Earlier this month, Jim Gorman came in first place in the first monthly three-cushion billiards tournament at Saddlebrook Rec Center.  A very close second was Bill Gentry and Conrad Gusfa placed third. Click READ MORE to see pic…

This is an open tournament for anyone who wishes to participate. Contact Conrad Gusfa or Jim Vaccaro for more info.

Information about the league and complete standings can be found on their page here…

Standings from Week #6 of Sherree Rifenberick’s 8-9 Ball League for Advanced Women players are in.  They play Thursdays at the Canal Rec Center at 1 PM.  Chris Miller is still in 1st place with 32 wins now, Elena P. is still in 2nd with 28, and Sherree, Laura Decoster, and Judy Donner are still in a 3-way tie for 3rd with 27 wins now.

Stats and information about the league are posted on her page here…

Time to ease into the week and start off your morning coffee time with some smooth jazz.  It’s been over a year since I posted any Chris Botti.  This one is a lot more mellow than the previous one that was meant to be cranked up.  If you want to check it out afterwards, just click here.

In the meantime, here’s a nice rendition of “Cinema Paradiso” that Botti performed at the Newport Jazz Festival in 2006.  This will bring a smile to someone who needs it while she’s in the hospital.  Enjoy…!

Ginger had her Friday Night Billiards Open tournament at Silver Lake Friday nite.  Here’s how they finished:

1st – Steve Luskey
2nd – Bob Huebsch
3rd –  Mark Bleakey
4th – Rick Lamb, Steve Strasberger, Mark Bligh

Check out Ginger’s Friday Nite Billiards Open here for additional info and pics of the winners.

It looks like not only is Mike Dunn still in 1st and undefeated after 9 matches now, but he also had a 42 ball run this week!  Don Hunter is still in 2nd with only 1 loss,  and Fred is in 3rd but has a few makeup matches to play.

Complete results as well as the schedule and info about Fred’s league are posted on his page here. 

Week #8 standings for Ron Boyle’s Advanced 8-9 Ball league that plays Fridays at 9:30 at La Hacienda Rec Center are now posted.   Jerry Keating’s team is still in 1st with 274 wins now; Jim Cupilary’s team is still in 2nd (266); Zeb’s team is in 3rd with 260; and Tom Lindbeck’s team is in 4th (222). Zeb Riggs had ANOTHER 9-ball on the break. 

More info about his league and the complete Latest Standings can be found on his page here… Roger Vigrass sent over some pics of these guys playing at Hacienda.  Check them out on their page if you haven’t seen them yet.  I also added Zeb’s pic below to their Gallery.

These guys put together one of my favorite live albums.  I still keep quite a few of the songs from it in the car.  This song is one of those and is a live recording – just not from that album.  It has the added benefit though of having 3 great singers joining the band – Emmylou Harris, Bonnie Raitt and Jessie Winchester.

The group was formed by lead vocalist and guitarist Lowell George, bassist Roy Estrada (both formerly of the Mothers of Invention), keyboardist Bill Payne, and drummer Richie Hayward in 1969. The band’s classic line-up, in place by late 1972, consisted of George, Payne, Hayward, bassist Kenny Gradney, guitarist and vocalist Paul Barrere, and percussionist Sam Clayton.  I have a memorial post for Paul Barrere here if you want to check it out too.

If you weren’t able to attend the David Pogue book tour presentation put on by The Villages Apple User Group (TVAUG) this past Thursday, we live-streamed it and put the recording up on YouTube.  I thought some of you may be interested – even if you don’t own any Apple products…yet.

You may know David Pogue from CBS News Sunday Morning as a correspondent there but he is also an author and avid Apple fan and speaker.  He wrote a new book, “Apple: The First 50 Years.” that he spent 2 years putting together.  He told numerous interesting stories about Steve Wozniak, Steve Jobs, and others behind the scenes of Apple, and also sang a few of his humorous song parodies.  As you’ll see, he’s a very good presenter.

Week #4 standings from today are now posted.  Both matches went 51-49 so there were no changes in the order.  Fred is finally coming back strong this season.  Both he and Greg posted 13’s this week.

Current detailed standings for this session can be found here…
The league details and history can be found here…

It’s been a couple months since I posted some of this genre so I guess it’s over-Doo.  This is not really my generation’s music but I had 2 sisters 10 and 12 years older in the house so I did grow up with an appreciation for some of it.

 The Crests were formed by bass vocalist J.T. Carter in the mid 1950s. The group had several Top 40 hits in the late 1950s and early 1960s on Coed Records. Their most popular song, “16 Candles”, rose to No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1959 selling over one million copies and earning a gold disc status. The group’s other big hits include “Step By Step,”….

Stu sent in the Week #5 standings of the Intermediate Straight Pool league that he runs at the Canal Rec Center on Wednesdays at 6PM.   Matches played ahead are not included.  Lou Martarano is still alone and undefeated in 1st place.  Al Hooper and Roger Pollock are tied for 2nd with just 1 loss.  Ron Taylor now also has a High Run of 11 to match Stu’s previous one.

Here are the latest Weekly Results from This Session.

Stan Martin sent in the latest standings for Week 8 Session XIII of his Sur de 44 league.  

Current High MSP Scores:  
1st            Bill B         110
2nd          Rich G        99
3rd           Rich G        98

Their schedule along with a description of the league, its format and complete, detailed standings are posted on his page here.

Rich Christiano’s Low Riders team is back in 1st place with 82 points.  John Stackpole’s Chalk to Me Dirty team dropped down to 2nd with 77 and Gary Nankervis’ Trouble team slid down to 3rd with 76.

The Latest Standings, Master Schedule and Roster for the session are here and on Bill’s main OBG site here.

Week #4 results are now in Rich’s Google spreadsheet.  Dave Watson and Mike Rood are still out in front with 6 wins but both have make-ups to do.  Tommy Maffatone. Ron Taylor and Larry Stuart are tied in 3rd with 4.  Stop down Sterling Heights on a Tuesday to check out this game.  I heard they got new lights there!

The league plays on Tuesdays at Sterling Heights and the latest standings along with info about the league are posted on their page here.

Ron’s Boyle’s Advanced 8/9-Ball league played Week #2 this past Tuesday.  Zeb Rigg’s team is now in1st with 71 wins.    Mike Asselin’s team dropped to 2nd with 66.  John Stackpole’s team is in 3rd with 64 wins and Jerry Keating’s team is in 4th with 55.

Click here to go to their web page with a description of the league and the complete stats.  Contact Ron Boyle here if you are interested in playing in this Advanced 8 & 9-ball league that plays on Tuesdays at Silver Lake.

Ginger sent in the Week #1 standings of the 2026 Spring session from her 8 & 9-ball league that plays on Tuesdays at the Odell Rec Center.  Lou Martarano is out in front with 7 wins.  Larry Hicks is in 2nd with 6 wins.  There is a group of guys tied for 3rd with 5 wins.

The latest results and other info are now posted on her league’s page here.

With just two weeks to go in this session, we have a close race.  The top 3 are:

Team #12 (Don Hunter) has 51.5 wins
Team #10 (Shar Roberts) has 51.0 wins
Team #9 (Roger McEvoy) has 48.0 wins

The following players had perfect scores of 50: Rod Meiboom, Steve Hancharik, Don Hunter, John Stackpole, Phil Marzullo and Chuck Palmer.  

The following teams had perfect rounds of 50: Team #2 (Lynne Burke), Team #13 (Larry Thomas), Team #7 (Joanne Sowell) and Team #15 (Irene Manoriti). 

Latest scores and complete standings can be found on her site here.

After 14 weeks of play, Doug Edwards’ team is still in 1st with 126 points now.  Jim Turner’s team is in 2nd with 123 and  Frankie Lamberti’s team is in 3rd with 122 

The latest detailed stats are now posted on Bill’s website.  My page here has links to his site – the Current Schedule, Roster, Member List, Latest Standings, etc.

Info about the league is on Bill’s website.

Don Hunter’s Bank Pool Div. 1 League played their Week #14 matches this past Monday at Hibiscus.   It looks like the order stayed the same –Don Hunter (#1), Don Simpson (#2) and Brian Bedford (#3).  There is only one makeup game needed to finish up this session!

Check out the detailed standings for both divisions here…

ere’s another off-the-wall one that might bring back some more memories from the 60’s for you.

This band was signed to Reprise Records in 1966.  Their first album, The Electric Prunes, included the band’s two nationally charting songs, “I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night)” and “Get Me to the World on Time“. but for the life of me, I certainly don’t recall that second one!  The original group disbanded by 1968 but I still use that catchy phrase even though I rarely remember my dreams.