Superbowl thread
Keep your eye on the balls.
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Yemen, schmemen: let’s hear about those balls
I confess it: I don’t care about Tom Brady’s balls. I understand that cheating is bad and that Brady/Belichick/ThePatriots may have done just that, although they deny it. But since I basically don’t care about football I can’t get in … Continue reading →
Are you a gazelle or a glider?
What’s your running style?: I’m not a runner, so I’m neither. But if I were a runner, I’d probably be a glider. Or a shuffler or a slider.
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—abhors a vacuum. And so Iran rushes in where Obama fears to tread: U.S. and senior Iraqi officials tell The Daily Beast that Iran is now offering the government of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki its army, its spies and highly … Continue reading →
Second wind
Pretty astounding kick:
Continue reading →A little something about the Superbowl
Now that I’m already blogging this Sunday, I figure I may as well post something about the Superbowl. And this is it. That’s pretty much all I’ve got to say about it. I’m not a football fan. I only watch … Continue reading →
The [fill in the blank] of the long-distance runner
How would you fill in the blank for this ultra-marathoner who ran 311 miles in 86 hours without sleeping? I’d start with “OCD” (obsessive-compulsive disorder). It seems nearly insane to me to do this sort of thing. But then again, … Continue reading →
Yay, Sox!
A lot of happy fans in New England tonight. And by “New England,” I mean north of Hartford. Hartford is the dividing line. The weather even changes south of Hartford.
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…win the pennant. Onward!
Continue reading →How ’bout…
…them Sox?
Continue reading →The uniqueness of the long, long…
…long distance runner: …[T]here is one man whose physiological performance defies all convention: Dean Karnazes is an ultrarunner from California and, at times, it seems as if he can run forever. Karnazes has completed some of the toughest endurance events … Continue reading →
Wilt the stilt
Here’s a photo of Wilt Chamberlain in fourth grade, in 1945. It’s pretty easy to spot him in the crowd: The author writes: [Chamberlain’s] almost twice the size of some of his classmates in this photo (see the girl in … Continue reading →