Today, while returning to the world of risk management after a lunch meeting, I ran across the sign pictured to the left. I'd heard the rumors, and today I saw the evidence: there is indeed a skeeball league here in Austin. According to the Austin Skeeball League site, there are leagues in Lubbock and College Station. A Google search revealed that adult skeeball leagues also exist in Philadelphia, DC, and Chicago.
A few weeks ago, while sidelined by some intense cedar fever, I watched the entire first season of Portlandia. One of my favorite skits featured an adult hide-and-seek game. My first reaction to this skit was to post on Twitter my observation that we don't have an adult hide-and-seek league here in Austin. Fortunately, I was quickly messaged by a friend who suggested that we do something like this with a philanthropic twist. I was interested, but only if there were to be an afterparty with 80's karaoke.