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oday (technically yesterday now, as late as I’m posting this), I had the wonderful blessing of spending some time with my good friend and blogging buddy, Tony Sisk. Tony and I had met twice before in person, once just the two of us, and the other time as complete families.
Spending time with Tony in person is great! He’s got a terrific sense of humor, gracious spirit, and is very easy to talk to on just about any subject. In fact, Tony and I have a tendency to not really finish any subject, but rather to travel down innumerable rabbit trails — sometimes mid-sentence!
For this meeting, Tony and I had decided to go golfing together. I Googled to find a golf course that was sort of halfway in between us, and we decided to meet at the Old Fort Golf Course in (duh) Old Fort, NC. It’s a 9-hole, par 36 course that actually ended up being extremely affordable ($16 each to ride 9 holes).
Between theological discussions and analysis of recent blogging conversations, Tony and I had a blast batting our golf balls in all directions on the fairways, into the woods, etc. And when the dust settled, we got a great chuckle out of realizing that we were actually tied (guaranteeing a future playoff, I hope?)!
I won’t embarrass either of us by posting our actual score, but I can tell you that we both hit par on one hole. My approach shot to the green on that hole was actually from the next fairway over (!!), but we both managed to hit the green in regulation and two-putt for almost textbook par. The other 8 holes weren’t quite so textbook!! 
At any rate, between the time talking on the course and a relaxed lunch afterwards (no thanks to the fact that Tony’s GPS unit doesn’t tell you that it’s actually a smoky truck stop that it’s leading you to!), we had some wonderful fellowship and some really deep conversation.
If you don’t already know Tony (he’s a frequent commenter here), I encourage you strongly to check out his two blogs (Rambling Prophet and Rambling Prophet 2) and enter into conversation with him on a wide variety of topics.
And Tony, watch out on that tie-breaker round next time. I know your tricks now
June 12th, 2008 08:56
Heh. If by “knowing my tricks” you mean hitting the ball in the woods, then look out! If you mean losing three balls on one hole, then yeah, you should beware! And if you mean by tricks you mean my mean slice, then you are in TROUBLE!!!
I had a blessed time yesterday, too, my friend. The smoky (cough, hack) truck stop was a bit much though the food was good. As always, the fellowship was the best part and I look forward to it again soon, bro.
Thanks for the sincerity in this post; its what I love about you!
(Anyone reading, you should get Steve to tell you about the “pinball shot” he took yesterday. Classic!)
:) 