Tag: Croquet

I was looking for a new team name for my fantasy league team. Maulers was both my croquet alias and my baseball team name. And that’s just brand confusion. I like how “Maulers” started with “Ma” just like my first…

The brilliant post by Erik Maldre about how badminton should have more TV time has inspired the formation of a new olympics. An olympics that is based on the sports that everyone can play. The sports that reside in our…

Here’s eight posts that will be appearing on spudart.org soon. √Ø Sock wrist fashions √Ø Mayor Daley causes power outage at Tribune Tower √Ø Talking on cell phone performance √Ø Big red streak across buildings like a photo √Ø Yu-gi-oh…

There’s this fantastic croquet sweater on ebay. It’s so hilarious. Check out the back of the sweater. The guy is in a very interesting position behind the girl. Oh yeah! I would wear it to one of our croquet matches…

Yours truly, the Mighty Mauler unified ALL FOUR championship belts of the Chicago Croquet Squirearchy of Gentlefolk. Check out this press photo.

Patriotic Afro WigNothing like looking an All-American Fool Patriotic Potato SacksWhat is more American than USA and potatoes?! *stands up and sings* God bless America! Land that I love! Stand beside… Metal and Rhinestone Patriotic Flag RingsBling bling. Can you…

Here are some of the things I put into my profile for my 10-year high school reunion Occupation: Graphic Designer for Tribune Media Services Hobbies: Art, ceramics, extreme croquet, getting lost, graphic design, illustration, learning, Macintosh, Mr. T., photography, programming,…

Sunday was croquet at my brother’s new house. We played with official equipment, but the wickets were just way too skinny for Erik’s bumpy lawn. We played only one game with them, then we switched over to normal wire wickets.…

Looks like this weekend is gonna be a busy one. Molly’s birthday party is on Saturday and croquet at Erik’s house on Sunday. I hope my mullet wig comes in time!

My new finishing move for croquet is called “The Mallet Mullet”. Before hitting the final winning stroke to seal the game, I’ll put on the mullet wig. There’s nothing more embarrassing than getting beat by a guy with a mullet.

Went home this weekend. Saturday was National Croquet Day, and my Aunt from Ireland was coming in, so we had a relative get together and that means. Chicago Croquet Squirearchy of Gentlefolk was gonna play some bad a55 croquet. But…

Going home tomorrow, cuz my Aunt Carol is coming in from overseas (she’s on vacation this time of year). But my brother can’t come, cuz he’s got a wedding to go to. That’s bummer. But we’ll probably still play some…

And then talking about the difference between British croquet and American croquet: “The point might be made: is not such American exuberance, and the harsh price it often exacts, preferable to what Max Shulman has called the “awfully finicky, nit-picking…

Ohmigosh, this morning on the L while reading this old book “The Game of Croquet” from 1968, there’s these funny quotes (given the old context of the book) “My grandchildren are not hippies; if they were they would have no…

My brother is looking for a couch. There are no google results for “goofy couches”. However, this fire bubble couch would be fun. And ooo, the Incredible flying couch. I need a Couch Potato. Here’s an idea. The Incredible Couch…

Here are the other nuggets: 1st row 3rd tv: Lisa planting in her garden (didn’t turn out too good) 2nd row 2nd tv: Our copywriter, Dave, in his band. That’s the dude who’s getting quite famous with his band 2nd…

Where is croquet popular? Check out this map of where official croquet clubs are located.

If your ball lands inside a warp zone or even touches the string of a warp zone, then your ball is warped into the CAGE OF DEATH and your turn is immediately terminated.

Went to Hobby Lobby with Lisa to order a custom mat for Lisa’s tiny todd marrone drawing. Something thick like 8-ply. I found a new yellow color burlap. Also looked at interesting boxes for under my bathroom sink, but none…

Went up to the Milwaukee for their art museum, and we (dad, sis, bro, me) went to a german restaurant. Before that we were killing time, so erik and i went into a trophy shop. We asked if they had…

I’ve been thinking about the development of the two groundhogs in my comic strip Groundhog Croquet. The current book i’m reading from the harold washington library, 20 Master Plots mentioned two types of plots: action plots and plots of the…

For the Chicago Croquet Squirearchy of Gentlefolk’s game reports, I’m going to do alot more character development to make the stories much more interesting. I even took out some how to write short story books and character books from the…

I ordered a new “extreme mallet” from the same company who supplies equipment to the official Croquet Canada team.

Today was the opening day for the Chicago Croquet Club. This is official professional USCA croquet on super smooth courts, real heavy mallets, heavy balls, skinny strong wickets. And wearing all white. Well… Laura and I weren’t in all white.…

This Saturday, June 15, I wanna go learn some croquet from the croquet master Bob Kroeger. He’s gonna be teaching at the Chicago Croquet Club’s opening day. Their press release welcomes anyone to come. Who wants to come? It’s right…

It looks like the Squirearchy will be published as the creators of extreme mini-croquet in the next issue of the National Croquet Calendar. Take a sneak peek at what i submitted: article #1 and article #2. This photo might make…

The official croquet of the Squirearchy is now made under the brand names of Wilson and Sportcraft. Amazing. Here’s the story no-point story: hey! i found the croquet set for lisa. I went over to sportmart during work. There’s one…

The new Groundhog Croquet strip is up now!

I lost my croquet Bloodmatch championship belt to the Punisher at Punishment today. SUMMARY OF PUNISHMENT 2002 Five hungry contenders fought for the universal belt in the first match of the day for Punishment 2002. After the first match Erik…

tomorrow is the first big croquet event of 2002! Punishment at Kreten Kourt. Check it out our club at: https://www.spudart.org/chicagocroquet.

My campaign would include:* Bringing a white castle downtown* Building more croquet courts* Instituting 2-hour lunches, and 2-month vacation minimums* Making Macintosh the official computer platform* Eliminating the stupid wrigley bleacher expansion plans* Metra Station at Addison* Little Debbies on…