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Pool shows up in the strangest places: From a lesson on grammar: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sue-sommer/common-grammar-mistakes_b_935609.html#s338488&title=laylie

Kamui chalk is expensive, and hard to find--not because it's flying off the shelves, but because of the rarity of the ingredients: powder from unicorn horns, virgin tears, and purified dihydrogen monoxide. It has to cure for 5 years. Mosconi didn't miss or quit at 526 balls. He did temporarily...

A couple of movies, and a bunch of cartoons: http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=239795

Tall Steve wrote VP: http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=217004

Double check is still played in some of the places I've been in southern Appalachia. A room I go to lots still has a Keno board that's probably 80 years old. They refinished it last winter. Doesn't get used much. You don't mention Irish, or Cribbage, but I've played each several times in the...

I think it was ol' Lord Polonius who said, "Never ask for weight, or give it." And I don't. I don't gamble for the fun of it; I gamble when it's the only way to get to play someone I can't get to play without doing it. If someone wants to play and asks for weight, I say something like, "You're...

I think you see lots less bad behavior the higher up the food chain you go. Case in point: I shot a little cheap 1P with Tony Mougey today. He's a great guy to play. He just played his game. No excuses--heck, he even called a foul on himself that I didn't see...no sharking, or anything of that...

This isn't about his many records and well-known accomplishments--it's about his inventiveness and creativity. I know it's very fashionable to ridicule the many things his worn and tried, but it's amazing that a guy who could beat most of us with a house stick, is willing to try almost anything...

While we're on the subject of the late Mr. Disney, here's a photo of the billiards room in his home, which recently sold:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdqKkrVgx0w

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekyLXFehvvk

Thanks for the link. Off that same page is the original "Magician": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnAXGj9KlJE

Uh...I do the one-inch punch for demos. It's uses the same principles of biomechanics as a baseball pitcher's windup--just on a smaller, more compact scale. I used to do something similar when I thought breaking hard was the right thing to do. Colin Colenso has a good YouTube video that...

In the Open one year, didn't Gabe Owen shoot at the wrong ball...I believe the 3, and play shape on the 2? I wonder if that's on YouTube....

These might help: Break cue science Is your break cue heavier or lighter than your playing cue? Weight vs speed Searching for the Perfect Break Cue

Some more good stuff: From: "Don't Choke" Another good place for information about relaxed concentration and directed practice is: http://kottke.org/tag/relaxed%20concentration

"Think long--think wrong." That advice was given to me a long time ago by a pool-playing buddy I greatly respected. Of course, like so many other sayings, it's not always true, but it's a good guideline most of the time. I really like the concept of flow. My favorite of Mihaly...

This probably violates copyright law by quoting so much of it, but here's a taste of the good stuff from a very enlightening article: What it takes to be great

I miss the good old days:

Two of my favorite hobbies--rock climbing and pool--surprisingly have a lot in common: problem solving, coordination, etc...but there are lots of people who seemingly have all these, but still don't do well as others with the same abilities. I think I've found the missing component in a book...