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We need the tonic of wildness…At the same time that we are earnest to explore and learn all things, we require that all things be mysterious and unexplorable, that land and sea be indefinitely wild, unsurveyed and unfathomed by us because unfathomable. We can never have enough of nature. – Henry David Thoreau, Walden: Or, Life in…
One of these times I’ll catch that perfect peak of a day, and when I blow away from the field there’ll be no catching me. – Tom Fleming LONG RUN FOR THE MONEY MARATHONERS EARNED AS MUCH AS A BUCK A STEP WHILE VYING FOR 100 GRAND IN L.A. By Kenny Moore for Sports Illustrated….
A former TV star came down a golden escalator with paid supporters cheering and I dug up 1992’s NOT JUST ANOTHER BOOGER-BREATH DOOTBRAIN. Nine years later, the Orange Avenger is still with us. And so is Dave Barry. VOTE FOR DAVE BARRY! From THE ADVENTURES OF BARKER AJAX, PSYCHO JOURNALIST. It’s time once again to…
If you ask what is the single most important key to longevity, I would have to say it is avoiding worry, stress and tension. And if you didn’t ask me, I’d still have to say it. – George Burns Next-generation aging experiments have already led to findings that extend the life span of mice by…
“The night before I woke up, I had a nightmare that I didn’t finish the race…Just all the stress of this race, I don’t think I went to the well as much as I did in Chicago or Boston, as far as during the race. I was so nervous that I was going to mess…
When you’re happy, you enjoy the music but when you’re sad, you understand the lyrics. – Frank Ocean Hank didn’t kill himself. Depression killed my grandson. Hank was eighteen. 18. Suicide is the third leading cause of death among people ages 15-24. Hank loved math, it made sense to him. Me, not so much. But 19% seems…
…Somebody “pulled the Negro out of the car by his belt.” The drivers “hit him several times with their fists and knocked him to the ground.” One of the drivers pulled out a knife. “Before you kill him,” he said, “I want to put the same scars on him that he put on Brown.” Said…
A love like that was a serious illness, an illness from which you never recover. – Hank Elisa Leonelli (1981) Q. You’ve been drinking constantly, California Burgundy and beer, ever since we got here, and in your books, like in your life, you drink all the time. Why all this drinking? A. Oh, drinking! Listen, I’ve been…
One Christmas, 1995 maybe, I returned from Honolulu to find the puppy dead. Worst dog sitter ever. Salmonella happens. Same time I was offered a teaching gig at a prestigious writing retreat. No surprise, nobody signed up. Work so hard to remain unknown, can’t be shocked if you don’t cultivate a celebrity…
The Olympic Trials are the most beautiful heart pumping heart breaking race. 6 peoples’ dreams come true. Everyone else: Proud, defeated, motivated, hungry, questioning. And so WE LINE UP again. Keep paying attention to our sport, all years, all races, tons of stories. It’s good! – Stephanie Bruce Some men in their old age look…