What the hell, Tiger?  I understand that you have tons of money, fancy homes, and golf talent that I could only dream of.  But somehow you needed to cheat on your (hot) wife and mother of your children?  Really?  As my role model Abe Simpson would say…for shame!

Cheating on your wife is not manly.  It’s a simple black and white position.  There’s no gray area.  There are no exceptions to that rule.  It doesn’t matter if you’re rich or poor, if you’re a president or a peasant, or you’re handsome or ugly.  Men don’t cheat.

You, Tiger, are not a man.

So my last post was about a less-than-manly moment: seeing the New Moon movie.  My week-long vacation is over and now it’s time to get back into the blogging groove…

Even though I suffered through several unmanly things during my week off (the movie, clothes shopping, etc.), I did manage to fit in my annual Thanksgiving vacation manly activities.

1. Golfing with my buddy.  I love golf.  The problem is that I only play once a year.  As a result, my friend often says that I get the best value per swing.  Totally true.  I suck.  Anyway, we played 18 holes. I hit some long drives (275 was my longest) and made a couple decent puts, but my iron game was horrendous.  Frankly, I’ve never been good at that part of the game.  But, the day was fun and we grabbed a good lunch afterwards.   This is the second year in a row we’ve played golf during my week off.  If this pattern holds for 2010, I think it will officially qualify as a manly tradition.
2. Wings with the guys.  My friend and brother have had this tradition for years now.  Back in high school we used to get wings on a very regular basis, but then I moved away for college and career.  Ever since then, we make it a point to get wings whenever I’m in town.  We’ve been doing this now for probably close to 10 years. I enjoy it and my wife is glad she doesn’t have to get wings with me.
3. Board game with the crew.  My friends and I love to play xbox every Friday night.  One of the games we play is Ticket to Ride.  I missed the last two Fridays because of my trip.  However, last Friday we held an “offline” gaming session.  My brother and his wife, my friend, my wife, and I got together to play the Ticket to Ride board game.  My friend won, but it was still fun.  I think my wife enjoyed it.  Hopefully, we can try a board game again next year to see if we want to promote this to an annual tradition.  I would love to try playing the Settler’s of Catan board game…I’ve only played the xbox version.

Major thanks to my wife for being supportive of my manly activities when I’m on vacation.