So today the crowd for the stupid birds (actually the stupid crowds for the birds) was HUGE. Just slightly fewer people than the weekend, so maybe 1800 people on the hill? I’m so ready for it to be over. I did meet a guy on the hill who was the eldest son (oldest son?) of my first Scoutmaster, a guy who loved hiking and backpacking. Later on someone came up to me and asked, “Are you Mariko’s brother?” That’s pretty much it. I’m Mariko’s brother.

Yesterday at golf I was quizzing a guy about country club memberships. I was thinking that if the greens fees were waived, you could negate the monthly dues. He was talking up his club so I looked up some of the fees. The initiation fee for his club is THIRTY-EIGHT THOUSAND DOLLARS ($38,000) according to the intarweb. I think that dude, who is probably in his early-to-mid-thirties, is making a lot more scratch than I am. So much for my plotting. I’ll just keep playing the public courses.