Monthly ArchiveMay 2007
News Opinion by Spencer on May 7, 2007
Viva La France!
Something tremendous has happened in France… They have overwhelmingly elected a pro-American, pro-Capitalist conservative for their new President. This changes the decades long socialist trend in France and is a great thing to see. He will have a lot of challenges ahead, as parliamentary elections are coming up soon, and France’s government may not know what to do if an opposing party to the new president wins the majority (the government as it is now almost depends on the President and Parliament to be of the same party).
To see anything less socialist coming out of Europe (Great Britain excluded) is truly amazing. The new president is going to be taking on a lot of responsibility but it appears the French are ready to come back to a market based society.
Check out the news article here.
Have a great week!
Bowling by Spencer on May 6, 2007
2006 – 2007 Winter Season Final Report
Greetings to all of my bowling fans. The long winter season is finally over. We have two weeks off before the summer session starts; so now is the best time to post my last set of stats. So, without further ado, here are the details of the entire season:
Wk# | Date | Lanes | Gm1 | Gm2 | Gm3 | Series | Avg | Run Avg |
1 | Sep 06, 2006 | 9-10 | 150 | 218 | 179 | 547 | 182.33 | 182.33 |
2 | Sep 13, 2006 | 19-20 | 182 | 125 | 169 | 476 | 158.67 | 170.50 |
3 | Sep 20, 2006 | 27-28 | 172 | 130 | 192 | 494 | 164.67 | 168.56 |
4 | Sep 27, 2006 | 29-30 | 160 | 145 | 189 | 494 | 164.67 | 167.58 |
5 | Oct 02, 2006 | 27-28 | 189 | 170 | 179 | 538 | 179.33 | 169.93 |
6 | Oct 11, 2006 | 33-34 | 190 | 139 | 131 | 460 | 153.33 | 167.17 |
7 | Oct 18, 2006 | 35-36 | 147 | 137 | 133 | 417 | 139.00 | 163.14 |
8 | Oct 25, 2006 | 37-38 | 156 | 171 | 180 | 507 | 169.00 | 163.88 |
9 | Nov 01, 2006 | 39-40 | 176 | 149 | 162 | 487 | 162.33 | 163.70 |
10 | Nov 08, 2006 | 43-44 | 178 | 188 | 146 | 512 | 170.67 | 164.40 |
11 | Nov 15, 2006 | 47-48 | 170 | 159 | 167 | 496 | 165.33 | 164.48 |
12 | Nov 22, 2006 | 51-52 | 124 | 178 | 182 | 484 | 161.33 | 164.22 |
13 | Nov 29, 2006 | 17-18 | 171 | 192 | 159 | 522 | 174.00 | 164.97 |
14 | Dec 06, 2006 | 21-22 | 158 | 182 | 146 | 486 | 162.00 | 164.76 |
15 | Dec 13, 2006 | 25-26 | 153 | 135 | 173 | 461 | 153.67 | 164.02 |
16 | Dec 20, 2006 | 29-30 | 127 | 187 | 118 | 432 | 144.00 | 162.77 |
17 | Dec 27, 2006 (PR) | 1-2 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 162.77 |
18 | Jan 03, 2007 | 1-2 | 184 | 149 | 127 | 460 | 153.33 | 162.22 |
19 | Jan 10, 2007 | 19-20 | 168 | 211 | 173 | 552 | 184.00 | 163.43 |
20 | Jan 17, 2007 | 21-22 | 167 | 194 | *272* | *633* | 211.00 | 165.93 |
21 | Jan 24, 2007 | 19-20 | 147 | 168 | 153 | 468 | 156.00 | 165.43 |
22 | Jan 31, 2007 | 23-24 | 184 | 171 | 214 | 569 | 189.67 | 166.59 |
23 | Feb 07, 2007 | 27-28 | 181 | 191 | 179 | 551 | 183.67 | 167.36 |
24 | Feb 14, 2007 | 31-32 | 172 | 177 | 146 | 495 | 165.00 | 167.26 |
25 | Feb 21, 2007 | 35-36 | 153 | 150 | 182 | 485 | 161.67 | 167.03 |
26 | Feb 28, 2007 | 39-40 | 157 | 142 | 176 | 475 | 158.33 | 166.68 |
27 | Mar 12, 2007 | 27-28 | 169 | 197 | 173 | 539 | 179.67 | 167.18 |
28 | Mar 14, 2007 | 47-48 | 160 | 201 | 158 | 519 | 173.00 | 167.40 |
29 | Mar 21, 2007 | 51-52 | 157 | 167 | 150 | 474 | 158.00 | 167.06 |
30 | Mar 28, 2007 | 21-22 | 171 | 198 | 203 | 572 | 190.67 | 167.87 |
31 | Apr 04, 2007 | 25-26 | 203 | 161 | 209 | 573 | 191.00 | 168.64 |
32 | Apr 11, 2007 | 29-30 | 172 | 177 | 228 | 577 | 192.33 | 169.41 |
33 | Apr 18, 2007 | 1-2 | 148 | 157 | 201 | 506 | 168.67 | 169.39 |
34 | Apr 25, 2007 (PR) | 1-2 | 138 | 205 | 166 | 509 | 169.67 | 169.39 |
35 | May 02, 2007 | 1-2 | 182 | 163 | 247 | 592 | 197.33 | 170.22 |
Game Averages: | 165.18 | 170.12 | 175.35 |
Overall, I am much more pleased with the second half than I was with the first half. My spare shooting improved tremendously. I had a lot more clean games (especially in the last 5 weeks with 4 of them).
One striking statistic is the average per game number. In the first half, they were all fairly even; now there is a clear improvement from the first game to the third. Perhaps, I should come and bowl an extra game of warmup on league nights? Something to consider for the summer.
Well, I’ll let you go for now. With the new software I’m writing to track my scores, it may be a while before I write the ability to export to a web format, but it will be something I’m working on.
Have a great day and take care!
News Opinion by Spencer on May 2, 2007
2 Day Workweek?
Check out this article:
Group Asks Congress to Adopt Five-Day Weekend
As much as it sounds like a good idea, this would kill society. If everyone only worked for two days, can you imagine the lines at the DMV or medical practices? Sure, different services could be open on different days to lessen it a bit, but things would grind to a standstill for those services that require lines / waiting.
The economy would be affected, but maybe not as much after a while. Most people when working probably don’t get a full 5 days of real work done anyway, so if you only had to be in a place for 2 days a week, you could be more productive. Of course, business couldn’t adopt a rolling schedule like independent services could; otherwise things would really never get done. Imagine sending an e-mail to a client but they won’t be in until later in the week so it’ll be at least a week before you get a response.
I’m sure the idea behind the group isn’t really to effect change. If they were truly serious, they would possibly push for a 4 day work week; which would have nearly no adverse side effects to economic or service abilities as each business could choose how to split up Monday/Friday off time. I think they are just trying to make the point that Congress, for all of the money they receive (outside of PAC donations) as salary, is only in session for what works out to 2 days a week. I’m not a fan of Congress in general and believe there should be some major overhauls in practice, but the last thing I want would be for them to be in session for any more time than they are now (do you really want them passing MORE stupid legislation?). Also, even though they may be in session for only 104 days, they are working out side of that; theoretically; for their constituents.
I have a better overall solution… allow me to work 2 days a week at my current salary and the rest of you can all continue to work as you do (or don’t) now.
Take care all, sorry for the lengthy delay in posting. My current bowling league ends tonight so I will post my scores for the league and how we ended up as a team.