Good -- Lots of talented people still treating this tour as a career and living the dream. Here's hoping the prize funds rise to a level that eventually justifies their gambit.

Bad -- Tape-delayed telecasts.

Good -- Watching Eugene McCune win again. I realize opinions vary on McCune's personality, but I find him to be one of the two or three most interesting bowlers to watch bowl. Not that many people can both slow-hook a lane like he can and then turn it up to lightspeed and point it off the corner. I would have loved to see him in the finals of the Shark Championship after the head oil disappeared and left the rest of the finalists looking like THBs trying to bowl on PBAX.

Bad -- Having to avoid this forum for two months because of the handful of folks who can't understand the concept of spoilers.

Good -- Palermaa finally winning on tour.

Bad -- Another mental misstep for Barnes on a televised final.

Good -- Gu and his pinky finger grip (which I also use) and RoboCop wrist brace climbing the ladder for a win. Given his age and pedestrian reputation back home, that might have been the biggest upset on a TV show in decades. Certainly the biggest since Mike Mineman's win.

Bad -- Those of you in the thread on bowlers' spouses/partners that think Bill O'Neill's wife is plain. Good lord, guys. Bill's a lucky man...

Good -- Getting a list of a bowler's arsenal along with some frank discussion of said equipment. Ball nerds have been asking for this for years.

Bad -- The fact that whoever assigned the "hook ratings" either didn't have a clue on some of the balls and/or the ESPN crew didn't go into enough detail about why some identical balls were rated differently for different telecasts (surface/drilling/etc.).

Good -- Better explanations of the oil patterns during "Know The Wood."

Bad -- Crowds that numbered well into the dozens. Don't know whether the venue sucked, or whether no one else was interested in attending, but those were ridiculously small crowds.

Good -- The damned thing is over.

Jess