I was thinking this week about boredom, first in a religious context. When I was a kid, church was pretty boring — although, as “good kid,” I was kept in line by a combination of my hypertrophied superego and an intense interest in doodling.
As an adolescent, I started to really take an interest in [...]
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Boredom?
You be the judge
1. The socialite couple who crashed the White House dinner last week should be:
a. Thrown in jail.
b. Hired as security consultants for the Secret Service.
c. Given their own reality show.
d. Ignored. What’s the big deal?
2. The most likely scenario involving Tiger Woods and his wife is that:
a. He was driving away for some normal reason, [...]
Is this cheating?
Is it okay to break a rule in sports if you don’t get caught? In baseball, especially, cheating is not only tolerated; it’s celebrated. If a pitcher can throw a spitball and not get caught, all the better for him. But in most other sports, cheating is seen as, well, cheating. If you do it, [...]
Damn Yankees
In a scene in Annie Hall, Alvy Singer, played by Woody Allen, awkwardly and defensively plies his girlfriend Annie, played by Diane Keaton, when she accuses him of not loving her. “Love is too weak a word for what I feel,” he claims. “I *lurve* you, you know, I *loave* you, I *loff* you.”
Similarly, hate [...]
Stella and the sheepdog trials
After the excitement of the fell race, Stella arrived at the sheepdog trials.
Besides the competition, there were many other forms of entertainment, including spinning,
a farmyard petting zoo,
ice cream,
beer,
and the North West Stickmakers.
But the main attraction was the sheepdog trials.
The judges watched from a special van,
while the contestants brought the sheep from across the field and [...]
Silly mid-on
Yorker.
lbw.
Allrounder.
Gully.
Slips.
Century.
Googly.
Confused yet? Me too, and I’m even trying. These fascinating words are all associated with the (to me) mysterious sport of Cricket.
I’ve spent a little time trying to figure out the rules, sorry “Laws” of the sport — watching a few matches on TV, following on line, etc. — but still don’t have a clue [...]
Levi is gay
Scene: LP’s house, after the UNC Tar Heels win the national championship. In basketball, you effete TGW sports-haters.
We’ve decided, since LP hasn’t written her post as of Monday night, that we (Timo, J-Man, LP) will do a stream-of-consciousness post on the issues of the day. After a shot of vodka to celebrate the end of [...]
Games people play
For my birthday, my brother likes to give me throwback gifts of one kind or another. One year, it was Sea Monkeys. One year, a chia pet. One year, it was a compilation CD of songs we listened to as kids: Flashlight, Groove Line, Rubberband Man — ’70s classics that still sound surprisingly fresh. Last [...]
