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BC Dick - March 28, 2023March 28, 2023

The last one. Sweet mother of god am I ever eager to get this league over with. A night at the alley with friends while luring meeting lady tourists? Great time. 4 months of league bowling? Sure, that’s swell. I can do those things and enjoy them. But almost 7 full months

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BC Dick - March 21, 2023March 21, 2023

Finally, mercifully, we’ve almost reached the end. Only a couple more greasy gutters into which we must dip our collective fingers. Week 25 is upon us and according to the league webpage this will be the last night of regular play and then there will be some sort of “roll-off”

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BC Dick - March 14, 2023March 14, 2023

There is light amid the darkness. Not only did mister Lily and I (mostly him) actually win a game last week but we are now on week 24 or 25 of 27. I think it’s 24 but it’s hard to tell from the weekly results sheet. Usually when our married teammates

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BC Dick - March 7, 2023March 7, 2023

The final month. The stretch drive. The long walk off a short pier. That’s where we are finally at in this endless winter of a bowling season. The sun is out, the snow is gone, yard waste collection has resumed, but the league year continues unabated. It cares not for

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BC Dick - February 28, 2023February 28, 2023

Greetings, and welcome to yet another Tuesday bowling night. Tonight I am heading out to compete in week 23 of 27. More than six (6) months of bowling. Good gravy that’s a long season. At least it’s winter and there aren’t a lot of other options, although my area has

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BC Dick - February 21, 2023February 21, 2023

Another demoralizing loss for the team last week. Both sides went in with only two live bowlers, a pair on each of the teams having pre-bowled. Possibly something to do with Valentine’s Day. At least that was the case for our pair of harried married rollers. The thing about this

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BC Dick - February 14, 2023February 14, 2023

The march continues. The ‘fingers are still mired in second-last place. After what very well may be 6 games in the second half (or so) of the year we’ve managed 16 points. The leaders have 34 and the next 6 teams are all cheek-to-jowl with 28 to 32 points each.

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Factory of Sadness

BC Dick - February 8, 2023February 7, 2023

I think I’ve completely checked out of bowling season. We’re now on week 20 of 27(!) weeks and it has given me pretty much everything it could have. It’s past time to move on. I’ve got a Valentine’s Day weekend for to plan and prep. There’s light fixtures to put

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BC Dick - January 31, 2023January 31, 2023

The Fingers are slipping. Our grip now loose and floppy after once being sunk firmly and deeply into the grab-holes of first place. We are nearing the pure, un-scrubbed ass bottom of the league standings. I’m also being consistently shorted on purples when I get “rainbow” carrots. We entered last week

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BC Dick - January 24, 2023January 24, 2023

The list of “greatest” bowling movies is a very short one. I know of only two films that are either based on or feature a significant amount of bowling. Those, of course, are The Big Lebowski and Kingpin. The first and only list I looked at, from a reputable source,

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BC Dick - January 17, 2023January 17, 2023

You know what really grinds my gears? Those people who make a big mewling deal about the name “soccer”. It’s called soccer in North America. We have a football already so we call the other one soccer. Just deal with it. Those who insist on calling it football as if they

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BC Dick - January 10, 2023January 10, 2023

One late morning last week, seated in my motor-carriage and travelling to-wards a local restaurant in search of sustenance to break the night’s fast, I spotted a chunk of slush in the roadway. It being almost directly in my tire’s path I decided that the best slush is mushed slush