Arts and Athletics
Athletics have been the subject of movies, songs, books, sculpture and paintings. Over the course of history, athletics have bloomed into a booming industry and are televised and analyzed 24 hours a day, creating rabid fan bases in cities around the world. When combined what does the fusion of art and athletics have to tell us about each subject? This top ten is where athletics and the arts intersect. 000000000000000000000000000 10. The Beginning? If... Read More
Malcolm Gladwell and The Sports Guy
It seems like a strange marriage at first: Bill Simmons, a fratty sports obsessed ESPN Columnist chatting with Malcolm Gladwell, the bestselling uber-geek economist/smart guy. But it turns out that Gladwell is a huge sports fan and Simmons actually has a pretty speedy brain in there. Worth a read… part I, part II. Liked this one from Gladwell: Thanks for bringing up Tiger. First thought: Elin has nothing on Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes.... Read More
Hot Body Count = 10
I’m sorry this Tiger Woods stuff is too good to be true! Juicy Juicy! My dad called me the other day and he goes “so, I’m sitting in my car googling Tiger Woods jokes…” hahaha I love it. So I’m reading the Daily Mail (because gossip is much better from Britain, naturally) and THIS article is amazing (there’s even a number to call if you have more info: DO YOU KNOW ANY WOMEN LINKED TO TIGER WOODS? CONTACT NEWSDESK ON (+44) 0207 938... Read More
A Little Romance for your Weekend (grrrrrrr)
Remember kids, get yourselves an iron-clad pre-nup! Read More
Play Ball for AMERICA!!!
I hate people who say they don’t like sports… really dude? You hate something that brings a bazillion dollars into the economy every year and gives people a much needed (and dare I say, much deserved) break from everyday life. Plus, you don’t have to watch sports if you don’t want to… change the channel, it’s so easy!! Pat on the back to YOU America, you deserve to sit in a bar and drink a beer and watch the Yankees... Read More
Hack-e Sack’d
Who loves to hack?! Juan and I do. We hack daily with Peter and Chris as a means of aerobic exercise and stress relieving excellence. It has taken over our emotions and provided us with endless smiles, temporarily depleting the frustrations of Drupal and tedious tasks endured with coding CSS, HTML, Jscript and PHP. In researching for our secret magnificance, about to be unveiled onto the world, I stumbled upon the origins of the hackee sack, or... Read More
Top Grand Canyon Animal Encounters
In anticipation of celebrating my mom’s 65th birthday my family floated and camped through the Grand Canyon for seven days. Because of the killer rapids and strict regulation we went with a guided group. OARS had every thing from filet minon to guides with comprehensive historical and geological information about the canyon. Because the canyon is so deep and inaccessible I was completely free from all the blessings and burdens of modern... Read More
Playing with Balls
I’ve always had a passion for soccer and I don’t just mean watching the World Cup in a little pub while drowning my brain. I just like to play. More so, I like to juggle (a reference to maneuvering a bouncing ball around one’s body and air without touching the ground). The skill I’ve acquired from years of juggling soccer, volley, and basket balls helped me out when I jumped into hacking (no reference to computation). As with... Read More
Boston Fans are Stupid
No words. Read More
Obama Talks Trash
Dan Steinberg at the D.C. Sports Bog wrote an awesome post about a guy named Miles Rawls trash talking with Obama at the Verizon Center Friday. Rawls is the play by play man for the Goodman Summer League games in Southeast – so he can definitely talk a little smack. Those games are a D.C. tradition where amateurs, street ballers, and occasionally pro athletes show up in the inner city to play ball. If you’ve seen the first season... Read More