Stuck at a red light in rush-hour traffic on the way home from school, Girl from the West and I spot a bowling alley marquee that reads: EXTREME BOWLING, FRI-SAT 10 PM – 2 AM.

“What the heck is extreme bowling?” I ask to all-knowing, all-wise one. “Do they throw the balls overhand? Wear in-line skates? Grease the floors?”

The guru answers: “They probably call it that so people feel like they have a life or something.”

Yes, wise one. Whatever it takes. Whatever it takes.