Coming from California I applauded the city’s foresight; however, the timing meant that in the days leading up to the marathon, Sydney’s air quality would be among the worst in the world. Why they couldn’t have timed these burns for the weekend before or after the marathon, I have n...
I pulled a previously frozen whole chicken from the fridge and inserted the Mooch-O-Matic into the deceased bird’s butt. Three beeps later, the soon to be chicken dinner that has been dead for who knows how long, reads 35% life left. ...
Acquired from the Marlins in an eight-player deal in 2007, Cabrera has dominated the American League for most of his tenure with the Tigers. The Venezuelan slugger won the Triple Crown with a .330 batting average, 44 home runs and 139 RBI in 2012, but that might not have been his best...
And from that first race with those basic rules and a $500 prize from the Rocky Mountain News, a sport was born, complete with its own culture and history. Today there are commonly as many as a half-dozen of these events in Colorado each summer, including a “triple crown,” which com...
you might assume the building process is limited, too. Take a brick, stack it on top of another brick, rinse, and repeat. Thankfully, we were provided with a generous amount of LEGO sets to try our hands at. The experience gained from completing big sets like the Haunted House, as wel...
The best time to see the Leo constellation is in Spring in the northern hemisphere, from around the March equinox, and in the fall/autumn in the southern hemisphere where it can be seen in the northern skies, but is seen as if upside down. In early April, the constellation Leo reaches ...
From Mitch Williams' first pitch in Game 6 -- well, attempted pitch -- the situation seemed out of his control. He'd entered the game having previously blown Game 4, a performance that reportedly led to death threats phoned to the Phillies' main number while he was still on the mound....
Brown was in town as the guest speaker for the Old Timers Baseball Association’s annual “Meet the Ball Club” dinner (the team in this case the triple-A Maple Leafs). Brown had once aspired to be a professional baseball player but settled for being a booster of the sport, a love ...
The name Castor comes from the Greek Καστωρ (Kastor) and means “to excel, to shine.” The name Pollux comes from the Roman form of the Greek Πολυδευκης (Polydeukes) meaning “very sweet.” The circumstances of their birth were unusual to say the least. Queen Leda...
that explore grief in one of the most interesting and human ways I've seen in some time. Above all else, Zau's realistic journey through the loss of a loved one is something that's going to stick with me for some time, and I'm grateful for the loving lessons I've learned from it...