http://www.poppiti.net/wordpress Sun, 07 Jun 2009 21:32:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This is a new addition to poppiti.net - inspired by "the community".  Hoss of the week is our answer to the weekly article in that fantastic medium known as the News Journal.  'Hoss of the Week' nominations (along with an interesting story) should be sent to yours truly - and ... http://www.poppiti.net/wordpress/?p=41 I had big plans for the summer.  Most were for my own selfish.. self.  But one thing I held on to was getting Watson to swim. On Labor Day weekend, we took a trip to Dutch Springs, my new favorite weekend trip for scuba.  Karen and I made a dive in ... http://www.poppiti.net/wordpress/?p=37 Earlier this week, I had the opportunity to fly in a B-24 bomber. The plane is in service courtesy of the Collings Foundation. (http://www.collingsfoundation.org/). The Collings Foundation is a non-profit, Educational Foundation, founded in 1979. The purpose of the Foundation is to organize and support “living history” events that enable ... http://www.poppiti.net/wordpress/?p=35 We got to dutch early on Sunday and made two quick and familiar dives. We were offered a tour of a few attractions that we hadn't seen before, and we just filled our tanks so we figured - why not? Dive Master Kevin took us to another ramp to enter ... http://www.poppiti.net/wordpress/?p=31 I drink it up! "There Will Be Blood" was one of those movies where I kept finding myself with my eyes closed (almost falling asleep), but still continued watching as I heard how good a flick it was.  I'll agree, it was a very good movie.  It wasn't your glamorous Hollywood ... http://www.poppiti.net/wordpress/?p=30 This weekend was the PBA East Region Forrest Hill Lanes Open.  I entered as I usually do - last minute, and bowled C squad.  This is typically not good for the right handed variety, but it didn;t seem to matter this year.  The Regional tours have adopted the new versions of the animal ... http://www.poppiti.net/wordpress/?p=29 This past weekend was week two of SCUBA this summer! Tons of stuff has happened, and I can't write it all here, so I'll try to point out the most exciting things. First of all - Karen has completed her Open Water certification. Yay, Karen. Send her an ... http://www.poppiti.net/wordpress/?p=25 Last wednesday we took an advanced class in SCUBA.  For me it was learning to use a drysuit.  We started by setting up our gear and then learning how to 'don the suit'.  Once the suit is on, that sucker is really tight.  My question was "What happens if you ... http://www.poppiti.net/wordpress/?p=24 Both of my leagues finished up this week.  I don't officially bowl league again until May 29.  Looking ahead to a month of not bowling is depressing. If anyone has any ideas of what normal people do in their spare time, please drop me a line.  I can only do so ... http://www.poppiti.net/wordpress/?p=23 We traveled to Albuquerque, New Mexico this weekend for the USBC Open Championships. "WE" is Durbin Fisher, Skip Rutherford, Dave Graham, Eddie Given, Jr, and me! Below is a photo of the team. Skip and his partner Steve Levering, as usual, made a top 10 finish in the doubles ... http://www.poppiti.net/wordpress/?p=22