"For still there are so many things that I have never seen, in every wood, in every spring there is a different green."
-- JR Tolkien

Damn I hate ticks!

Posted in Featured Stories, First Aid/Health, Humor, Stings and Bites, The Coffee House | 0 comments

The very thought of walking through woods and fields infested with ticks makes my skin crawl.  Perhaps it is because of a tick’s...

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The Friendly Skies Can Get A Bit Too Friendly

Posted in Destinations, Humor, The Coffee House, Travel | 0 comments

I had just settled into my exit row seat on the aisle in a Canadair Regional Jet from Los Angeles to Sacramento when Madame X arrived. She...

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Harvard just shot down the “sex is exercise” argument … dammit

Posted in Coaching Advice, Fuel, Diet, & Weight Loss, Heart Rate & Intensity Training, Humor, The Coffee House, Training & Conditioning, Training Myths | 0 comments

Thanks a lot, Harvard! In almost less time than it takes to click into a website, the Harvard Men’s Health Watch cut the legs out from...

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Velour pants and oversize luggage as seen from an aisle seat

Posted in Humor, Luggage, The Coffee House, Travel | 0 comments

I was just settled into my airplane seat and in the process of unfurling the USA Today when a voluminous leather satchel came swinging...

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Camp Cooking: Your guide to eating burned food and liking it

Posted in Camping, Camping Skills & Technique, Humor, Stoves and Fuel, The Coffee House | 0 comments

Nothing comes with quite so much notoriety and predilection to impending doom as preparing a meal for others in the outdoors. Factor in a...

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Spa Boy: My journey to the dark side of shea butter and exfoliation

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It wasn’t always this way. My sojourn to the dark side began with an argument. A late summer’s day evening found me engaged in...

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