"No matter how cynical I get, I can’t keep up.” — Lily Tomlin
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 […]
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 […]
Unconnected thoughts and observations which don’t rate separate blog posts, but when aggregated together might just amount to something: Much was made of Stephen Colbert’s rescue of the US Olympic speed skating team, and the Colbert Nation patches they were wearing in practice. Has anyone seen a US speed skater wearing one in the Vancouver […]
Ya got trouble, Right here in River city! With a capital T And that rhymes with P And that stands for Pool. We’ve surely got trouble! Right here in River City! Remember the Maine, Plymouth Rock and the Golden Rule! Oh, we’ve got trouble. We’re in terrible, terrible trouble. That game with the fifteen numbered […]
Friends, lemme tell you what I mean. Ya got one, two, three, four, five, six pockets in a table. Pockets that mark the diff’rence Between a gentleman and a bum, With a capital B, And that rhymes with P and that stands for pool! Previous entry in this thread: click here.
. . . or did you also see kicking and punching during some of the plays in last night’s Super Bowl game, and wonder why the fights weren’t given the instant replay treatment, or why there was no commentary on it, or why no penalty flags were thrown? If this had been a regular season […]
A rainy morning in Tucson. The mountains are hidden in clouds and all is gray. A good day to nurse a cold. Thursday and Friday I felt a chest cold coming on but felt well enough to go for a bicycle ride Saturday. I’m sure the ride had nothing to do with it, but I […]
I could fill this entry with hyperlinks to news articles about Obama’s push to repeal Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, and the predictable conservative opposition, but if you’re that out of touch with current events you probably don’t read blogs either. DADT, summed up, says that being openly gay is grounds for discharge. Therefore any gay […]