Much fun was had yesterday at Timber Lanes. A smallish group from Chicagobloggers went out for some bowling, food, and drink. Timber Lanes is a small bowling alley, only eight lanes, but since our ten were the only people there when we arrived, there was no trouble. I broke 100 in both games, and amused everyone with my terrible technique. I have the tendency to run like hell down the lane, using as much full-body momentum as possible to make up for my lack of musculature. I also don't have that kick thing that everyone who bowls well does.
I took several pictures, one of which is the current rearview on Gapers Block. When the blacklights came on, the camera came out. There was only one ball that glowed, and it reminded me of the forest spirits from Princess Mononoke. Check it out.
It was good to meet (in some cases) and chat (in all cases) with Jason, Phineas, Stacy, Eric, Brian, and everyone else, for that matter. This is a really good group of people. The only guaranteed commonality is having a weblog (although that wasn't guaranteed yesterday either), which doesn't necessarily mean you build web stuff for work anymore. As a result, the group is reasonably diverse and interesting. Like I said, much fun.
The only thing that wasn't fun was the biblical gnat infestation. Walking from home to the El, I got covered several times, as you can see. Those dots all over my shirt, and the blurry ones on my arm, are gnats.
I know I'm enjoying myself if I'm talking more than bowling, because I really like to bowl. I think it was the blacklights that did it for me. Oh that and the jockey, of course.
Thanks to Brian for organizing the bowling. Stace and I had a great time meeting everyone.
Posted by kegz at August 4, 2003 8:22 AM