Sesquipedalianism is the future

He who laughs last...

2009-02-05T20:48:00.001Z

I'm rather amused to have read one of Ian's blog posts recently, bragging about how he was easily winning. Well I've clawed it back, almost!

Ian 35 - 34 James

Swings and roundabouts

2009-02-04T12:46:00.001Z

Bizarre couple of days. On Tuesday I actually potted the black in all 3 games, but only won 1 of them.

Today, I manage to play some absolutely rubbish pool and take two frames.

Ian 34 - 32 James

Quitter!

2009-02-02T17:11:00.001Z

So on the day that Ian announces he's leaving us, he quite rightly gets beaten.

Oh yes.

Ian 31 - 29 James

Poor Ian

2009-01-28T12:39:00.001Z

So, when you have the 8-ball hovering over the pocket, white in the middle, no obstructions, you can't lose right?

Ian potted both black and white in some style, with some overexaggerated top spin. I'm very grateful :)

Ian 30 - 27 James

Steady going...

2009-01-23T16:02:00.002Z

It's been fairly level pegging over the last few days. Bit of tit for tat going on, but we've both been playing fairly well. could have been a whitewash today though!

Ian 29 - 25 James

That's right...

2009-01-21T11:18:00.000Z

..I can't be bothered to write a summary :)

Ian 25 - 20 James

wtf

2009-01-15T11:41:00.001Z

I'm not really sure what happened over Christmas, but Ian's game got considerably better, and mine just fell to shit!

Ian 22 - 17 James

Thursday...

2009-01-12T11:22:00.002Z

It's been that long ago, I can't actually remember what happened, but I think Ian played well and I kept on missing :)

Ian 16 - 17 James

Bit late, but nevermind....

2009-01-06T11:47:00.002Z

I'd fully intended to update this yesterday, but managed to completely forget. In our first game for the best part of a month due to holidays, illnesses and generally being busy, Ian managed (somehow) to win our first match of the year 2-1. I say somehow because how I wasn't 2-0 after the first two is going to remain as one of life's unsolved mysteries...

Ian 14 - 16 James

3-0!

2008-12-04T12:49:00.001Z

So I lost all three games. My hands were frozen. Ian fluked about 5 balls out of 8. But I'm not bitter! Just bitterly cold!

Ian 12 - 15 James

Stupid stripes

2008-12-02T13:35:00.001Z

Okay, so game one (and I'm nin a foul mood!). Ian breaks and pots nothing. I then continue my furious rage and pot everything. Except I forgot I had a ball left after I'd potted the black! To be fair to him, Ian did try to tell me this :)

Either way, it ended out with two to Ian and the solitary frame for me.

Ian 9 - 15 James

It's cold...

2008-12-01T12:51:00.000Z

...but my winning streak is on fire!

Ian 7 - 14 James

Coffee brings...

2008-11-19T14:40:00.001Z

..A rather sudden end to Ian's beloved keyboard. Clearly his heartache caused his play to suffer as he narrowly managed to avoid a whitewashing, instead losing two from three.

Ian 7 - 11 James

No excuses!

2008-11-18T14:26:00.002Z

I have none (for once), but Ian could and probably should have won 3-0 today, instead clinching the day by two frames to one.

Ian 6 - 9 James

Mondays bring doom and gloom..

2008-11-17T14:54:00.001Z

...for Ian.

The first two frames could have gone both ways, but I managed to clinch them both, leaving Ian scratching his head and then potting the black in the third frame. But about ten minutes earlier than needed :)

Ian 4 - 8 James

Ears and cueing

2008-11-10T13:53:00.001Z

Okay, so is it possible that having an ear infection can cause your pool to go dramatically downhill? I wouldn't have thought so either. But, today my ear infection started kicking off again and my pool was DREADFUL. I couldn't cue straight and so my potting was dire. Ian should probably have taken all three games, but I managed some outrageously lucky shots and really should have taken two from three!

Ian 4 - 5 James

The mythical ceiling of doom

2008-11-06T13:41:00.000Z

It's really rather depressing. We've been ocvered by the Mythical Ceiling of Doom (cloud) for the last 3 days solidly. There hasn't been any sunshine, it's constantly looked like we're in the Artic Circle and it's just dark. Although it does get darker in the evenings, which makes it even more enjoyable.

Some sunshine would be nice, please?

Day 2 on the Plusnet pool table

2008-11-04T12:58:00.000Z

The second day of the series managed to produce the same result as yesterdays, although under slightly different circumstances. I'd managed to regain some lost form and could easily have taken a sweep if it wasn't for some quality safety play from Ian.

Ian's off on holiday now though, so there won't be a chance to even up until next week.

Ian 2 - 4 James

The pool battle recommences!

2008-11-03T11:37:00.000Z

Ian and I had a fairly long standing pool battle that we'd have at work lunchtimes. For one reason or another, we managed to stop doing them (although I was winning at the time) so we decided it was a good idea to start things up again!

We started off with Ian playing fairly well and myself playing abysmally, with no excuses I could come up with, but ended with Ian taking the first and me taking the second and third.

Ian 1 - 2 James

More tomorrow!