<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7347482.post111984188698448023..comments</id><updated>2007-02-22T19:35:48.934-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Comments on Grouchy Golf Blog: Birdie Kim - Good Game, Bad Name</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.grouchygolf.com/feeds/111984188698448023/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7347482/111984188698448023/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.grouchygolf.com/2005/06/birdie-kim-good-game-bad-name.html'/><author><name>Golf Grouch</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>10</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7347482.post-112068907538614171</id><published>2005-07-06T15:31:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-07-06T15:31:00.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Thanks... ;D</title><content type='html'>Thanks... ;D</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7347482/111984188698448023/comments/default/112068907538614171'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7347482/111984188698448023/comments/default/112068907538614171'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.grouchygolf.com/2005/06/birdie-kim-good-game-bad-name.html?showComment=1120689060000#c112068907538614171' title=''/><author><name>Musey</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03528165648117317412</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.grouchygolf.com/2005/06/birdie-kim-good-game-bad-name.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7347482.post-111984188698448023' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7347482/posts/default/111984188698448023' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7347482.post-112061197578401336</id><published>2005-07-05T18:06:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-07-05T18:06:00.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'>You are warped, but so am I.  Welcome back!</title><content type='html'>You are warped, but so am I.  Welcome back!</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7347482/111984188698448023/comments/default/112061197578401336'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7347482/111984188698448023/comments/default/112061197578401336'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.grouchygolf.com/2005/06/birdie-kim-good-game-bad-name.html?showComment=1120611960000#c112061197578401336' title=''/><author><name>Golf Grouch</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02287652443978965903</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='14376643786429481794'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.grouchygolf.com/2005/06/birdie-kim-good-game-bad-name.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7347482.post-111984188698448023' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7347482/posts/default/111984188698448023' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7347482.post-112060717017352386</id><published>2005-07-05T16:46:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-07-05T16:46:00.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Okay, I have been offline for a bit.But did anyone...</title><content type='html'>Okay, I have been offline for a bit.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;But did anyone post the irony of the &lt;I&gt;Women's Open&lt;/I&gt; being held at &lt;I&gt; Cherry Hill&lt;/I&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;or am I just warped?</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7347482/111984188698448023/comments/default/112060717017352386'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7347482/111984188698448023/comments/default/112060717017352386'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.grouchygolf.com/2005/06/birdie-kim-good-game-bad-name.html?showComment=1120607160000#c112060717017352386' title=''/><author><name>Musey</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03528165648117317412</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.grouchygolf.com/2005/06/birdie-kim-good-game-bad-name.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7347482.post-111984188698448023' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7347482/posts/default/111984188698448023' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7347482.post-112015675001562240</id><published>2005-06-30T11:39:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-06-30T11:39:00.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Was her Korean name really "Bo-Dee," but it was bu...</title><content type='html'>&lt;I&gt;Was her Korean name really "Bo-Dee," but it was butchered into English by someone at Ellis Island? &lt;/I&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Yeah, she decided to sail around Cape Horn, just to be hardcore.  :)</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7347482/111984188698448023/comments/default/112015675001562240'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7347482/111984188698448023/comments/default/112015675001562240'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.grouchygolf.com/2005/06/birdie-kim-good-game-bad-name.html?showComment=1120156740000#c112015675001562240' title=''/><author><name>Der Tommissar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08227246442548168536</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.grouchygolf.com/2005/06/birdie-kim-good-game-bad-name.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7347482.post-111984188698448023' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7347482/posts/default/111984188698448023' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7347482.post-111998992987653142</id><published>2005-06-28T13:18:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-06-28T13:18:00.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'>I thought the same thing when I read her name was ...</title><content type='html'>I thought the same thing when I read her name was Birdie. I wonder if her parents put a golf club in her hands before or after the doctors wrapped her in a swaddling cloth.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7347482/111984188698448023/comments/default/111998992987653142'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7347482/111984188698448023/comments/default/111998992987653142'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.grouchygolf.com/2005/06/birdie-kim-good-game-bad-name.html?showComment=1119989880000#c111998992987653142' title=''/><author><name>jane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13600665625045900292</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.grouchygolf.com/2005/06/birdie-kim-good-game-bad-name.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7347482.post-111984188698448023' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7347482/posts/default/111984188698448023' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7347482.post-111993881489854711</id><published>2005-06-27T23:06:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-06-27T23:06:00.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Hi there, I love to read your articles. Being an A...</title><content type='html'>Hi there, I love to read your articles. Being an Asian, I could understand Kim's addition of a name. Asians find that westerners find it difficult to pronounce Asian names like Ju-Yun. To make it easier she decides to add a western name but if she isn't a christian she can't add a christian name like Mary. I am sure she considered Grouchy before deciding on Birdie.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7347482/111984188698448023/comments/default/111993881489854711'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7347482/111984188698448023/comments/default/111993881489854711'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.grouchygolf.com/2005/06/birdie-kim-good-game-bad-name.html?showComment=1119938760000#c111993881489854711' title=''/><author><name>Desmond Goh</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10655634139367253475</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.grouchygolf.com/2005/06/birdie-kim-good-game-bad-name.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7347482.post-111984188698448023' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7347482/posts/default/111984188698448023' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7347482.post-111991040954055657</id><published>2005-06-27T15:13:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-06-27T15:13:00.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Wedge,Santa Monica is a great place to live, but a...</title><content type='html'>Wedge,&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Santa Monica is a great place to live, but a less than ideal place for golf.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;There are many great courses in the Ventura area, about a 45 min. drive from Santa Monica.  Email me and I can give you more info.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7347482/111984188698448023/comments/default/111991040954055657'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7347482/111984188698448023/comments/default/111991040954055657'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.grouchygolf.com/2005/06/birdie-kim-good-game-bad-name.html?showComment=1119910380000#c111991040954055657' title=''/><author><name>Golf Grouch</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02287652443978965903</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='14376643786429481794'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.grouchygolf.com/2005/06/birdie-kim-good-game-bad-name.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7347482.post-111984188698448023' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7347482/posts/default/111984188698448023' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7347482.post-111988374105890477</id><published>2005-06-27T07:49:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-06-27T07:49:00.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Yeah, and Johnny and Dan really had their fun with...</title><content type='html'>Yeah, and Johnny and Dan really had their fun with it. One of the producers must've finally told them to stop with the Birdie jokes, it was getting old. But not before they came out with classics like "Birdie is the word of the day, as in Kim!" and "What Birdie Kim needs here is a Par Kim!"</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7347482/111984188698448023/comments/default/111988374105890477'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7347482/111984188698448023/comments/default/111988374105890477'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.grouchygolf.com/2005/06/birdie-kim-good-game-bad-name.html?showComment=1119883740000#c111988374105890477' title=''/><author><name>Jennifer Mario</name><uri>http://www.travelgolf.com/blogs/jennifer.mario</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.grouchygolf.com/2005/06/birdie-kim-good-game-bad-name.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7347482.post-111984188698448023' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7347482/posts/default/111984188698448023' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7347482.post-111987410165800631</id><published>2005-06-27T05:08:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-06-27T05:08:00.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'>I also found the name distracting (or several adv)...</title><content type='html'>I also found the name distracting (or several adv) but I guess you have to look at it with her culture in mind. Isn't that what they will tell us? I noticed JM did giggle when they talked about the name change. Where were her close friends when she did this?</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7347482/111984188698448023/comments/default/111987410165800631'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7347482/111984188698448023/comments/default/111987410165800631'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.grouchygolf.com/2005/06/birdie-kim-good-game-bad-name.html?showComment=1119874080000#c111987410165800631' title=''/><author><name>dave</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00533866979044540267</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.grouchygolf.com/2005/06/birdie-kim-good-game-bad-name.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7347482.post-111984188698448023' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7347482/posts/default/111984188698448023' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7347482.post-111985684055699867</id><published>2005-06-27T00:20:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-06-27T00:20:00.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Today I should change my name to "36 out-45 in-sor...</title><content type='html'>Today I should change my name to "36 out-45 in-sorry ass 81"!&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;But anyway, hey Grouch, I'm moving from Seattle down to LA in a couple of weeks. Probably gonna live in Santa Monica. Could you recommend a men's club? Or a decent muni to call home?</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7347482/111984188698448023/comments/default/111985684055699867'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7347482/111984188698448023/comments/default/111985684055699867'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.grouchygolf.com/2005/06/birdie-kim-good-game-bad-name.html?showComment=1119856800000#c111985684055699867' title=''/><author><name>Wedgehead</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.grouchygolf.com/2005/06/birdie-kim-good-game-bad-name.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7347482.post-111984188698448023' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7347482/posts/default/111984188698448023' type='text/html'/></entry></feed>