Of fathers and sons and golfing for life

Some people play golf for a living.
Some play it for life.
Count me as part of the latter. As I've already noted here, I took up the game when I was 14; now I'm 47 (hold on, let me get a calculator ...)  that's 33 years I've been chasing that little white ball around big, green pastures. And, oh, has it been fun.
It's funny, though. For years I felt golf was a great escape for me. Even though I wasn't that good (and I'm still not) I'd get out on the course and the cares of the world would drift away like a hard slice off the 1st tee (if you've played with me, you know what I mean). For the next few hours, even if I wasn't playing well, life was pretty good because even bad golf beats a good honey-do list on a Saturday afternoon.

Obsessed with eBay golf

The first step is admitting you have a problem, right? Well, sorry, but I'm not admitting anything ... except for my obsession with eBay.
Not just any old section of eBay, either. The online auction site's golf section has drawn my attention for several years now, but never more than in the past few months thanks to its iPad application. That little ap has provided me more mindless entertainment than any show on the E! network.
Basically, I've got a new hobby.
Here's what I like to do: First, I'll go to the "sporting goods" section, then narrow the search down to "golf." Secondly, I'll refine the search down to "time left" and hit the "1 hour" button. Suddenly I've got several pages worth of golf items whose auctions will end within the hour. Now, some of these items are pretty lame -- a thousand tees or a pair of matching Tweety Bird headcovers -- but others, like the latest must-have driver or sweet, high-end putter, definitely require further inspection.