Yesterday my 28th birthday passed without much fanfare. I was planning on staying at work to finish up some errata but the power went out so I went with a bunch of guys to try out some candle pin bowling. I never did it before though I have duck bowled which is similar. Basically it is like a mixture of modern bowling and skeet ball. You get three tries to knock down ten pins. The big differences are that you use small wooden balls weighing between 2 and 2.7 pounds, the lanes aren’t cleaned during your round so you can use knocked down pins to get the other pins, the pins are skinny and symmetrical and like I said before you get three tries to knock all 10 down. It is a lot of fun and a lot harder than regular bowling to get a high score.

This has been a mellow birthday compared to those in the past. Mostly because I am not in the same area as my twin sister, it fell on a Tuesday this year, I have a lot of work to get done and well there is always this weekend. Actually, ever since I got back from Germany I have been in a sort of holding pattern when it comes to letting loose. Too much partying out there and perhaps a bit overoptimistic about some things coming home. The jury is still out on that one though.

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