Save the "Tommy" jokes, I've heard them all before

It's true; I did indeed win the local pinball league championship. You're looking at a two-time title holder. Or, you would be, if you could see me.

It was close, though; I nearly didn't make it out of the semifinals. I needed a big Red Line Mania comeback on The Getaway: High Speed 2, one of my favorite games, to make the finals. Then, two more great games of Getaway and one final big score on White Water put it away for me.

I definitely have to credit my Star Trek, which I improbably won in last year's league raffle, for helping me develop the advanced strategeries I needed to become more consistent. I'm getting better at flipper passes and drop catches, simply because I have a machine to practice on, and that helps a lot.

Um, it also does a good job at hiding the newspapers I need to take out to the recycling bin.