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Sports & Recreation > Biking Tales from the trail: Funny mountain-biking stories: 1 of 7
The parallels between a solo 24 hours with an infant and a solo 24 hours of racing a mountain bike are amazing.The race starting time is high noon on an otherwise ordinary Saturday. The pre-race jitters have caused the cocoons in your belly to hatch and the butterflies have carried your stomach into your mouth. You gnaw on it... More..
Sports & Recreation > Running The mental benefits of running: 3 of 17
Homage to Pluto:Cold. Dark. Solitude. Crisp and biting air that suggests a Plutonian atmosphere. A glaze of ice shrink-wraps the quilt of snow covering the streets, creating a chilly shell of urban tundra. Clear skies littered with celestial carnage of a post-eclipsed moon and pre-dawn city lights attempting to escape the loo... More..
Sciences > Astronomy UFO sightings...: 5 of 25
From the deteriorating mind of Captain Thomas Mantel (1948) while in pursuit of an alleged UFO:.it looks like a gigantic celestial jellyfish hanging from the sky! It is taunting me. I do not feel threatened at this point. I feel extremely compelled to go to its mystifying beauty. It appears to be floating like an angel beckon... More..
Creative Writing > Short Stories Short stories: Struggles in life: 72 of 338
Harold Victor remained supine, plastered in sticky Luzon mud that lined his foxhole. He was wishing for the parallel, eight degrees south of the Tropic of Cancer, to score a deeper groove into the ground like an overplayed Jimmy Dorsey record. He lay there in the sweltering heat under the cover of his faithful security blanke... More..
Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections: Hockey culture: 2 of 9
In our small but rapidly growing farm town, there were at least a dozen known rinks the kids would play at. Some were simply a clear spot of frozen water in the middle of the woods. Others were ponds or lakes. And some were actual fabricated rinks, carefully constructed with a base of 2x8's and plastic sheeting, 3' high board... More..
Entertainment > Musicians & Bands Music reviews: Punk rock: 8 of 33
Koffin Kats: Live @ Smalls 2/22/08, Hamsandwich, MI.Bettie Page clones loath the scene and perspire a premeditated complicated scent of, "I've got somewhere better to be, so don't talk to me," as they toke on sweet smelling, uber-cool, Clove cigarettes. A healthy mix of skinheads, punks, hot-rodders topped with waterfalls bor... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: In my dreams: 80 of 214
A lifetime of wonderA sentence given to meThese walls I will scaleThese dreams may never beImaginary friend on belayConstant acts of nurture and loveTraits observed from conceptionBeauty sent from aboveCultivation over timeCo incident's offer proofNerve endings secretePotions of truthVisions of potentialClout minds of guiltTh... More..
Style & Beauty > Hair Styles Origins of the Mohawk hairstyle: 2 of 4
Wattie Buchan, lawless frontman for the punk rock band, The Exploited, sprouted a Mohawk and crooned two-minute songs of ferocity. Songs about destruction, anarchy, violence, and corrupt politics. Wattie's Mohawk was synonymous with Anarchy or at least anti-establishment. His dedication to mayhem and filth defined post Sex Pi... More..
Parenting & Pregnancy > Childbirth & Labor Childbirth: Advice for dads: 6 of 11
When the Levee Breaks, it's Go Time!Beaching ourselves on the couch after the amazing display of eatery, we tuned in some television until we succumbed to the inevitable food coma. Around 7pm my wife sat straight up, "OOOhhhh, now that was something, Hello!"We both dismissed that as a flyer. About ten minutes later, BAM! The ... More..
Sports & Recreation > Running Memoirs from the Ultra Marathon: 4 of 7
Dances with Dirt 50 MilerHell Michigan9/6/08The Start & Pre-race RitualsConstellation Orion and his two dogs, the brothers Canis, stopped their eternal battle with Taurus the bull to stare down at pre-race antics from a clear and crisp dark Eastern sky. The uber-cool music of Jack Johnson serenading hundreds of head-lampe... More..