End of the year programming note
In case you haven’t noticed, I’ve taken a bit of a break. I got to the point where all of the demands of my life, both voluntary and otherwise, left […]
Monthly Archives: December 2011
Friday Randomness – Dec. 16
This is some sad news: New Balance, the only major shoemaker that keeps at least some of its production within the U.S., is struggling to maintain that distinction. I recently […]
This just in: Rape and violence are bad for your health
By now you have probably seen at least one news article about a report released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that found nearly one out of every […]
The cycling life (guest post)
Milisa Burke is a worker bee, a graduate student, a fencer, a cyclist, a lawn bowler, and a jaded raver. Not necessarily in that order. —- I’ve been cycling for […]
Boobs, bellies and other good things about the internet (but not in the way you might think)
Like a lot of people, I have my criticisms of the internet. My criticisms are fairly standard, nothing that hasn’t been voiced a million different times by a million […]
Finding inspiration at the front – and the back – of the pack
On Saturday, NBC aired what I guess you could call the Super Bowl for endurance athletes – the Ironman World Championship. Every year for the past several years, I’ve been […]
Of six-pack abs and real girl bellies
Last week, I came across what might be the best thing I’ve seen on the internet in a while – and considering how many hilarious cat videos and animated .gifs […]
Friday Randomness – Dec. 2
I’ve been totally off-kilter ever since the Thanksgiving holiday. I don’t know if it’s because I got sick or because it’s now cold here or because of a tryptophan hangover […]
Enough with the myth of the non-competitive female
I can’t remember the first time I saw a supposedly scientific psychological breakdown of personality traits by gender, but I have seen them many, many times since then, and never […]
Fit and Feminist 