Bowling: Where "strikes" equal success

I have already written at some length about my love for baseball, tennis, and soccer. And also my simultaneous inability to play any of the three—or any other sport—with a shred of skill.

But the tides are turning. Two weekends in a row now, I have bowled my little heart out, and it has been glorious. Glorious!

Last weekend, in fact, I bowled the high score of the night (granted, it was only a 128) and I won best of five games (only to lose best of seven). I'm no Lebowski, but this represents never-before-precedented success at something that might be considered a sport.

I can't help but enjoy the positive connotation of "strike" in bowling, versus its negative meaning in baseball. Plus the shoes are really cool. And the soundtrack, more often than not, is pretty killer.

Funky shoes, "Funky Town," glow-in-the-dark equipment, and joyous shouts of "strike" all sound like a good time to me.

What's your newly discovered passion (or guilty pleasure)?

– Lindsey