Bowling for Dollars

Holly and I were among the first to arrive at Tammy Lee’s “Bowling for
Fun(ds) and Friends”, so we got to speak directly with the candidate for a
few minutes right off the bat. She seemed to remember me from that initial
phone call, which was flattering. I loaned her a copy of the book we had
discussed “Crunchy Cons”, which I had brought along just for that purpose.

Neither Holly nor I had known what to expect, as this may have been our first
strictly campaign fundraising event. After I paid for our bowl time and drink
tickets, we conferred outside. It was a little awkward being the first couple
there, and we were both disappointed our friend Jena wasn’t able to make it,
and the top 40 radio was incessantly grating. It seemed as though it had been
a mistake to attend, with all of our other commitments.

We re-entered, thinking it would be a short stay. But the atmosphere was
completely different. They had changed the music selection, and we occupied
ourselves playing $6 worth of shoot-‘em-up video games. We finished our alien
killing spree just as the crowd began to arrive.

There was a silent auction, and I couldn’t help but bid on a few items—a
message, a marguerite kit, an in-kitchen nutritionist consult, and a few
other interesting items. I must have ended up winning something!

But the main activity was the bowling. I was okay once I got the hang of it—
and I had a very supportive team, which included a fantastic bowler named
Mike. I had never met him before, but when I realized he was none other than
the author of http://minnnesotamiddle.blogspot.com, I turned to Holly and
exclaimed, “Remember that time in Dunn Bros. Coffee when I was so happy that
someone left a comment on my blog? That’s him!!” Big laughs.

I had thought perhaps there would be more of a forum for political
discussion, for exchanges of ideas, but it was more along the lines of an all
around good time. Which was for the best, because Holly had a lot of fun, and
so did I. Still, I arranged a few back issues of “The American Conservative”
on a table, and I even loaned one out to Mike (specifically the April 10th
issue).

We only bowled one game because of my early bedtime, but we stuck around for
Tammy’s remarks. She mentioned something about wanting to provide an
independent voice in congress—and it reminded me of an article in the
September 12th issue about Tennessee’s Rep. Duncan, one of the few principled antiwar Republicans,
a potential ally of a new independent voice. When I asked her she said she
knew of Rep. Duncan, and she was very interested in reading the article, so
I’m lucky I brought that issue along! I let her have that, too!

Everything went well- I got to share my political perspective a little bit, I
got to support my favorite candidate, and Holly and I had more fun than we
have had in a long time. We’re both looking forward to the Saint’s baseball
game/ IPMN convention, I think.

Comments

[Mike Grimes]

Great meeting you last night, the state convention the 24th should be great.

[your_evil_twin]

I miss the old blog...

[John]

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