Garrick van Buren

Bizzyness

“There is no one kind of being busy. I don’t necessarily want to be busy. I don’t feel like I need to prove anything by being busy. I even know that I’m more productive and creative when I’m *not* busy.” – Rex Hammock

Open Loop #3 – Kubb Fever

Beer: unknown
Why we crazy about the Kubb?
2012 USA National Kubb Championship
Kubbchucks v Tad Kubbler Game 1
Kubb and Koffee, Tuesday Friendlies
US Kubb Nationals, what was it like
How did the “big show” work
Our games, eternity…
Sunday – the finals
Planet Kubb Notation & Planet Kubb Scoresheet

table for two

“Think about how you’d feel if a guy sat down at your lunch table one afternoon when you were interviewing an applicant for a vice-president’s position and tried to sell the two of you a car, and wouldn’t go away.” – @Man.

I don’t read Doc as much as I used to. Which means that when I do – I’m completely floored.

Alt View

“What if we eventually realize that, like the alt weeklies, these are things we do because they should be done, because it’s fun, to make our little community a better place … not because they’re going to be great businesses.” – Derek Powazek

“Nearly all the text is rubbish, but no-one now knows which parts are true.”

“This ‘Kubb’ entry was rescued from Wikipedia on 25th September 2006, in its most extreme and most untrue state. The article was subject to a sustained assault over a five-month period by contributors who were reacting against the censorious approach of one Wikipedia official. Gradually they changed the text, added fictitious names and events, and generally abused the concept of Kubb, whatever that may be.

Kubb is a game of uncertain origins and with no official organisation to codify its rules. This uncertainty and ignorance makes it an ideal subject to be economical with the truth thereof.

Nearly all the text is rubbish, but no-one now knows which parts are true.”

Natural Forces

“Had I been responding to any of the number of alerts on my phone, I’d have missed the beauty around me for the digital existence that would, and will still be there for me when I’m ready to access it again.” – Lee-Ann Bigwood

Dobbie from Des Moines Kubb was in town tonight for the Minnesota Kubb Tuesday night friendlies. Jamie and I played a couple of very fun games with him while testing out the latest Planet Kubb Scoresheet. All told, 14 players were honing their wood tossing skills this evening. Despite the flesh wound, we all fared pretty well in this run up to the 2012 Nationals – even the scoresheet.

A Tachyon Walks into a Bar

or out. I can never tell which.

Knocking Wood 2012

The U.S. National Kubb Championship is this weekend. 260 people making that satisfying thwunk, thwunk sound together. Peace on earth. Can’t wait.