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Archive for September, 2005

Much better last night. But I have got to get my own ball. Trying to find a decent house ball stinks. I did find one last night that didn’t rub a blister on my thumb, but I couldn’t get my fingers completely in the holes, so I ended up pretending it was a fingertip-grip… Not fun, but my scores were decent.

If you’ve seen any of the laughable “hearings” by the Senate Judiciary committee on whether to recommend John Roberts to be CJ of the SCOTUS, you’ll love this. I would have called Kennedy an “ass-clown” or an “ass-hat” or a “drunken sot” instead of “fathead,” but in the “Leave it to Beaver” world, they didn’t have words like that.

I went to breakfast with my wife this morning after dropping our boy off at school. We went to Bojangles for some biscuits, and while we were in line I witnessed something so sad it was almost funny. The guy in front of us bought something that only cost $0.53. I don’t know what it was; in fact, I didn’t think there was anything there that cost so little. Anyway, to pay his $0.53, he handed the girl working the register a $1 bill. She laid the bill in the cash drawer and began to think. I know she was thinking because of the look on her face. After several seconds of “thought,” the look on her face changed from concentration to the “deer in the headlights” look. She then looked at the customer and said “How much change do I give you?” I was floored. This girl couldn’t make change from a $1. The customer was good enough to A) not laugh at her, and B) tell her $0.47.

What’s really sad is that this girl clearly graduated from high school, otherwise she would have been in school instead of working at Bojangles at 08:30. Sad, sad, sad. Pathetic, really.

First game last night was good. Second game was better. Third game the wheels fell off. I did buy some new bowling shoes, so it wasn’t a total loss…

I heard a clip of that jackass Bill Clinton on one of the talking head shows this morning, once again spouting the liberal line that Bush’s tax cuts are responsible for the devastation in New Orleans. I’ve said it before and I’ll continue to say it: to a liberal there is no such thing as a problem that can’t be solved by raising taxes. Especially raising taxes on those eeeeeeeeeeeeeevil “rich” people. History and facts be damned.

I haven’t bowled on a league since I was 14 or so, but I’ve always loved bowling. I just don’t get to do it that often. Yesterday I returned to church after a many-week absence (work…) and happened to see in the bulletin that there was a new league starting up Monday (last night). I spoke to the coordinator and all was then set. We had our preparatory meeting last night, assigning teams, electing officers and whatnot. (It is amusing that officers an by-laws are needed for a bowling league, but such is life.)

So now I am the captain of a team which currently has no name. We are simply team #6, which actually has a nice ring to it… Seriously, we need a name, so if anyone has any suggestions, I’m open. It needs to be clean since this is a church league.

So, how did I bowl? I’m glad you asked. The first game was a bit shaky. I was using a too-heavy ball, but I got that adjusted about half-way through. The problem then was that while the weight was good, the finger holes were either too tight, and my fingers stuck, or the grip was too wide. I settled on the too-wide-grip ball, but ended up with a blister on my thumb. (I have a ball here somewhere, I just have to find it.) My second game was better and my third game was one of the highest scores I’ve ever had.

The team we bowled against only had one member present, so the night went really quickly. Many times as soon as I finished bowling on one lane, it was my turn again on the other, which made for quite a few jokes.

I’m really looking forward to Monday nights.