For a brief rundown, Hurling is a field sport traditionally played in Ireland on a soccer pitch. Each player wields a long bat called the hurley or hurl, and teams field a little ball the size of a baseball, called the sliotar. Players are not allowed to simply pick up the ball; one must flip it up with the hurley. There are lots of options for play, and it is a fun sport. I usually get worn out after an hour of drills. We have yet to play a game, due to lack of players.
Curling is the sport on the ice rink which involves throwing stones at houses, with the goal to get the biscuit on the button. This is done under the direction of the skip or, when the skip is throwing, the vice. I compare the exertion, team experience, and camaraderie to a bowling league.
Also, my two best friends and I have a weekly racquetball game, and I am getting noticeably better.
On to the hobbies. I haven't had much other free time this month due to changes at work, but I'll be starting up carving again shortly. I got out my cheap knives around Halloween to carve my pumpkins, and I'm picking it up again. I'm also making a model of a modified toroidal nuclear fusion reactor driven by periodic injections of focused dense plasma for a friend. He's working on some fiction with his brothers and needed a bit of flavor. Normally, toroidal fusion reactors are driven by laser-regulated plasma, as long as you are wondering.
I might have mentioned it before, but I've got this niece who is about the most adorable baby ever.
