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RUNNING WITH A BROKEN LEG—MANTEO MITCHELL.
RUNNING WITH A BROKEN LEG—-MANTEO MITCHELL. As this Associated Press report describes, American sprinter Manteo Mitchell broke his leg halfway through a qualifying race in the Olympic 4×400 relay relay event (four runners each run about 400 yards). He completed … Continue reading
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HONEY AND GYMNASTICS.
HONEY AND GYMNASTICS. The Wall Street Journal (July 23) also had an article by Geoffrey A. Fowler about what Olympic gymnasts use to get a good grip on the parallel bars: honey (or molasses or syrup). One gymnast in 90’s … Continue reading
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TEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE.
TEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE. I have posted on how startling it is for me to see major buildings from the 1970’s being demolished. Bruce Orwall had an article in the Wall Street Journal (July 23) about the design problems posed for architects … Continue reading
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NICK IS A JOURNALIST.
NICK IS A JOURNALIST. Nick is now posting on the Southside Showdown blog, which reports on the White Sox. Here is the link. Here is how he is described on the blog: “Nick grew up as a White Sox fan … Continue reading
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BASEBALL AND FUNDAMENTAL PARTICLES—-CONTINUED.
BASEBALL AND FUNDAMENTAL PARTICLES. I posted here about the theory that what seems to be a table is “mostly emptiness together with sparsely interspersed particles rapidly rushing about; hence tables and other such common-sense objects do not exist….there are no … Continue reading
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KNUCKLEBALL PITCHERS.
KNUCKLEBALL PITCHERS. A knuckleball pitch is thrown without spin or almost without spin, usually by using the fingertips only. The lack of spin makes for random movement. It is so difficult to throw and control that at any one time … Continue reading
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CATCHING A RECORD-SIZED CATFISH WITH YOUR HANDS.
CATCHING A RECORD-SIZED CATFISH WITH YOUR HANDS. I posted on the sport of “noodling” here. Noodling consists of catching a catfish with your bare hands, and the sport consists of competing to see who can catch the largest catfish. I … Continue reading
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THE NUN.
THE NUN. This is a post from Car Talk.: “Outside a small Macedonian village, close to the border between Greece and strife-torn Yugoslavia, a lone Catholic nun keeps a quiet watch over a silent convent. She is the last caretaker … Continue reading
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HENRY VIII, THE TENNIS PLAYER.
HENRY VIII, THE TENNIS PLAYER. Henry VIII was an avid player of real tennis. This wikipedia article says that he had several courts built in his palaces. It also says: “It is believed that his second wife Anne Boleyn was … Continue reading
REAL TENNIS.
REAL TENNIS. Baseball fields with trees or buildings intruding echo the meadows where the game was first played. The court for “real tennis” preserves the characteristics of the 14th century streets where it originated. I first encountered “real tennis” or … Continue reading
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