I’ve decided to blow $60 a month and join the bowling team of some of my co-workers. It’s going to be my second brush with an organized bowling league and hopefully it goes a little better for me than my last league. Davis and I had joined a PSL league in the fall, and I started that league with a 198 average, which was waaaaaaaaay higher than my real average. I think I ended the league in the 150s or 160s, but my average dropped weekly in that league, and it really killed our team’s chances of winning anything.

I’m pretty fortunate in this league because I’m joining as a replacement for an ex-coworker who left to move to D.C. The team I’m joining is full of players who are possibly worse than I am (no offense Q or George), but who are improving weekly. With the handicap system in full effect, their team has been able to improve while keeping a high handicap. It may anger the old bowlers in the league to be getting beat on scratch scores before the handicap gets added, but I’m pretty excited to join a team that’s getting better instead of a team that’s starting at its plateau. Team Toilet Bowl is the name of my new team, and they won the first half of the league. Hopefully I can bowl well so we can win the second half as well.

Unfortunately, I haven’t touched a bowling ball in months. I’m sure the first night I’ll be the big turd in the toilet bowl, but it’s all for fun.