Unfortunately we are ranked 8/14 and 12 points out of first place with just 4 weeks left to go. For us to come in 1st would require everyone above us to split points every week and us to sweep every week. Not going to happen but we can still move up into the money spots.

Other league news: The team Itty Bitty Titty Committee took 5 points last night. The team name is technically "The I.B.T.C" and wasn't named that last week and won't be named that next week. Team names are whatever you write on your score sheet that week and can be changed as often as you like. The I.B.T.C. was born when team #7 asked a friend to turn in their score sheet for them - a rookie mistake. As far as team names go the I.B.T.C isn't salacious. The gay bowling league [Beantown league] has some team names that are frankly unprintable but many that are like "Strange Bedfellows" and "Three Men and a Tart."

Beantown League as Civics, and Free Masonry

Somewhat related, I'm seriously considering joining a Masonic lodge. The fact that I haven't been invited to join is interesting by itself; Masons are not allowed to invite people to join. They are allowed to talk about the non-secret parts but must stop short of actually extending an invitation. The recent radio and television ads featuring Benjamin Franklin touting Masonry, and annual open houses push the edge of the "no invite" rule.

The "no invite" rule is analogous to the U.S. Constitution: it can be violated when violating it is widely popular or when violating it is the only way to continue its existence, but the fact that it exists makes it less likely to be violated for trivia. The only problem I have with the Masons is that you aren't allowed to join another secret society after you join the Masons. Granted I'm not likely to join another secret society (I mourn the death of such association in America) but it rubs me the wrong way that I would be prohibited from doing so.