The news the other day reported that pillow fights are now banned. They are causing too many injuries. No, this was not about pillow fights at the Alpha Delta Pi sorority, or the local junior high schoo pajama partyl. And it was not Victoria's Secret banning pillow fighting photo shoots - heaven forbid. It is coming from the superintendent of the …
Today is my first ever bicycle race. It is local, in Greenwich, 20 miles. There are different categories and starts, depending on each racer's expected time. The elite group which will be the first riders out is expected to finish in under 55 minutes. That is an average speed of over 20 mph, including some hills with a 9% grade. That isn't my gro …
There is something especially good about playing tennis with my son Josh, aside from the fact that it is just plain fun. And that is that he remembers the score. When Eve and I play, it is hopeless confusion. Which side did I just serve to? What is the score? I don't know, I think it is 30-40. But it can't be that because I just served to t …
I have ignored professional basketball for the most part this season given the dismal showing of the Knicks, and don't really care who wins the NBA Finals. But things as they are, I am pulling for Cleveland. I felt sorry for the Cavs after LeBron ditched them years ago after his pathetic interview boasting about taking his talents to South Beach …
The most human part of Jeter's last home game the other night was during his post game interview when he said he was so out of sorts that he was hoping no one would hit it to him at short stop. "Please don't hit it to me," he said he was thinking. Imagine that. The great Captain, of whom we have so many images of rocketing the ball to first bas …
I keep a few balls in my office. I have a hardball, a soft rubber ball, and a small blow up beach ball. There are all recreational diversions, sometimes used on boring conference calls or long Friday afternoons. I also have a yo yo. The self toss only gets me so far. I need something more. So sometimes I stand about ten feet away from my co …
We had spent a full day in the City. Our last stop was at Chelsea Market to buy some fish to take home for dinner. We got back just in time for the start of the Syracuse game and had our remote handy to switch back and forth to the Wisconson game, the schools that two of our children went to. Little did we know as we sat eating our dinner in fro …
On vacation, having already gone bike riding, swimming, golfed and played tennis, we decided to try something completely new and different. Skeet shooting. There is a range a mile away where you shoot pigeons. My lifetime experience shooting a gun is filling the clown's mouth with a water gun and blowing up the balloon at a carnival. So I wasn …
What gives me the willies most among the Olympic events has got to be the luge. They fly down a sheet of ice approaching 90 mph on a tiny sled, on their backs, reaching 5 g's of force. And they do it over and over. What is the skill, I wonder. Apparently in part it is keeping your head up, and your gut down, so you can see. Their neck musc …
I have always enjoyed games that challenge the mind. Like chess. And then comes along Candy Crush and it ruins everything and I have become addicted to it. It is hard to comprehend the allure of this game. It is always the same. Put three together. That's it. Over and over again. And it is very anxiety producing, especially when the chocol …
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