Drive Safer and Get a Divorce?
In January, we switched our car insurance and in doing so, we received a request from our new company, Liberty Mutual, to download their “safety app” so they could measure our driving skills. I hate […]
Tag: competition
Fun Festivals – Cell Phone Tossing
Anja Heino practices tossing cell phones Be sure to make your way to Savonlinna, Finland during mid August* for its prestigious Cell Phone Throwing Championship. The traditional part has participants throwing the cell phones over […]
Reality TV Rises To New Lows
I’ve been thinking of television, in much the way people think of upcoming root canals or IRS audits. Sure, there are imaginative, fun shows that explore the limits of probability with great dialogue and well […]
Soap Box Derby – The Thrill of It All
For years, sports fanatics have debated which is the most exciting spectator sport. Some argue nothing beats football for sheer intensity and physicality. Others point to the gladiator-like combat of hockey. And some people prefer […]
Feast a burden
Overeating makes no sense to me. Unless there’s competition involved. My younger brother and I used to try to out-eat one another at buffets and Thanksgiving feasts, and we’d eat so much we’d make ourselves […]
Obituaries to Die For
Recently, I was helping a friend look up obituaries and we noticed that obituaries have transformed. They are no longer just facts about a person’s birth, death and final arrangements with a few accolades thrown […]
Everyone Wants An Edge
An Assistant Football Coach at the University of Connecticut recently caused a stir in the press. He told The Hartford Courant that “Jesus Christ should be in the center of our huddle.” If you’ve ever […]
A Curse From The Other Book Of Genesis
My wife and I are bowling. Despite my best efforts at sly, psychological tricks (“Do you inhale or exhale before you release the ball?”) I lost the last game by three. But I’m up by […]
Our Textbooks Never Mentioned Any Of This
I’m sitting in a narrow seat with my elbows pressed against my ribs to avoid body-contact with strangers. And I’m starving. It’s only been two years since my last trip to the East Coast, so […]