Great Winter Mistake
We haven’t had the easiest time getting the kids out in the snow. Jackson got snow in his mitten, or down his snow suit, or down his tighty-whiteies when he was tiny, so it was touch and go trying to get…
Category Sports
Abby Joins Team Freedom!
Freedom is an apt name for Abby’s soccer team. Six-year-olds playing soccer are free from direction, free from organization, free from trapping before kicking, free from going toward the proper soccer goal… freedom for all! I had fun putting on…
Ring Around the Neck Recap
A few Striders ran the Ring Around the Neck in Marblehead on April 27. This race is a home game for me, so I refused to let any of the Kays beat me. Actually… Sean was ahead of me for…
Title Town!
Real Maine Half-Marathon Results
The real results are in for the Maine Half-Marathon. Lindsey insisted she would not run under 9 minute miles. Lindsey has a problem telling the truth. Thank you, wise Cathy, for teaching us that “Flabalanche” is not French-Canadian for “great…
Fake Maine Half-Marathon Results
Some of you may remember the unfortunate 2011 Trails to Ale race where Andy finished a disappointing second in the Hatem, Teter, Moore grudge match. Good news, readers, as Andy made a couple of adjustments* and finished in first place in this…
Liger Moore
I asked Jackson to give me a sign that his athletic prowess would be sufficient for him to scholarship himself through college without any parental financial aid. The following still shots provided just the confidence I needed to cash in…
Collectible Race Cards available soon!
We are only about a week away from the long-awaited 10 Kilometer throwdown pitting Andy against both Christian “the turtle” Teter and Matt “helix pomatia” Hatem. This will be Andy’s first competitive race since he humiliated Hatem at the second…
Kenny Rallies, Secures Week #12 First Place Loser Ribbon!
In a shocking turn of events, Kenny came back to lose by the slimmest of margins in this week’s NFL Smackdown! Always the gentleman, Kenny tried to decline the honor and to claim a tie with Emily, but that selfless…
Just a little Quiet before the Madness…
Some have suggested that I have left the Cancun post up for an inordinate amount of time simply because it represents such a convincing victory over Nancy and Christian. Never before have I competed in the pseudo marine biochemistry field,…
Jets ain’t no Mets… give em that!
After the possibility of New Orleans playing in… errr… winning a Super Bowl, the Jets playoff run is arguably the best team story in the NFL this year. Instead of manufacturing a great regular season lead and then squandering it…
Kenny Marches… ummm… in.
Unfortunately for me, the New Orleans Saints have postponed their late season swoon this year. As they’re practically assured of a first-round bye at this point, we’ll have to wait until the second round of the NFL playoffs to watch…
Nancy Takes Week #7 Pool!
It came down to points on Monday night and Nancy took advantage of a late, meaningless score by a thoroughly embarrassed Redskin team to secure her first NFL pool victory of the season. Excellent work, Nancy! In addition to some…
Square Profits!
In addition to the near-victory in the NFL spread pool (for entertainment purposes only!), the football gods presented us with the correct score for two quarters of the Patriots / Titans game.
The full-proof Abigail System Revealed!
My mother and father currently have barely 50% of their football picks correct so far this NFL season. That’s not impressive. My grandmother is under .500 for her picks. That’s even worse! What these amateurs need is a viable, proven…
Week #1 NFL Smackdown Update!
As you can see from the official smackdown standings, week #1 failed to separate brains from luck in the gridiron picking arena. Both Emily and Andy finished the week at (8w – 8l), while Nancy finished at (7w – 9l),…