with the Metropolitan Cooking association....hmmmmm

Freddie Kong
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Viva Las 'johny' Vegas

This long knocking Venezuelan walks up to the bar and orders PGA Tour Win, 2nd time out the blocks? The bartender informs him that he will have to battle 144 other pros wanting the exact same thing. Vegas shrugs his shoulders and says, I want my win.....this is how it must of seemed in fantasy land. The reality is.....

The man with the coolest most appropriate name wins his 2nd start on the PGA Tour. Wins a cool million, gains instant fame and many sponsor dollars since he will be a fixture for the next two years.

Some might say that he played and one of easier tournaments of the year! Some might say he got lucky. And others will jump on the Johny Vegas band wagon. What eve the choice and what ever the words, JV is now a starter on the Varsity squad.

No miss marked balls on the green, no moving loose objects out of the way of a moving golf ball. Just 36 birdies against 9 bogies and the title is his For the next year. Those in his home country will celebrate, his father will beat his chest (as well he should) and talking heads will analyze his game inside And out. Nike will continue to sponsor winners and JV will have a hang over for the next week. Reality will set in once he puts a peg in the groud at Torrey Pines.

Harder courses, thinker air and a few heavy hitters in the field. Yes the BHC had some strong golfers but nothing like the Farmers will have. Vegas deserves all the spoils from winning and hope he takes advantage of them. But in order to be taken seriously he will have to stand and deliver when the best in the world are in the field.

I saw him win on the Nationwide and now the big show, he gets nervous down the stretch. H
One day that may fade, if it does...watch out because this kid will clean up. Great to see young talent come out swinging. I hope more rookies step up and make this one of the best seasons of my time on the PGA Tour.

Congrats to JV, aka Johny Vegas aka Tour star.....

Freddie Kong
321-662-9014
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Ten year run

Changing of the Gaurd

I believe they call this time, the midterm elections. A time for people to exercise their God given right to vote. A time for those that are frustrated to cast their opinions in the form of vote. Every president going back to Reagan has faced the midterm elections and their parties ave lost the power they once had in the senate and house.

Once again people will vote often and early. My fear is that those that voted for President Obama will not do the same for the democrats running in their districts and states. Which tells me that those that do not vote should not have voted two years ago.

Let me explain, if you voted for Obama two years ago, you wanted and have gotten change. Slow change but change none the less. If you do not vote now that change will come to a abrupt halt. More importantly you should not have voted two years ago because your vote was for the making of history. Putting our first Africa American into the white house. If you don't vote now you really are not looking for change you are just wanting to sit on the sidelines and bitch about the lack of change.

Cast a vote and give the president the tools to really affect change in our country. Or you can vote and take away any chance of change in our country. The right is yours, exercise your rights and vote one way or another but VOTE!

Before you cast that vote think about what will happen once you do, think four steps ahead, think logically not with emotion. Look past the talking heads and all of the negative ads and vote for this countries best chance to survive. We are all standing in the middle of the preverbal wooden plank bridge. It has has been a wild and uneasy ride thus far but the end of the bridge is closer than the beginning. Cast a vote and keep us moving toward the end of the bridge and all of the change the president spoke of. Give him the power to show us all that we can be better than we are and take back our spot on top.

Cast your vote, trust in the President and you will be surprised. Don't cast a vote and you can continue to bitch.

Freddie Kong
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Multiple Announcements

Haven't flown delta air in sometime. Now I remember why....over sold flights, pushy flight attendants, poor service and overhead bin police.

It is not the fault of the traveler that Delta over sold. It's not the fault of the traveler that delta charged per bag. But they sure treat us like that is the case!

You would think with all this extra money delta could but customer service training for all their employees! And mouthwash and deodorant for the maintenance crew. My lord as I am typing this a delta baggage handler just tried to melt the fibers in my poly blend button up with his ass breathe! My nose hairs are going to be kickn my ass the rest of the flight!

Anyway, back to the poor delta service. If you are allowed two carry on items and you have two, why do these grumpy people feel the need to f$ck with you. It just doesn't make sense. If you don't want to give great service go back to flipping burgers at Denny's. And please stop rushing people to their seats when your plane was late. I don't want to be rushed because you are trying to make back to your second job. Side bar....they just escorted a family off the plane because they were on the wring flight! How does that happen, training is needed!!!

Freddie Kong
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MCO the greatest people watching spot on the planet

Lost in the Woods

Some might say he should have looked to the heavens along time ago. Other will say and are saying that he is done. Yet others could care less. Me you ask? I say give the man a hug, look him in the eye and tell him to get his shit together. He owes nothing to any of his millions of fans. He owes everything to his family and friends and yet even more to himself. This is a man that has literally grown up in front of the public eye. He raised to be tough as nails with steel determination. The same qualities we loved so much about Mr. Woods when he was winning at a record pace, are the same qualities that people are claiming they hate.
He is holding steed fast to his privacy as much as he can. This determination, stubbornness, stupidity...what ever you want to call it is a direct result of the soul his parents help to mold. TW does know how to just BE. He has been everything to so many that he has never taken time to be or do for himself. Of course everything we think about the man is pure speculation and conjecture. Those that love him feel they have the answer for his life. Those that hate him feel that he is getting his just deserts. Anyone that has ever done wrong on a moral level and never been forgiven please raise your hand so that you be counted. Everyone deserves a second chance, except for certain types of criminals that hurt little kids!! I will never waiver on that feeling!!!
TW brought joy to every golfer's household. His fans loved to watch as he carved his way around the numerous golfing layouts in America and abroad. His haters loved to watch their favorites fall at Tiger's feet. This would allow them to bash him the next day while on the job at UPS stacking boxes. Either way Tiger affected everyone that watched him.
He brought more people to the game than any other golfer or person in history. Yes there are many great golfers and many legends in the game but none have ever had the pull on the game as Tiger has. Golf will survive without him, I do believe. But only if these young kids continue to win and it produces some true characters on tour. But if we go back to the straight laced CC golfers, it will fall apart.
The good news is that we will not have to see that for a while. Tiger will get it together and begin to win again. 2010 will be a thing of the past. He will move on and break records and hopefully he will be greater as man than he ever was as a golfer. He owes that to himself and no one else!
Once he figures that out he will be a better person which should make him an even better golfer. I'll cheer for him all day long, as well as the young guns coming on the scene, because I am a fan of golf and you should do the same.