Great Bowling Nite

Last nite I bowled extremely well. I had two games at the 180's. The only thing I did differently was clean my ball every frame. And for the 9/10 leave, I stood in the middle instead of the left-side. I closed every frame, accept the last where I choked and threw a gutter ball right after a spair.....**ARGH**

Bowling

Last nite I could not figure out the lane until the middle of the 5th game. But I found a sweet spot by standing left of center, and pinching the ball with my thumb. Throwing it dead straight on the right of center arrow it would hit the 1-3 pocket with consistant strike results.

But as usual these results may not translate to next weeks game. We'll see......

Cat Past Away

Neo, my cat past away last nite. We're still unsure what lead up to the sad event.

We setup a nice little funeral for her. I will miss her, I have alot of nice memories of her. She was my first cat.

:(

Bowling

Just got back from bowling, I found that with my hook, if i cant power it down the line on the 2nd arrow, i can stand on the 3rd arrow, and let it drift to the right a little, did very well with that.

Josh is having a hard time, the ball is awkward for him, we may need to get him a wrist brace, it's putting alot of strain on his wrist, and he can't keep up.

Rock'n the Spartan Beard

My beard is starting to fill in. I feel like a spartan already.

Happy Birthday Josh!!

Happy 26th birthday Josh!!

Thursday Nite Bowling

I did well last nite, my average is definately improving. I found out that the hook release does work quite well even on dry lanes, I just have to wait until im warmed up. Otherwise I cannot get enough speed behind the ball to get it far enough down the lanes.

So basically, I start out curving it until I get my groove on, then go hook.

Josh did extremely well with his new ball, get a 165, he's almost back to his previous play. His form and release is looking much better.

Sick

God, I'm so sick. Well, not terribly, but it is annoying. I woke up yesterday with a soar throat, and today it is worse. I didn't sleep well last night because of it.

I had a short nap when I got home today and I've drinking the stuff called thera-flu. Seems to help, although it tastes like kool-aid after you brush your teeth.....bleh.....

Post Mortem

After playing 6 games, I've basically determined that my hook release is no good on dry lanes. I can't get the ball far enough down the lane to hit the 1-3 pocket.

The worst part is my curve release is not consistant enough.....*sigh*....just gotta keep at it.

The good part is josh can throw a mean curve now with his new ball.

Hook Release

Hook bowling has probably become the best style for me when attempting to maintain consistancy. This site has taught me alot:

http://www.learnbowling.com/

TGIF

Thank God its friday.....ready to get out of the office.

Josh and I get to pickup his new bowling ball today....looking forward to hit'n the lanes....

This is SPARTA!!!

Car Stuff: Biki Map Generator v1.88 is out

Here is the basic output for stock sr20det base maps:

Streaming Music

I found a nice site for streaming music:

• http://www.last.fm

You can either download the client or click on the listen tab. What's neat about their approach, is that you can search for certain phrases or types of music.

Once the music starts streaming you can love/ban each song. Eventually last.fm figures out what music you like, and you find new bands and similar music types that you would have never known before. And music that you don't like gets filtered out all together.

Latest Rubik's Time

I just did my rubik's and I've finally got it down to 2 minutes 20 seconds.

Still WAY below the current world record of 9.86 seconds......even in 1982 the world record was 19 seconds.

Better luck next time.

Bowling Phrases

I learned some new bowling jargon today:

• Buzzard: Three open frames in a row.
• Cheesy cakes: Lanes on which strikes come easy.
• Deuce: A 200 game or 200 average; see also "par."
• Dodo: A bowling ball over the legal weight or out of legal balance.
• Dummy: Score allowed for an absent member, usually the average minus ten or a set score (for example, 140 for men and 120 for women);

*sigh*...nice to know my average isnt even high enough to be considered a 'dummy' score.

Sized Up

Josh finally got sized up for his own bowling ball. Thank God, I'm tired of watching him throw composite house-balls, which needless to say is anything but gracefull.....

Also, this will give me a chance to push ahead of him. (Currently his average is higher than mine)....135 vs 130ish....shhh...

Bowling on Guys Night...

So my brother Josh and I have been bowling weekly for several weeks now. I hit 179 last week, while cosmic bowling using my curve release.

But last night I found out that I can throw more consistantly and leave a better spread using my hook release.

Admitantly, I didn't break into the 140's but the consistancy helped quite a bit. I think that I will be using my hook release more often.

My first post..

Testing...