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Hubris- Distracting

Feb01

by Greg Cravens on February 1, 2021 at 2:22 am

Chapter: Comic

Turns out that Rick is pretty dang good at Shuffleboard, which is good, ’cause after his “Skateboarding” event last year, he walked funny and groaned whenever he got up or sat down, for like a week and a half.

Shuffleboard, though… when played with people as the game pieces… that’s not just point-and-shoot. You gotta trust your people not to wiggle around, or twist to keep their heads pointed one way or another, or not to be allergic to baby oil. Mick didn’t even get CLOSE to the game ’cause of that. Vic Potato, though? That guys knows how to hold dead still when there’s a score on the line. Plus, he can out-stare any of the Ëüröschpörtën team.

└ Tags: Erich, misdirection, Mittleif, Rick, shuffleboard

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Hubris- All’s Fair

Jan29

by Greg Cravens on January 29, 2021 at 6:18 am

Chapter: Comic

Rick Mittleif is not above using his ‘aw shucks’ style and nice guy attitude to steamroller you.

Remember that.

└ Tags: admiration, distraction, Erich, polite, Rick, shuffleboard

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Hubris- Rivalry

Jan27

by Greg Cravens on January 27, 2021 at 2:22 am

Chapter: Comic

Lowell has learned a lesson about rivalry. It can be fun and spirited, or it can be mean-spirited.

Lowell started out, quite a while ago, thinking it had to be the latter.

Now, he must feel differently. I honestly don’t think he dumped Paste on his head out of mean-spiritedness. I think it was done in fun.

Surely Paste will feel the same.

└ Tags: Durnell, Lowell, Mal, paste, rivalry, shuffleboard, streaking, win-win

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Hubris- Nap Slap

Dec28

by Greg Cravens on December 28, 2020 at 2:22 am

Chapter: Comic

Hubris’ subconscious is pretty adept at conjuring up a Dad. Good Advice, Upbeat Manner, and a Heads-Up to be careful.

I guess when Dad’s not there in person, your subconscious has to work overtime… or overwork sometime. Like Naptime.

└ Tags: bubblewrap, Carl, dad, dream, hubris, paste, shuffleboard

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Hubris- About Time

Dec22

by Greg Cravens on December 22, 2020 at 2:22 am

Chapter: Comic

Time flies when you’re having fun, but slows down when your anticipation is high, or when you’re very alert. I guess these guys are learning that your watch and your memories are never going to match up particularly well…

└ Tags: Full contact, shuffleboard, The Chandrasekar brothers, Time, yesterday

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Hubris- The scores are the scores, of course of course

Dec16

by Greg Cravens on December 16, 2020 at 2:22 am

Chapter: Comic

So the court was drawn the wrong way…

Scores can still be counted, and that’s all that matters.

No, wait- people can be shoved down a baby-oiled course with a stick. THAT’S all that matters.

└ Tags: crickets, Durnell, shuffleboard, Wrong

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Hubris- Shuffleboard Skillz

Dec09

by Greg Cravens on December 9, 2020 at 2:22 am

Chapter: Comic

You know the first time you throw a thing, or lift a thing, or push a thing, or smash at a dead run into a thing while pointing a long pole at it, you can never quiiiiiite know how much “oomph” to put on it.

Gauging Oomph is one of those things that you’ve gotta work at if you wanna be good at it. You can’t just guess at the amount of Oomph needed and give it a whack. You have to eyeball it, and heft it, and take a couple of practice swings. Any Olympic Oompher could tell you that.

If you don’t have the chance to take some practice first, is it best to OverOomph it? UnderOomphing it would be embarrassing, but the other team might still knock your guy into play. The other team’s never gonna go get your guy after he’s flown off the back end, though, even if sending him off the back end makes you look all burly and stuff.

└ Tags: Catherine, Durnell, Mick, Oomph, Rick, shuffleboard, Vic

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Hubris- The Pushening

Dec07

by Greg Cravens on December 7, 2020 at 2:22 am

Chapter: Comic

Team Wukilar have never seemed to all be on the same wavelength. Yeah, they’re bound together either by the fact that they’re all cosplaying cryptids and/or conspiracy critters, or they are all, in fact, cryptids or conspiracy critters- but they don’t have the fellowship that you expect from people on a team together, do they? More like family of various ages and social persuasions sitting at the same table for a holiday meal. You know someone’s gonna huck the gravy boat, you’re just waiting to see who it’s gonna be… and who’s gonna be the first to say, “I ain’t cleaning that up” and go watch TV.

On the other hand, those Bugaloos- what a fine bunch of kids they seem to be, with their cheery attitudes and utter lack of fashion sense or hip streetwisedness. Plus, there’s only four of them, and that seems to be an issue all of a sudden.