The winning style

S and I were invited to join the boys and their mother at ten pin bowling. Not something I have done much of, and not my favourite activity. Being with grandchildren, however, is a favourite activity, and I guess that they were keen not to have their grandparents encouraging gardening, had we gone to their home.

As it turned out, the couple hours we had at the bowling alley were fun and everyone had lots of laughs and smiles.

The first game was won decisively by Young L. He chose the right weight bowl for himself, and showed commendable accuracy. Mr H complained of tiredness, due to late night reading I guess. But came right in the second game after Granny S had encouraged him to treat it as a science experiment, and adjust according to the results of each bowl.

Just after the start of the second game, S said that maybe another time we should try bowling left handed. I am not ambidextrous, but have often done many sporting activities with my left hand, so I decided to complete the game left handed. I did just as well as I had right handed, and better than in the first game.

Recently I read an essay about the brain as a computer. Very interesting, and I agree with the conclusion that while the human brain demonstrates many computational abilities, there is much more to brain function. Nevertheless, today and other times I note how quickly and without conscious direction by my self, my brain has me being accurate in direction and strength of throw, or in this case, bowl.

Today has been a non work day, as 25 April is ANZAC Day, a day of remembrance from the battle in what is now known as ANZAC Cove in Turkey in 1915. Many New Zealand and Australian soldiers died in a pointless (and unsuccessful) effort to capture a piece of Turkish land during World War I. The greatest sadness from remembering that battle and the many deaths, is that there are still leaders who believe that their role includes ordering young men and women to go out and kill and be killed.