New Species of Frog Discovered

This is just a regular old leopard frog.

This doesn't sound like a big deal at first. I mean, it'll just be another random little tropical frog that no one will ever see, right? Well, no. It's nothing special either, it doesn't spit acid from its eyeballs or hunt birds or something spectacular, it's just another frog. So, why write about it? Well, this new species of frog is called the Atlantic Coast leopard frog, and it resides in one of the biggest cities on Earth: New York City. It is remarkable how even in the most dense urban areas, we can still manage to discover new species. Again, this isn't a new bacteria, or some simple animal like a nematode or worm, it's a frog. You can see them, you can hear them, it's an animal you could go out and find. Living right in New York. I just think that's amazing.

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Waynesboro Municipal Grand Reopening

A full parking lot for once.

Every golfer has a home course. It may not be the best course, or their favorite course, but it is still home. For me, that course is Waynesboro Municipal, a little 9 hole course which had fallen on difficult times. A combination of mismanagement, a lack of money, and harsh summers had rendered the course, rough around the edges in the best of times, borderline unplayable. For more than a year, barely anyone played, and there were only about 30 or so memberships. It was in danger of closing, but luckily, the course was bought up, and things are starting to look up again.

On October 26th, the course had a "grand reopening" where golf was free. I can't remember the last time I'd seen the parking lot so full, but it's been years. The course is still in lackluster shape, but it is fall, and the improvements only started a few weeks ago. There was a closest to the hole contest and a long drive contest, which I am happy to report that I won, much to my brother's irritation. Hey, gotta hit the fairway to win those things. Won a free sleeve of Pro V1's, which I'll probably hold onto for years because I won't play at a good enough course to warrant using those golf balls in the foreseeable future. Also, Golfzilla was there, and well, umm, Golfzilla. Not sure what else to say about that.

Even though I can't imagine I'll be in Waynesboro for that much longer, it makes me happy to know that the Muni will keep going, hopefully better than ever. I played my first round of golf here, for nearly 15 years now, this course has been home to me. I hope now that it can inspire people to take up the game, just like I did. Wow, that's cheesy. Anyway, it was a fun day, sunny, warm, and the golf was...well, not good, but not terrible. Adequate, that's a good word for it. It's golf, can't ask for much more than all that.

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