Bowling for Scholars

tonight was bowling night .. 4 of us from work bowl in a summer league in Plano. i'm officially a sub(stitute), but because others on the team often travel, i've been asked to bowl every week since the league started. it's not because i'm a great bowler (trust me!) but i serve as an inspiration to all bad bowlers : it is possible to improve! this is a handicapped league, similar to the crop subsidies paid by the government for farmers not to plant crops. well, in a way.

one member of our team bowled a 277 tonight .. very impressive. he had 4 strikes in a row, then a spare, then 6 more strikes in a row, then knocked down 8 pins on his last ball. nice! we also bowled well as a team, winning all 3 games. this should vault us into 3rd (or maybe even 2nd) among the 14 teams.

3 members of the other team bowled without putting their fingers and thumbs into the holes! maybe this is normal, but it certainly looked very unusual. i guess that saves on the $30 or so you have to pay to have holes drilled. :P