Are You a Real Hasher?
Apologies & credit to Dan “Tom Tomorrow” Perkins, creator of the original strip.
A Hashing Primer
Hashing . . . it’s a mixture of athleticism and sociability, hedonism and hard work; a refreshing break from the nine-to-five routine. Hashing is an exhilaratingly fun combination of running, orienteering, and partying, where bands of harriers and harriettes chase hares on eight-to-ten kilometer-long trails through town, country, jungle, and desert, all in search of […]
Kegs Versus Cans
A philosophical question for hashers: which do you like better, kegs or cans? Until a few days ago I was a staunch defender of what passes for conventional wisdom among beer drinkers — and, naturally, hashers — that keg beer is a priori better than canned beer. The proposition makes perfect sense. Keg beer is fresher, there’s […]
PSI + Heat = POW!
Sunday morning Donna and I went on a bash, a bicycle trail put on by a club we belong to. The bash started and ended at a friend’s house in NW Tucson, and after it was over we had a barbecue on his patio. As we were talking and grilling there was a huge POW!, […]
A Great Bicycling Weekend, Marred by a Bad Spill
I predicted it would be a lost weekend, and so it was. I rode in a competitive event yesterday . . . although, to be sure, in a less than competitive manner . . . then rode again this morning, just for fun, with some hashing friends. Sore and tired? You bet. But it’s a good sore and tired! […]
Splashback
Last two weeks, the word “pushback” has been running through my mind. As in: “Mister President, we’re experiencing significant pushback on extending tax cuts to the rich.” I hate buzzwords. Pushback is high on my list of buzzwords. But there it is, at the forefront of my consciousness. Why? And then I remembered a conversation […]
Air-Minded: Sunday Flying Blogging
What fun! Went flying with a buddy this morning, a retired USAF lieutenant colonel with a background in B-52s and C-130s. He knows people I flew with, I know people he flew with, and, like me, he was once a headquarters flight safety chief. Running out of things to talk about was never a problem. […]
Road Trip
Thursday – rode north out of Tucson with a dozen of my old Harley buddies. They were headed to Las Vegas for the NASCAR races on Saturday and Sunday. I rode along, but not for the races. My son and his family live in Las Vegas, and, to be sure, there’s a hash there. We […]