Ed, who really was a talented player, was about as bright as a cue chalk with everything else. Chris was an underweight drunk with skanky girlfriends. So, that's how I learned to shoot pool. Fast-forward eight or ten years to this week, when I went to our friendly neighborhood pub to watch two teams from a local pool league. Now, in the past eight or ten years, I've learned that billiards is like any other sport.
All sorts play it in all kinds of places.
There are oak-walled English snooker halls. There's our friendly Burke Street pub. There's my cement-walled college gameroom. Regardless of location, once the game begins, I'm sunk. I like watching men silently compete with one another.