Okay, the new eye openers page is up and running.

The more I think about some of the most amazing and informative shots I've seen over the years, the more I think that this page may end up being the longest on on the site.

I'm working a new page.

I'll call it "Eye Openers" and on it I'll put shots (mostly banks at first) that were shown or taught to me that truly surprised me when I saw them.

I've got some movies made for four of them and hope to have the new page and the movies available tomorrow.

Just a follow-up to the last fascinating entry.

LoL, sorry, I ment a rack of 9-ball at your movies page!

A rack of 9-Ball would be pretty boring I think.

Now if I can ever capture myself stringing several racks together, and then somehow compress the movie down to a reasonable size, I'd definitely publish that.

Of course before that can happen I have to actually (a)not suck, (b)turn my stupid camera on, and (c)be fully-dressed.

Got this message via my form thing on my main page:

Ey dude nice site maby you should put a movie of you running a rack up here I would love that

I'm not sure what the suggestion is.

Just a quick update to remind myself of something.

Hey Dipshit, if your game is a little off, and shifting your weight and/or varying your pace hasn't worked, try raising your stupid head a little.

Just a couple of inches could provide the visibility and alignment you're lacking.

Just a quick note to myself to remember to try varying the number of practice strokes I take on those occasions when things feel a little "off" but I can't pin the blame on anything specific about my style.

Preliminary testing indicates that changing my rhythm can have a profound effect on my play.

I'll probably write more on this topic once it becomes more clear in my head.

I just can't stop.

About every 30 minutes or so I just have to go downstairs and shoot some balls.

They just keep going in the holes, and I really look like I know what I'm doing.

This is so much fun!

The other day when I went into my little mini-slump and then pulled myself out of it I had no idea how I did it.

Last night it happened again, and this time I paid attention.

What I did, and I know that this sounds really stupid and simple, is make a slight adjustment to my weight distribution.

Specifically I'm now leaning a bit forward instead of being balanced equally on both feet.

I don't know why, but this slight change works wonders with this NewOrleansJoey style that I've been using.

I blame this on a couple of things.

First, I didn't even play any pool for several days. I was too busy with things like my site redesign.

Second, I went bowling on Saturday.

I think the combination of a lack of steady practice and a little muscle fatigue in my right arm must have done something.

Sunday and Monday I sucked.

Tonight I managed to fight the panic welling up inside me - the feeling that I'd fallen into another of my multi-year slumps - and brought my game back to where it's been for the past few days (weeks? I don't even know).

I'm not sure exactly what I did. I guess I just kept trying to keep the same NewOrleansJoey style I've been using. Eventually it worked.

Two things amaze me about my little mini-slump.

I cannot believe how quickly it came, then after a couple of days, how quickly it went away.

It was seriously like flipping a switch.

What also amazes me is the incredible contrast between SlumpingDave and ShootingDave. I mean, for the past two days I'd go ten shots in a row without making a ball, then tonight all of a sudden I ran four racks.

It's truly like two different people.

My money's on the one that runs racks.