DONALD TRUMP NIKKI HALEY NICK DUNLAP TAYLOR SWIFT

Tomorrow is the New Hampshire primary, so I'll today skip Donald Trump and Nikki Haley. The only thing I'll say about Taylor Swift is that she was in Buffalo to watch another NFL game involving her latest lover. Travis Kelce scored a touchdown and pledged his love. Watch that. His brother tore of his shirt with the TD. The Chiefs beat the Bills and will play the Lions next weekend. Also, the 49ers vs Ravens. The two winners will be in the Super Bowl on February 11.

I'll focus on Nick Dunlap because I alerted you to him on Saturday, and he went on to be the first amateur in a third of a century to win a PGA event. Not much to say about the 20-year old, except that all the previous amateur winners went on to carve out a great career.

It was not easy.

He was the only amateur in the 156-player field, once known as the Bob Hope Desert Classic.
Dunlap was ahead by 3 strokes after day 3.
Lost the lead with a double bogey in the front nine.
Struggled to a 2-under 70, including two errant shots on the final hole.
But recovered with a 6-foot putt on the 18th to win by one-stroke.
Being an amateur, he will not get the $1.5 million first place prize, and also not the 500 FedEx Cup points, but now has a PGA Tour exemption through 2026.

Said to Dunlap by Phil Mickelson, the previous amateur who at 19 accomplished this feat: Such an impressive performance. Congratulations on an incredible win. This is just the beginning.

How has Mickelson done?

Is now 53 years old.
Is left-handed and nicknamed Lefty.
Has won 45 events on the PGA Tour, including six major championships.
When he won the PGA Championship in 2021, he became the oldest major championship winner in history at the age of 50 years, 11 months and 7 days.
Quit the PGA in 2022 because he was given a signing fee of $200 million to join the Saudi-backed LIV Golf Tour.
Otherwise, has career earnings in professional golf totaling another $111 million.

I'll end with the skinniest skyscraper in the world. Watch that video!

Called the Steinway Tower, is 1428 feet (4th highest in USA) tall overlooking Central Park in New York City, and was completed in 2022.
Why Steinway? Built on the site of Steinway piano, and sits over Steinway Hall, which itself has 16 floors.
Two elevators.
91 stories with only 60 luxury condos, 46 in the tower. Costliest sold for $66 million. Cheapest, $16 million for a studio apartment.
Cost $2 billion to build.
Tainted by a plethora of law suits.
Doesn't the building sway in high winds? Yes, up to three feet.
Near Carnegie Hall.
Actually I've been there, in a way. The headquarters of the American Society of Civil Engineers can be found in one of the lower floors.
Walk through one of the larger apartments that listed for nearly $30 million. What a view, and you're only on the 43rd floor.
Oh heck, why not a tour of a $54.6 million penthouse.
It is in perfect alignment with Central Park.

HONOLULU TO SEATTLE

The story of the day is Hurricane Milton, now a Category 4 at 145 MPH, with a track that has moved further south and the eye projected to make landfall just south of Sarasota. Good news for Tampa, which is 73 miles north. Milton will crash into Florida as a Category 4, and is huge, so a lot of problems can still be expected in Tampa Bay with storm surge. If the eye had crossed into the state just north of Tampa, the damage would have been catastrophic. Milton is a fast-moving storm, currently at 17 MPH, so as bad as the rainfall will be over Florida, again, a blessing. The eye will make landfall around 10PM EDT today, and will move into the Atlantic Ocean north of Palm Bay Thursday morning. My first trip to Seattle was in June of 1962 just after I graduated from Stanford University. Caught a bus. Was called the Century 21 Exposition . Also the Seattle World's Fair. 10 million joined me on a six-month run. My first. These a...

OSAKA EXPO: Day One

Well, the day finally came for us to go to the Osaka Expo. We were told ahead of time that the long walks would be fearful, giant lines will need to be tolerated just to get into the Expo, with those ocean breezes, it would really be cold, and so forth. Maybe it was pure luck, but we avoided all the above warnings We had a grand day, and are looking forward to Sunday, our second day at the Expo. So come along for an enjoyable ride. Our hotel is adjacent to the Tennoji Station, a very large one with several lines. We upgraded our Suica card and caught the Misosuji red line towards Umeda. Transferred to the Chuo green line at the Hommachi Station. This Osaka Metro train took us to the Yumeshima Station at the Expo site. It was a very large mob leaving the train and heading to the entrance. Took only a few minutes to get to the entrance. This mob was multiplied by at least a factor of ten of those already waiting to enter. However...

WHY YOU SHOULD CONVERT TO A JAPANESE HIGH TECH TOILET

Did you know that Oktoberfest in Germany is mostly in September? The very first day of Oktoberfest 2021 was supposed to be today, September 18, extending into October 3. Well, as in 2020, Oktoberfest was cancelled. So why is it called by that month when it is held mostly in September? The first celebration in 1810 was in October. Did you also know that Oktoberfest is held only in Munich? These days seven million drink more than a liter ( about three typical cans ) of beer each, costing around $11. Except for my wife and I when we followed the crowd to board the S-Bahn to the fairgrounds near Old Town. It was drizzling a bit. We bought a large pretzel outside of a typical barn where beer is served. We did not know that you needed to get this inside the hall. So no one came to serve us beer. After a while we decided to have lunch, and the restaurant we settled on only served wine. Thus, we might have been the ...

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