When the rules of bowling were standardized in 1895, the intention was to make competition standard, and thus promote the best aspects of the ancient game of rolling a ball at some sticks. The standard rules allowed the American Bowling Congress to recognize champions. Some champions from those early days stand out more than others, . . . → Read More: The Greatest Bowling Match Ever Bowled
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I didn’t always look this good. Learning what to wear is almost as important as learning what not to wear. My mother dressed me like a girl for the first three years of my life. The next three were my choice. I found blouse and skirt ensembles slimming. I wasn’t always so good with clothing. . . . → Read More: The Devil Wears Hand-Me-Down Prada I have just added an article that was a speech I delivered for Toastmasters. The speech is called: “The Black Dog Shall Have His Day,” and is memoir-ish and the kind of thing I like to blog about. It’s about an aspect of my emotional intelligence that was, heretofore, only privy to my classmates from . . . → Read More: The Black Dog Shall Have His Day In light of the recent “Beer Summit” I told a story from my past that resulted in a similar settling of differences over beer. This one is posted to my articles section, and is itself called “Beer Heals All Wounds.” It’s about me, the cherry tree I climbed as a child, and a dispute with . . . → Read More: Beer Heals All Wounds I have just added a new article: Me TV. It’s a memoir-ish account of the television shows I watched in my youth, and is really a testament to the great wasteland that is my mind. If I had spent half the time I spent watching TV just walking around, I might have never had a . . . → Read More: Me and TV I just added the first of many articles to my site: Pandemic Joke, which was delivered as a Toastmasters speech a couple of years ago. It was inspired by Monty Python’s “Funniest Joke in the World” skit, which actually demonstrated the weaponization of a joke. The first time I delivered it, it went over the . . . → Read More: Announcing: Pandemic Joke I was once in my cubicle, settling down to enjoy an iced tea, when something bad happened. Like most cubicles, it was cramped, and to make up for the lack of space, I had taped project documents all over the walls and shelves surrounding my computer monitor. It’s one of those principles to help . . . → Read More: Cubicle Farm |
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