Participatory Sports

While bowling tonight, I came to a couple of realizations.

• Bowling was really popular years ago.
• Bowling is still really popular, with people of all ages.
• I'm not very good at bowling.

Bowling was certainly very popular back in the day, but today, it still outpaces participatory sports like bicycling, football, soccer, and even - get this - archery. Swimming, walking, and golf did edge out bowling, but it's still noteworthy for the 21st century. Read it for yourself here. Canadian, I know, but we're still human beings.

So while this sport is oh-so-popular, I seem to be horrible at the sport and feeling fine about it. I'm into downhill skiing and chewing gum. Not throwing a heavy round thing with holes at pins in an alley. To compound it, I knew at least 30 people at the bowling alley and was able to share in my lackluster performance with all of them.

Tomorrow I leave for a week of skiing where I can feel good about my athletic abilities and will be making another DVD to remember.