Where’s the fun? Where’s the controversy? Where’s Diana Ross?
By the time Super Bowl Sunday rolls around each year, the air has already chilled beyond understanding, Mardi Gras celebrations have begun and I begin to expect a few things: funny commercials, tasty...
View ArticleWait a second. You mean Terrell Owens actually plays football?
Terrell Owens is my favorite actor — wait, professional football player. Same thing! I love to hear about him so much that I almost bought a nifty cap off his personal web site as a daily reminder of...
View ArticleBring on the mountain lodges and snow! Just don’t ask me to ski.
I have been skiing only once in my life. Once. It was during a late 1990s winter on Beech Mountain in North Carolina. They call it the highest ski area in eastern North America. What a place, Beech...
View ArticleNude athletes need some lovin’, too. If you know what I mean…
Anything that can be done clothed would be far more interesting if done in the nude. Let’s look at a particular case: taking notes in class. There’s a guy who sits next to you in an anatomy lecture...
View ArticleForget Cancun and Key West, let’s make ‘SB07’ about getting fit
There was a blizzard on Monday, so it’s hard for me to write the words that will follow. But a little snow has never stopped me before; so onward! Onward to spring break! We’re all chomping at the...
View ArticleIt’s picking season again. Relax, it doesn’t actually matter
Once again, the picking time has come, and not a moment too soon. You can feel it in the air as a warm breeze, folding gently in the sun around bare arms and scarf-less necks. We’re picking...
View ArticleIf it’s about heat, panting and contortions, it can’t be that bad
Imagine a rectangular room seeping with a damp mist. The inside of the room maintains itself at 105 degrees Fahrenheit. The front wall is covered in mirrors. It is densely packed with heaving,...
View ArticleWhether they’re called extreme or insane, they’re not for me
I walked down Wall Street with a friend of mine yesterday evening. As we approached the street corner at College, my friend, who saw a Sprague Hall balcony hanging over the street, shouted out: “Oh, a...
View ArticleMy body parts move quickly. I’m an athlete.
If I talked as fast as a track star ran, would you call me an athlete? Suppose I weighed 5,000 lbs and couldn’t move in any other capacity, but I could talk faster than anyone in the world. The...
View ArticleStyle points: arbitrary and fictitious, but necessary
Fact: Getting points is always more fun then losing them. This applies to points of all types, really: points on an exam, points on the field (of love and war), finger points and Power Points....
View ArticleWhere’s the fun? Where’s the controversy? Where’s Diana Ross?
By the time Super Bowl Sunday rolls around each year, the air has already chilled beyond understanding, Mardi Gras celebrations have begun and I begin to expect a few things: funny commercials, tasty...
View ArticleWait a second. You mean Terrell Owens actually plays football?
Terrell Owens is my favorite actor — wait, professional football player. Same thing! I love to hear about him so much that I almost bought a nifty cap off his personal web site as a daily reminder of...
View ArticleBring on the mountain lodges and snow! Just don’t ask me to ski.
I have been skiing only once in my life. Once. It was during a late 1990s winter on Beech Mountain in North Carolina. They call it the highest ski area in eastern North America. What a place, Beech...
View ArticleNude athletes need some lovin’, too. If you know what I mean…
Anything that can be done clothed would be far more interesting if done in the nude. Let’s look at a particular case: taking notes in class. There’s a guy who sits next to you in an anatomy lecture...
View ArticleForget Cancun and Key West, let’s make ‘SB07’ about getting fit
There was a blizzard on Monday, so it’s hard for me to write the words that will follow. But a little snow has never stopped me before; so onward! Onward to spring break! We’re all chomping at the...
View ArticleIt’s picking season again. Relax, it doesn’t actually matter
Once again, the picking time has come, and not a moment too soon. You can feel it in the air as a warm breeze, folding gently in the sun around bare arms and scarf-less necks. We’re picking...
View ArticleIf it’s about heat, panting and contortions, it can’t be that bad
Imagine a rectangular room seeping with a damp mist. The inside of the room maintains itself at 105 degrees Fahrenheit. The front wall is covered in mirrors. It is densely packed with heaving,...
View ArticleWhether they’re called extreme or insane, they’re not for me
I walked down Wall Street with a friend of mine yesterday evening. As we approached the street corner at College, my friend, who saw a Sprague Hall balcony hanging over the street, shouted out: “Oh, a...
View ArticleMy body parts move quickly. I’m an athlete.
If I talked as fast as a track star ran, would you call me an athlete? Suppose I weighed 5,000 lbs and couldn’t move in any other capacity, but I could talk faster than anyone in the world. The...
View ArticleStyle points: arbitrary and fictitious, but necessary
Fact: Getting points is always more fun then losing them. This applies to points of all types, really: points on an exam, points on the field (of love and war), finger points and Power Points....
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