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Funny story: Our microwave stopped working Monday night, put some stuff in there for a minute to heat, and it didn't heat. Of course I did that three more times with the same result. So off to our local appliance store the next morning for a replacement. It's a small, local place, I'm the...

Clever, and to the point. Back in my days working pharma development, my boss and the director of development were buddies, but clashed frequently on how the final reports for certain projects should be constructed. The director wanted the emphasis on how our department was able to resolve an...

A quick Ronnie Coleman story: I used to go to a gym in East Rutherford, NJ, called Strong and Shapely. It was owned by a guy named Bob Bonham, who was a promoter for a lot of bodybuilding events. The gym was a real iron gym, and a bit intimidating at first, but actually a great place to...

The Dynaspheres are a fantastic set, almost across their entire line. I had a Tungsten set, then upgraded to the Bronze set. The only difference was with the colors, both sets played fantastic. The Rhodium set seems to go with grey for the 6 and the 14 balls, instead of green, but I don't see...

There was a guy that used to shoot in one of the pistol leagues that I shot in. It was an outdoor league, we shot at a couple different ranges, and usually parked right near where the firing lines were located. In the summer, a lot of us would ride our motorcycles, and have our cased revolvers...

There are devices like this to place a golf ball on the rubber tee at driving ranges. You dump your basket of balls in the hopper, and they feed individually to an arm like the one pictured, and when you lower that arm with your club, the ball rolls down the ramp to the hole, which positions it...

That wasn't the case at this year's Ryder Cup in the US.

I like the Master's format, but my area doesn't have a Master's league either. I've played in a couple Master's tournaments with a couple friends from our league, and I believe that they treated those like qualifiers for the trip to Vegas, but it was in combination with one or two other...

I don't think there are skill levels in masters, everyone plays even. It's a mix of both 8 and 9 ball, and it's real 9 ball, not the ball count version, but no handicap, you just play a race to 7.

Is that a Raven?

What you probably did was to qualify for the "Vegas Qualifier", or "World Qualifier" which happens once each year prior to the Team Championships each August in Las Vegas. You probably won the Tri-Cup, or Tri-annual, whatever it's called in your area. And just as you, and the other players on...

Here is the team manual, which includes the game rules for both 8 ball and 9 ball: https://media.poolplayers.com/TMRB/Team-Manual-English.pdf Go to the bottom of Page 65, where it explains how to score for 9 ball. There, you will find this: Dead Balls: Record any balls not credited to either...

I thought so too. It puts me in mind of how Earl used to play when he was feeling it, lots of rails after every pot.

With all that high fashion garb and designer stuff, he's still using wired earbuds???

Great write-up Stu! I watched the YouTube live feeds for a couple matches, and I liked seeing the people sitting in Skyler's corner during his match. Looked like almost the whole Mosconi team there. That was a good match, with both players having nearly flawless performances, but Yapp was the...

Funnies that make you think, I like 'em! My ex sister-in-law once told me she didn't like Dennis Miller's comedy because she wouldn't get most of the jokes until a minute or two later, and she'd miss all the stuff in between while thinking about what he meant.

The challenge table was pretty common where I'm living now, even up until a few years ago. One local bar had a 6½ foot Valley that would get a line of quarters every Friday and Saturday night. That's what led me to playing APA back then. Everyone seemed to want to play by slightly different...

Pretty neat, and I'm subbed now too. Thanks for keeping it short and to the point.

Climbers call it "line", I think that was his point.