I am on the brink of a serious break through. I just know it! Since I don't have to prepare for any specific tournament this week, I'm finally able to get back to 14.1. Tonight's HR's: 28, 28, 31, 42, and 42 I ...

Well, I did it. I managed to pull it off somehow. I'm still basking in the glory of my hard-earned victory from this weekend. Though I'm still in a bit of shock, it came at a time just when I needed it. Just as I've been feeling a bit down and out about competing and the point of it all, I proved to myself this weekend that even though I didn't play perfect, I'm a fighter and I never once gave up. Oh, and getting a little lucky didn't hurt either.

This is a story about a 14-year-old girl that had heaps of potential for becoming a concert violinist. She had a good ear, natural talent, and the keen gift of sight-reading just about any piece of music. Unfortunately, what she did not have was the desire and dedication. She would excel as far as she could with music. In her final years of performing, she would always be near the front, but would never become concertmistress or the section leader. She was ‘just good enough.’

I generally like to take the summer off from pool post Vegas. Sometimes, I'll go for weeks without hitting a ball. Since my recent lackluster interest for competing, I would assume do the same this summer. However, there is always the subject of straight pool...

Well, since last I wrote, Mike and I have packed up and made our way back to Minneapolis, via Samsara, Fargo Billiards, and his parents in Alexandria. View June 2010 in a larger map We spent all of Thursday and Friday morning ...