09/17/2026
You're lookin' like you could use a good time. A new experience, a new adventure. I can relate.
Today's world doesn't want you to go out and seek adventure. A technological world that wants you on your phone, on your tablet, on your computer. Scroll this, swipe here, view this reel, click that, follow me, like and share, subscribe. Click, click, click. "Be my puppet!" Everything's a conspiracy theory, everything's a debate, everything's an argument, everything's offensive. Anything to keep you online and giving them your attention. The outside world has access to you 24/7, the first time in human history, and it knows EVERYTHING about you. Every click is logged, every click gives you away.
Since my divorce some 14 years ago I made it a mission to be one of the last left that encourages people to just go out and have fun and experience life. But if I'm being honest, all I've mostly done is beat my head against the fn wall and now I have a headache. In some regards I'm a monumental failure. We just don't follow our hearts anymore, we follow programming and it's frightening. I miss my 80's peeps...
Pool isn't like social media, there's no instant gratification like stupid pet videos or getting 10 likes from posting what you had for dinner. In pool you still have to work for it. In pool there's no elected official telling you what your rights are, there's no Pastor telling you what you have to believe in, there's no "influencer" telling you what you're offended by today, there's only you, your ability and your creativity. Then you turn and see your team and you realize this is real, this is real life. There's nothing fake about them, they're here with you, win, lose or draw, they're here to have fun with you. No conspiracy theories, no debates, no arguments, just a real night out where literally anything can happen without the safety net of hiding behind a device. What a wonderful experience life can be when you let it. I don't know how else to put it...