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Dear Gentle Readers, In evaluating mass media opportunities, could there be an alternative to the next ‘’Hustler?’ The next ‘Color?’ Something in addition to conventional broadcast and cable television? Might it be worth taking a gander at a Netflix-type of campaign to celebrate our...

Dear Gentle Readers, Where there’s an angle … https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4VRFuSyzzc The future is my life, Sunny P. S. Hmm … I am currently sans boyfriend. Where do I find these glasses?

(Yes, you louts, some folks do ask for - - and do value - - my adjudication!) Dear Gentle Readers, Since I’ve agreed to serve, pro tem, as the Ms. Manners of pool emporia, please do try to pay attention. Thank you. Ever so much. So, after a tensely-contested … um, contest … to shake hands or...

Dear Gentle Readers, Yes, it’s time once again to glance back, to reflect upon our many forum accomplishments and to celebrate the singular achievements of the best of our … well, best … contributors! Blue Ribbon Categories for our top-tier correspondents include: > Most informative. This...

Dear Gentle Readers, As a preface … I’ve been told by certain corporate communications execs (who may actually know what they’re talking about!) that pool’s approach toward national media coverage has been rather backwards. Historically, our attitude has been hat-in-hand. Humbly beseeching...

Dear Gentle Readers, Why do you guys (and a few girls!) elect to post in this rather cloistered venue? Let me attempt to spark the discussion ... Through rigorous forensic analyses, I’ve ascertained that there are three types of posters ... 1) Genuine seekers of information. 2) Those who...

Coolio! I ever-so-much enjoyed your still photos compiled from what appeared to be outtakes from a film noir production! In addition to that were your contributions of some bonus shots from the University of Cinema Verite. All of those visuals -- coupled with an ‘oh gosh, I can’t believe I’m...

(Part Three of Three. Finally Finished! Oh, Could You Please Stop Cheering. Gomers!) Dear Gentle Readers, Many of us have discussed the next, great pool movie. But what if we flipped the script? Rather than featuring an astonishingly gifted pool hustler (with his prerequisite femme fatale)...

(Part Two of Three. Almost Finished!) Dear Gentle Readers, Because I’ve never actually attended a major pool event, the following is my least-informed foray into the ever-nebulous Pool Suggestions Marketplace. So, please forgive me for being a bit wobbly on the logistics -- room layouts...

(Part One of Three. Yes, Three. Please Stop Moaning. Jaspers!) Dear Gentle Readers, As absolutely no one has requested, I’m reporting for duty to ponder: 1) The state of professional pool, American edition. 2) A possibly enhanced relationship between professionals and amateurs. (See Part...

Dear Gentle Readers, How about adding a girls’ division? Not a girl added to the team, but a team of girls. One on each side of the briny. Benefits? > It would showcase even more incredible talent. > The three ensuing competitions -- boys, girls and coed doubles -- would refresh the formula...

Dear Gentle Readers, (Mea maxima culpa if this is an old, stale idea. One that has already been proposed and rejected.) Here’s the deal … my new game is one-pocket with a 9-ball rack. First boyo to make five balls prevails. The unanticipated wizardry? All balls have to be made in numerical...

So, who is this cmb chap that everyone is talking about? Oh well, merry birth day any way! And every way! Sunny

Dear Gentle Readers, This is an invitation to bare -- well, if not your soul -- at least your embarrassment! Bare your embarrassment, hey, I kind of like that! Okay, I’ll kick things off! Back when I had a pretty acceptable boyfriend, back when I was pretty much full of myself, I contracted...

Dear Gentle Readers, In the world of food, (my world!) that Japanese loanword, umami, means the fifth taste -- roughly translated as ‘pleasant savory‘ in addition to salty, bitter, sweet and sour. (Thanks, Wikipedia!) This is top-of-cerebrum to me because a certain Los Angeles restaurant...

Dear Gentle Readers, This minor query is so irrelevant, so trivial, most people will probably want to motor on. See ‘ya! Still here? I recently noticed -- after only a few years! -- that our pool forums have a VIEWS column, in addition to a REPLIES column. Since I’ve been longing to casually...

Dear Gentle Readers, There was a guy I used to hang with (it didn’t work out, somehow) ... anyway, he and I bought a Soho loft that came with a Gabriels billiards table. (Emperor? No, but some name like that.) The seller didn’t have room for it in his new place. Thus began my journey into...

Up! Woo woo! Sunny

Dear Gentle Readers, One the the facets I most adore about the two pool sites that haven’t yet banned me is the diversity of the personalities who somehow find a way -- more or less -- to get along with each other. Sure … there are flare-ups, feuds, fights … and probably several other f-words...

Dear Gentle Readers, I was vaguely aware of this forum’s peer-to-peer reward / punishment methodology. (Beret tip: JAM … thanks!) Then a pal chided me for not responding to a green accolade. It took me only a few hours to figure out how (you click on a little arrow on the right of your...