Feb 22, 2012
The Story of Open Mic Comedy in the Tri-Cities Origins – How did our Open mic Comedy get started at Jokers? How do most things get started – usually one dedicated person and some lucky coincidence. In this case the dedicated person was Emily Richman and the coincidence was an amateur comedy contest embedded in [...]
Jul 19, 2011
We borrowed this from Paul Kreins – THE 20 IMMUTABLE LAWS OF BOWLING LAW 1: No matter how bad your last shot was, you should have Inner Peace knowing that a worse one is yet to come. This LAW does not expire in the 10th frame, since it has the supernatural tendency to extend over the [...]
Feb 6, 2011
A Tale of Two Bowling Alleys On Saturday, February 05, 2011, I went to Valley Bowl in Spokane to watch friends bowl the annual “Otto Bowl”. The “Otto Bowl” was started by Marylin Young as a bowling tournament to honor the late Jim Hanson. It’s a 6 game handicap tournament and had a full [...]
Jan 5, 2011
Bowling like a mountain man, Jeremiah Johnson bowled games of 290, 257, and 256 for an 803 series in the Wednesday Mixed Fours at Atomic Bowl. In shooting his first 800 series, Jeremiah needed to pick up the 3-10 split in the 8th frame of the last game to keep his chances alive. He fit [...]
Dec 5, 2010
At Joker’s we sell mostly beer and mixed drinks, we don’t sell as much wine as many restaurants. We’ve got excellent, choice prime rib that we offer on Thursday through Saturday as well as other excellent food and wanted to serve a premium wine. The trouble is, when you open a standard 750 ml. bottle [...]
Nov 30, 2010
“Capitalism is like a nuclear reaction. Both have many potential benefits and both, uncontrolled, can cause much death and destruction. Social safety nets like unemployment insurance, social security and aid for dependent children are to capitalism as control rods are in a nuclear reactor – they control the immense force and channel it for good [...]
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