Since when si there a kitty class
Mood:  don't ask
Now Playing: ping pong bitches
Have you seen this list of entries? Who let the girls in?

Now I'm not one to tell the tournament director how to run his tournament, but WHAT THE HELL is going on here?

Sure its ok for a few women in the tourney - you remember what happened at the Masters Last year don't you?

But what next? Are we going to have to bring our own food downstairs?

I have half a mind to drop a class and teach these ping pong wanna-bes a lesson. Except for Jill Badker. I think she beat me one year. She's good.

Gotta Go. I've been instant messaging with a Ping Pong Club in Taiwan.

Who can stop me?
Mood:  vegas lucky
Now Playing: Uncle Tupelo
I've been watching the list of entrants, and I honestly don't see how, short of a significant injury, I can lose in B this year. My arch rival, Dave Boye screwed up and won the class last year. Gary Reno has finally crawled into that Budweiser can and isn't registered, so no illegal serves this year. Who's left? Paul Aftanas? Don;t make me laugh!

Yes, I think that Golden star wil be mine this year. At last.

Gotta Go. I got the DaVinci Code for Christmas and just can't put it down.

newcomers beware
Mood:  chillin'
Now Playing: strokes
I see from the listinsg that there a number of newcomers to this year's tournament. In some ways that's good - new blood helps keep things fresh. Its always fun to watch that deer in the headlights look when they realize that those guys in the front row have been drinking since 5 PM and are watching their every move.

Actually, for a veteran like myself, I feed off the crowd. When the cries of 'Johnny B Pong' start echoing across the basement, when the cheers go up when one of my forehand smashes finds the end of the table, God its like the smell of napalm in the morning!

So bring it on newcomers. I'm ready for you all.

Gotta go. 'Lost' is on.

A movie that has changed my life
Mood:  celebratory
Now Playing: korn
You know how some movies have a way of changing your life? I know that for Jim Hofer, Caddyshack was one of those movies. Fred Hofer knows every word of Blazing Saddles, including the campfire scene. And Dave Boye has chosen chosen the guy who won the pie eating contest in Stand by Me as his role model.

I had one of those life changing moments last night. I sat down with my favorite beverage and a bag (OK, a box) of Frito Lays (with ripples of course) and watched a movie I got in a speed round at Christmas. Its called Ping Pong and it has changed my life.

I won't give away the ending (boy was I surprised!)
What I will say is that when you see me on the table on Janaury 7, its going to be more than my grip that is changed. My whole outlook on life, a life that is now focused on Ping Pong, has changed.

If you are in B, go to church and pray my name's not across from yours when the brackets come out.

And so it begins...
Mood:  on fire
Now Playing: Modest Mouse
I know the web site is up and the invites are out. I have to find my paddle, my special shoes and most of all, I must find that resolve to make this the year that no one forgets. Now that Dave Boye is gone, nothing should stand in my way. You heard it hear first - This may not have been the year for John Ketry but it is the year for Johnn B Pong.