Monday - November 15, 2010

I see a blue moon arising

Yup, another syzygy tonight. Definitely. Jupiter’s influence waxing. Or perhaps there is a blue moon out tonight. Yeah, that’s it.

Once in a blue moon you get a wonderful concurrence in bowling. Everyone on your team bowls well and well above average. Everyone on the other team bowls well, and well above average. And both teams have nearly the exact same team average, so the net handicap is either zero or close to it. Scratch bowling. And your team wins. Seriously, this is a rare thing, and I almost didn’t notice until it was too late. But I did, so I was able to savor it while it was happening.

And that’s what happened to us tonight. We took all of it. The other team had a real strong anchor, a 204 average guy who was throwing in the low 240s. We’d get way ahead in the frame, but he’d roll another strike - 5, 6, 8 in a row, and tack another 30 onto their score to shrink the lead down to just a tiny bit or even pull ahead a little. And it went like that all night, almost down to the wire in every game. Great bowling. Plus Amy the Babe was drinking, and she gets all giggly and touchy flirtatious after 2 beers. So that was fun too.

I threw 2 in the 190s and 1 just over average, so I had a good night. Nothing prize winning, but a good night. Upper 500s, but no 600 series.

I hope this blue moon is still working it’s mojo tomorrow night for Team Loser. It would be nice to win a few, so we could dig our way up to last place. That may not be possible: we’re 17 games in the hole at this point. Oh well. But that league is dying anyway, and we all know it. I see the signs, and one of these days I’ll post a How To Kill Your Bowling League In Just 3 Years post. I’ve been on a league that died that way, and this one is going down too. Can’t be stopped at this point. This is the last year, I guarantee it.

Posted by Drew458     on 11/15/2010 at 09:55 PM   
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