Hail to the Chief (Hasher)

I’ve been thinking about our upcoming presidential election, and not coincidentally about presidents and hashing. A few years ago the buzz in hashing circles was that Bill Clinton once ran a hash. That turned out to be an exaggeration: when Clinton was governor of Arkansas he once jogged near a week-old Little Rock HHH trail […]

Ask Dr. Down-Down: Apr 1997

Dear Dr. Down-Down, I was thinking about hash elections for some reason. Every one I’ve seen goes something like this: the GM desperately goes around the hash asking everyone to do something, and asking all his committee members to do the same. Eventually they manage to find hashers for the various jobs. These people are […]

Ask Dr. Down-Down: Jan 2001

Dear Dr. Down-Down, The uproar about going into the new millennium amazes me. There is nothing mysterious about passing a certain point on the Julian or Gregorian calendar, a point which may be arbitrary at best. In the time the West accepts as 46 B.C., Julius Caesar of Rome reworked the existing lunar calendar of […]

Ask Dr. Down-Down: Apr 2002

Dear Doctor Down-Down, I’m concerned that my boyfriend is becoming addicted to hashing, but I’m not sure. Are there signs or indications I should be looking for? On On, Concerned Girlfriend Dear Concerned, Try looking for the ten classical symptoms of hash addiction. If he exhibits three or more, you need to either get a […]

Ask Dr. Down-Down: Jun 2002

Dear Dr. Down-Down, Do you know the official words to the “Head Chant”? On On, Curious in Charlottesville Dear Curious, Here’s the version I know: Head? Who said head? I’ll take some of that! Oooh-rah!And I did, and it was good. And there was much rejoicing. And then we fucked. We fucked for hours. Uprooting […]