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Suburban Achievers: Sunday Mixed [jackdied] Oct 02 2007, 08:15 EDT [updated Oct 02 2007, 15:46 EDT] [permalink] Our handicaps were recalculated. Ouch. My average jumped to 149 from 123 (last season average). Kristy's jumped to 147 from 131. Now we are in the position of our opponents last season; our paper averages are close to our real averages so new bowlers Full Text More Google Arbitrage? [jackdied] Sep 28 2007, 12:26 EDT [permalink] In May I wrote about Google's crackdown on arbitrage. People were buying ads on Google to point to pages that listed Google ads. They paid a lower price for the ads they bought (for instance, typo'd words are cheaper) than money they received for ads t Full Text Your week in Quickies [quickie] Sep 27 2007, 19:40 EDT [updated Sep 28 2007, 14:16 EDT] [permalink] Fireworks Wars [teddied] Sep 27 2007, 17:20 EDT A whole new level to a bottle rocket fight or a even roman candle one. Full Text Murderer says "It was an accident" [jackdied] Sep 25 2007, 11:40 EDT [updated Sep 25 2007, 11:42 EDT] [permalink] This cretin must have read O.J.'s book. He was finally caught three years after committing a brutal murder and now he says: It was an accident. It is an accident when I cut myself shaving. I find it hard to believe it was an accident when he broke Full Text Suburban Achievers: Sunday Mixed [jackdied] Sep 24 2007, 08:49 EDT [updated Oct 02 2007, 08:15 EDT] [permalink] [update: got the real scores from Kristy] A 6-2 win for the Achievers over "Steric Hindrance" a group of four chemistry majors (Steric Hindrance is a chem term). bobsalive drove down to substitute for [still injured] Mike. Good times. Kristy averaged Full Text Pocono NASCAR 2007 (8 images) [jackdied] Sep 22 2007, 12:39 EDT [updated Sep 22 2007, 12:47 EDT] [permalink] Last month I joined the boys for the Pennsylvania 500 at the Pocono Raceway. Laugh all you want, the day was awesome. How awesome? See that t-shirt with the two middle fingers on it? I rest my case. Seriously though, there is no reason to get snobb Full Text Fed tries to reinflate the bubble [jackdied] Sep 19 2007, 23:32 EDT [updated Sep 19 2007, 23:33 EDT] [permalink] Federal Reserve chief Ben Bernanke cut the interest rate by half a percent to 4.75%. The stock market thinks this is a great idea (Dow Jones up 300!), NRO's money guy thinks this is a great idea, and I think it stinks. This move will cause banks to lend Full Text House and Senate to Constitution: Meh [jackdied] Sep 19 2007, 20:08 EDT [permalink] Monday was "Constitution Day" but don't tell that to our elected representatives. The House has already passed a "DC Voting Rights Act" to give Washington DC votes in the house. The Senate just narrowly prevented a vote 57-42 (60 votes are needed to Full Text Suburban Achievers: Sunday Mixed [jackdied] Sep 16 2007, 21:19 EDT [permalink] First things first: we now have lockers at the bowling alley. If I ever leave you a voice message "The you know what is in the you know where" and then die in a suspicious accident you can find the microfilm/computer disk/videotape in my bowling alley lo Full Text Rules of Thumb [jackdied] Sep 16 2007, 03:42 EDT [updated Sep 16 2007, 03:54 EDT] [permalink] Here are the numbers I use as rules of thumb when reading any article. The numbers are rounded to make them easier to remember and to make back-of-the-envelope math easier: for instance the US population is 302 million and not 300 million and the govern Full Text Your week in Quickies [quickie] Sep 14 2007, 17:50 EDT [permalink] Portopong [bobsalive] Sep 14 2007, 17:49 EDT Play Beirut (beer pong) in the pool on a floating surface. Full Text I'm an Uncle (again) [jackdied] Sep 10 2007, 12:52 EDT [updated Sep 10 2007, 12:55 EDT] [permalink] Welcome to the world Jacob ("Jake"). Congrats to teddied and Gina. Gina deserves most of the credit for carrying Jake around for the last 290+ days. Despite the long gestation Jake came out at a standard 8lbs. Early reports indicate he has blue eyes a Full Text Suburban Achievers: Sunday Mixed [jackdied] Sep 10 2007, 01:46 EDT [updated Sep 10 2007, 13:26 EDT] [permalink] The Summer season is over and the regular season has started. For reasons I don't understand the regular bowling season is nine months long. I don't mind bowling once a week for the next nine months but who really knows what they will be doing and where Full Text Tuesday Trio: Out With A Bang [jackdied] Sep 09 2007, 23:23 EDT [permalink] [belated, the final league night was a week and a half ago] We couldn't do worse than 3rd going in to the night and we didn't. To win first required the 1st and 2nd place teams finishing in a near draw and us at 3rd sweeping our opponents in 4th. 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