Monday, March 31, 2008

Almost Accomplished

I came very close tonight (Monday, Mar 31, 2008) to accomplishing a bowling goal of mine. The goal: a 600 series.

Tonight I bowled: 170, 187, and 233 for a 590 series.

I believe 233 is a new lifetime high game for me. Also the 233 game included my first gutter ball of the bowling league on the first ball of a frame. Fortunately the previous frame was a strike and I followed up the gutter ball with spare.

How will Tim rate it? #3

What will Uncle Tim think about his library rebel nephew, Dale?

http://www.saratogafalcon.org/content/new-library-changes-permanent

UPDATE: Here's a link to a scan of the actual front page of the newspaper.
http://www.saratogafalcon.org/node/1947

If you look closely, you can see Dale's quote near the top of the page.

How will Steve rate it?



Suggested viewing technique: watch it over and over. Not sure if I am just in an odd space this morning, but doing that almost brought tears to my eyes from laughing.

Thursday, March 27, 2008

News that made me smile

Reading too many stories about global warming, Iraq war, the economy? Here's a news story that made me smile.

Police: Teen makes mistake of trying to rob former U.S. Marine
Bay City News Service
Article Launched: 03/27/2008 10:39:20 AM PDT


SANTA ROSA - A boy in his mid-teens learned Wednesday afternoon that it is not a good idea to try to rob a former U.S. Marine at knifepoint, even if the former Marine is 84 years old, police said today.
Santa Rosa police Sgt. Steve Bair said that's what happened around 2 p.m. in the 1600 block of Fourth Street. The elderly man was walking with a grocery bag in each arm when the boy approached him with a large knife, Bair said.

The boy said, "Old man, give me your wallet or I'll cut you," Bair said. The man told the boy he was a former Marine who fought in three wars and had been threatened with knives and bayonets, Bair said.

The man then put his bags on the ground and told the boy that if he stepped closer he would be sorry. When the boy stepped closer, the man kicked him in the groin, knocking him to the sidewalk, Bair said. The ex-Marine picked up his grocery bags and walked home, leaving the boy doubled over, Bair said.

The man reported the attempted robbery to police 45 minutes later.

Bair said the teen is described only as 15 or 16 years old. Anyone with information is asked to call the Police Department.

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Sunday, March 16, 2008

How will Tim rate it?

Blog posts have been too few and far between lately. So it's time to start a new game. It's called "How will Tim rate it?". Periodically, I will post something interesting from the World Wide Web (aka The Internet). Tim will give it a rating 0-10, with 10 being the highest, along with his reasoning behind the ratings. Only then, after Tim has given his rating, will the faithful readers of this blog be free to post a comment with their rating and reasoning.

Let's start the game with a video from the my YouTube favorites list.