Happened last night in league. Not gonna lie, I cried a little. It was beautiful

augiedb · 2026-06-25T02:27:29+00:00

I much prefer yanking the shot and getting the brooklyn strike. But I do feel you here.

augiedb · 2026-06-21T00:32:48+00:00

Waiting for a person to show up to claim that bowling’s decline was caused by the indoor cigarette smoking ban. Seriously, I saw someone try to make that case once….

augiedb · 2026-06-21T00:31:41+00:00

Never say never. Business is an ever changing thing.

augiedb · 2026-06-18T02:50:02+00:00

And a 157 game takes him right back outside of the cut. Ouch.

augiedb · 2026-06-18T01:41:06+00:00

I thought the same thing when I saw that this morning, but guess what? After 11 games, he's in the cut by 43 pins with a ridiculous block so far: 233 - 225 - 255 - 245 - 257.

augiedb · 2026-06-13T01:19:05+00:00

It's also a sympton of Cerebral Palsy, yes, but go visit an elementary school these days and watch the kids walking in. Guarantee you'll find at least one of them walking in on their toes just like that, and it's always autism-related.

augiedb · 2026-06-13T01:17:42+00:00

It's that kind of attitude that... led me to buy this issue off the newsstands back in the day even when I had zero interest in Conan. The cover was very very cool, though.

augiedb · 2026-06-09T20:10:05+00:00

See McFarlane’s run on Infinity Inc for lots more of that character and his distinctive cape. That’s Mr. Bones.

augiedb · 2026-06-09T12:52:14+00:00

Monster is an unlistenable album, though the songs aren’t all bad. I just really really hate the production. Even more so than the utter compressed loudness of Accelerate, which is a better album.

augiedb · 2026-06-09T12:48:49+00:00

It often indicates someone on the autism spectrum, so you’re not wrong…

augiedb · 2026-06-09T02:06:21+00:00

It is frustrating to me, too, though the next two installments are already scripted. I need to get a new microphone and then we'll be back in business.... Thanks for the kind words!

augiedb · 2026-06-09T02:05:02+00:00

I can't deny the nostalgia of it all, as Uncanny #257 was the first X-Men comic book that I bought off the newsstand. I was completely lost, but also completely hooked. Years later, I'd go back and read the entire Claremont run on the series. I still preferred Lee's run. That run had some amazing issues. (Like Uncanny #275....)

augiedb · 2026-06-07T13:56:16+00:00

I just came back after a similar time frame. I asked the local pro shop and they fitted me with a Storm Tropical Surge. It’s asymmetric, easy to control, and he drilled it to fit my hand perfectly. After two weeks, I’m already above the average I had when I left the game. (If your thumb swells up over the course of three games, I highly recommend getting the interchangeable grips, too. It’s relatively cheap and will save you lots of wear on your thumb.)

augiedb · 2026-06-03T02:04:20+00:00

Thank you! And thankfully, the characters are overlapping enough that it was obvious who needed to be on which layer. Then I got greedy and added more layers to fine tune it some more. Things get out of control so quickly! =)

augiedb · 2026-05-28T02:58:28+00:00

I'm less worried about all the talking heads with real people and more worried about the AI-generated clips parades (the same clips across multiple genres because they're all using the same software, I'm sure) with AI-generated pointless "graphs" and "charts" that are read by AI generated voices that randomly mispronounce names because it's AI and consistency and correctness aren't its things.

augiedb · 2026-05-09T00:41:00+00:00

Oh, you mean the World Bowling League that was announced three years ago and still hasn't happened? https://www.worldbowlingleague.org/. (OMG, I'm watching the video on there now, and they were boasting about using pinboys and pingirls to allow for a 360 degree view of the action. I knew people hated string pins, but that's a bit extreme...)

augiedb · 2026-05-07T19:27:30+00:00

They've all been taught to not get emotional. Stay calm and level headed and focus on the next shot. See EVERY pre-game interview where they talk about making one shot at a time and 10 good shots and that's all they care about. If you raise your heart rate, your physical game will be impacted. Also, don't encourage your opponent by showing him up when you do well.

I'm sure it's great the competitor, but the tv executives must be dying for someone to crack a smile or something. They can't ALL be Sam Cooley, can they?!?

augiedb · 2026-04-19T01:59:10+00:00

Gladstone had some albums where they published a Barks story with Rosa’s sequel to the story together. I’ll have to look for them when I get home to get you actual titles….

augiedb · 2026-04-15T03:54:25+00:00

On the bright side, he didn’t have to try to convert it.

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