THE ANNIKA: Blogging likely will be light today as I struggle to finish my writing project (a chapter on "privacy" for an upcoming book on marketing).

But even as I struggle to focus and finish, I have been subject to one diversion: The Annika. I've been clicking back and forth between various real-time, online scoring applications, plus wandering into the bedroom to check out the telecast. Man is it exciting! Seriously, I'm really enjoying it, and rooting for her to kick some butt. And so far she is, resting comfortably off the lead at one-under after 9.

My favorite moment thus far: After a solid drive, some guy from the gallery yells out, "You da woman!"

As my father would say, it was "a real goosebumper."