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As I get older, my patience gets lets and less. These days, I instantly put jackasses on ignore and my time online has become far more pleasant. I wish I'd started doing that years ago.

Rempe's really helped my game, especially patience in going after clusters. I still make lots of stupid mistakes, like trying to do too much and going after clusters at the wrong time, but I keep watching Rempe's video and I keep learning from it.

The point is to get your head in a position where your eyes tell you the truth, and to remember that position. For me it's easy...I have a very low stance and my chin often grazes the cue, and I remember exactly what the feels like when everything is right.

Just line up the cue along something straight (I use T-Slots in my drill press or table saw, but a piece of paper with a straight line is fine too). Get down in your stance. Move your head around until the cue looks like it's lined up with the line underneath it. Not sure why anyone would ever...

I just picked one up a few weeks ago. My 20 year old Porper 2x4 was starting to show it's age, though I have to say that it served me very well and I really liked the tapered tube style. I really loved that old Porper case. But having lived with the JB for a bit now, I can honestly say I like...

Added pictures, and also forgot to mention weight. My postal scale says it's just about 19oz (maybe 19.1oz).

I'm pretty much the exact opposite. When I'm upset, I play like garbage. The thing is that I tend to be pretty emotional about things, but I don't really show it, so it can seem like I'm really cold and calculating...business like... but I'm actually screaming on the inside. Occasionally, when...

Best defense against sharking is a solid pre-shot routine and focus. I'm not a great shot maker, but I am, more or less, shark proof. When I'm focused, everything else is tuned out. If, by some fluke, something really does bother me I just get up and start over from the beginning. Walk around...

I'll post some pictures of the cue when I'm in my shop later today. It's very clean, I bought it new about a year ago, and I doubt I've broken with it more than 30 times (I mostly play straight pool). It's got a Samsara tip. Everyone who's tried it seems to love it...I used to love it, but my...

FWIW, after a couple of weeks of play, I had to take it off. Something about the hit caused a lot of vibration through the cue, and killed my right wrist. First time I ever actually felt pain playing pool. It must be the exact combination of tip, cue etc that is just exactly wrong. It's a shame...

I've never seen a skid with outside. I see them all the time with no english, inside, follow and draw, at least at one of the rooms I play at because the equipment is not maintained. I rarely go to that room anymore, even though it's much closer than my favorite room, because it doesn't even...

I just started using black water buffalo tips. Mainly, I just can't stand laminated tips, and I can't seem to find a Le Pro worth a crap anymore. I went through 10 just to find one that didn't accordion on me, and the one I ended up with still plays very soft. Mark Kulungian turned me on to WB...

If it wasn't for my horse, I wouldn't have spent that year in college.

I tried an OB last year. After several returns, I gave up. I thought the classic played nicely, but I got tired of being the QC department.

I would say straight and 1p (in that order...MUCH prefer straight). Maybe 8 ball. 9 and 10 bore me to tears playing, and are completely unwatchable for me. Just my opinion, of course. I still probably wouldn't pay for it other than to go watch it live. Everything else manages to find...

Holli's! Yup, that was the one. My father and I used to play there all the time. We had relatives in New City that we would often visit on weekends. I don't remember Toby, for whatever reason. The guy I'm thinking about (I think he went by the name Jay) must have just worked there, and just...

Here's something that's been driving me nuts. There used to be a pool hall in Rockland County, NY. I think it was in Nanuet (or right near Nanuet, anyhow). I believe it was on Rte. 59, a bit past the mall. So if you come out of the mall and make a left on 59, then head up the hill, it was up...

I grew up in Yonkers until I was 20. Even completely blurred out, I recognize that big sign in the background. It says "600 Tuckahoe Rd", which is where Cafe Billiards is located. I remember when that place opened up. Of all the pool rooms that have come and gone, THAT was the one I though had...

Some people use their cases to actually take cues back and forth from pool halls, like my 20 year old Porper. And my Porper is kind of beat up and ready for replacement, unlike a couple of other cases which are really just used for storage. Hope that helps clear it up.

One of the reasons I decided to use PayPal exclusively for payment processing was to limit the information I even had access to. Everyone can still use Paypal or Credit/Debit cards...whatever. All I get is money and an address, none of which is actually stored on my server anywhere (only...