Chasing the Perfect Throw

The precision throw is a very delicate balance of several components: set, grip, velocity, arc, spin, and landing target; all of which are predicated by individual table conditions.  A set of parameters for these components that work on one table may not work on...

It’s Hip To Have More Than One Grip

I read over and over that the successful dice influencer throws like a machine: same grip, same stance, same toss, same arc, and same target.  But I bear witness to the reality that things go awry in Never, Never Land.  In case you hadn’t noticed, the dice...

Never Say Never Again 

When I was a teenager in high school in Newark, New Jersey, I had an opportunity to go on my first big trip in a jet!  It was to the Northwest Outward Bound School in the state of Washington. Basically a one month, all expense paid camping trip!  About...

NOTES, NOTES, NOTES

I used to work for a chemical manufacturer and I swear that a quarter of their budget was spent on notebooks!  Everybody had notebooks. The chemists, naturally, the engineers, the tech service guys, quality control, even the maintenance department had...