Skip (curling) Skip (curling) In the sport of curling, the skip (also called a "skipper") is the captain of a team. The skip determines strategy, and holds the broom in the "house" (target area) to indicate where a teammate at the other end of the curling "sheet" (playing area) should aim the stone. The skip usually throws the last two stones in the fourth position, but may play in any other position. Overall, the skip leads the team and provides strategic direction. The skip calls shots teammates to play, through verbal direction and physical gestures. In many cases, skips communicate the planned
In the Name of Suffering In the Name of Suffering In the Name of Suffering is the debut album by sludge metal pioneers Eyehategod, initially released in 1990 through the obscure French independent label Intellectual Convulsion. Eyehategod was formed in 1988 and recorded two demos, "Garden Dwarf Woman Driver" and "Lack of Almost Everything", released in the years 1989 and 1990, respectively. Originally, the band did not take themselves seriously, and only formed to rebel against what they call "the norm of underground music at the time". The album was recorded and produced by the band themselves at Festival Studios in Kenner, Louisiana for about