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New Year, New Plans!
One of my goals for the new year is to blog at least once a week. But, since I blog on at least 4 different sites that will mean one post a month. This website has been the hardest to keep going, and I’m not sure why. I really like curling- I curl in three [...]
What IS the new 5-rock rule in curling?
So I saw a tweet today linking to a poll asking people if they like the 5-rock rule. I was hoping these would be more of a description about what the rule is, but no, just the poll. I Googled “What is the 5-rock rule?” Nothing helpful came up- there was a Yahoo! Answers question [...]
That’s a wrap!
Hey all, I know I started late in the season, but wanted to drop a quick note saying my curling season is officially done so updating here is going to be pretty sparse. Highlights this season included winning the Valentine’s Day bonspiel with my fiancee only a week after we got engaged, buying my first [...]
Trying to Sweep Like the Elites
After spending the weekend in DC for the Kayser I had the pleasure of watching an awful lot of elite curling on TSN piped into the clubhouse. Between that and watching the Brier online this week I’ve been trying to see what the elites do differently that maybe I could pick up. Clearly my delivery [...]
Tijuana TAM
As usual my friends ask me what I’m up to this weekend, and as usual my response includes a bonspiel of some sort. This week is different though because I’m working on the committee to organize the event- I’m not actually playing! Starting today is the 2011 Tijuana TAM (it took me a while to [...]
My First Broom
I’m really excited to say that I’ve ordered my first broom. I’m kind of reckless when I buy things though and fall in love with something way more expensive or fancy than I really need (see: laptop with solid state hard drive). But anyways, I ordered a . Not only is it carbon fiber, but [...]
2011 Kayser
Just got back (OK, a couple of days ago) from the 2011 Kayser Under 5 Mixed Bonspiel for the Grand National Curling Club. This is my first full year curling, and while I wasn’t able to get a team together my fiancee was so we went down to the Potomac Curling Club together. The Albany [...]