So, the new Spring APA season is underway. My 9-Ball team is playing about the same as usual, which means we're playing pretty well. We won the first week, and just barely lost the second week. We're having fun and looking forward to the city tournament coming up later this year.

The 8-Ball team I play on, Dammit Jim, has won the first two matches we've played so far. Of course, I'm acting as captain right now and having fun with that. This coming week, our captain, Jim, should be back in town.

The "new" APA has completely revised and updated the rules, and put more responsibility in the hands of the captains, division reps, area reps, and so on than was there before. My personal take on this is that its a good thing. If everything works like they say it should, a lot of the "sand-bagging" players will hopefully just leave the league. I believe that in playing in the APA, a player should constantly strive to improve their game and advance their skill level if they can. Time will tell if the new structure will work like everyone hopes it will.

Well, it's 2007, and I'm busy updating websites since I just returned from my Christmas trip to Washington state. It took a bit since my original flight plan was through Denver (that flight, on Frontier Airlines, was cancelled since the airport was still closed on Dec 21, 2006 due to the recent blizzard). So, new plans were made, and I flew Alaska Airlines to Seatlle, then on to Spokane via Horizon Airlines. The return trip was on the 1st instead of the 4th, so vacation was cut a bit short. Flew back on Horizon from Spokane to Portland, then via American Airlines from Portland to Dallas. It was basically a good trip all around.

I've posted additional pictures in my pictures gallery under the Construction heading. Mainly because they're all pictures taken down at the new house on the lake over Christmas (my parents and I spent most of my vacation down at the house and I really hated to leave the place because it is very comfortable!)

Anyway, back to updating sites...