Interviews

Reading Nicole Williams essay on her interview process at the bowling alley was done in a very interesting way. Instead of reading about a typical Q&A process the author uses a different approach in her writing where she merely puts down the conversations between herself and women in the bowling leagues without making it seem like I was reading an interview. Through one woman talking who is an experienced member of the bowling alley we are given a much broader view of the establishment as a whole and other members that take part regularly in the bowling alley. Interviews are a great was to get to the nitty gritty details of a place because more often then not people who've been there for years will probably have no problem telling you their pros and cons of a certain place. A great example of a casual but informative interview is from Hank Green a member of the Youtube famous duo the Nerd Fighters or VlogBrothers. Below is a video of Hank interviewing his local mayor:

Julius Caesar bowled?

       I never realized before reading Nicole Williams paper on her interviewing experience at her local bowling alley, the popularity of bowling in America, nor the ancient routes of the sport I once only associated with old men in matching powder blue shirts. As an avid reader of both Egyptian and Roman history never once have I some across any textual or pictorial evidence of the pharaohs or Caesars  bowling. According to Discovery, stone ball remains were unearthed 57 miles away from Cairo, capital of both present and ancient Egypt.

       In addition to the ancient forms of bowling balls the discovery of pre-disco bowling lanes were unearthed as well. Almost the same size length and width wise as the modern bowler would be faced with today. The Egyptians however used two balls of different sizes (today in case you are unaware, we use two balls of the same size but the weights vary.) I found it very interesting that this sport could trace its beginnings back so far to two great and famous civilizations. Makes the sport feel a lot more cultural to me than ever before.

Link to the unearthing details: http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2007/07/25/game_arc.html?category=archaeology

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