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Kansas City Curling Club 2005 Learn-To-Curl Flyer
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Broomstacking @ Joe's after the curling.
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Keith, in the dark blue jacket, is our curling clubs oldest and greatest member :) He is one of the greatest people I've ever met.
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This is the score of my real team's victory today (from the second session). We were red...
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Kathleen in the hack: her delivery form is way better than mine ...
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Kathleen getting ready to release the rock ...
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Kathleen after releasing the rock ...
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Kathleen looks on as the opposing skip looks on in disgust. We were the red rocks.
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Some of my curling friends: Joe, Kathleen, and Ian.
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Curling rocks sitting in the hack.
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Curling rocks awaiting the start of our season. They are 42 pounds of Scottish granite ...
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Me, curling in my WORLD CHAMPION Saint Louis Cardinals red Albert Pujols jersey. I've worn this (washed every time, thank you ...) every day for one occasion or another since we were at Game 5 (OK, actually since Game 4 was rained out) ...
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Curling 101 - my left curling shoe
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Curling 101 - my right curling shoe
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Curling 101 - the bottom of my curling shoes
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Colin helping out with the Bikes For Tykes on Veterans Day.
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Katia was happy to see me after a year in Afghanistan.
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Bill McBride, fearless leader of the Kansas City Curling Club, shows his skateboard skills. Notice the disinterested members in the background.
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Bill McBride, head of the Kansas City Curling Club, shows his hacky-sack skills at the Bikes For Tykes collection, Veterans Day 2006.
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I am acting silly - a French girl stands to my left - she teaches at a local academy.
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The Arians family donated some bikes, too, plus some kids to help out for a while.
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Bill McBride posing proudly in front of the KC Curling Club's display at the Bikes For Tykes collection, Veterans Day 2006. He is posing on one of the new bicycles donated to the kids.
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Curling is NOT like Shuffleboard ... seriously.
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Black-Max-Expanded
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Cassie Johnson of Team USA ... http://www.curlgirls.com
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Ian's team went down in flames (both of our club's Ian's were on the losing rink ...)
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'Big' Ian gets interviewed by the local high school media, after we handed them a tough loss.
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Me, skipping the last end ... photo by 'little' Ian. (That's why my hand and my broom are cut off...) :)
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Me, in the hack.
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Me, hoping not to have to hurry hard.
