We are on the cusp of winter, and there are a few firsts I’d like to try this winter:
1) snowshoeing. Basically hiking on snow, snowshoeing is something I’ve never done and would like to try.
2) cross-country skiing. Ditto.
The only problem I have is simple: I have no idea how to even begin to get these two things done. Any suggestions?
Hot on the heals of this:
The American Academy of Pediatrics says what children really need for healthy development is more good, old-fashioned playtime. (cbs)
we find this:
Tag, you’re out! Officials at an elementary school south of Boston have banned kids from playing tag, touch football and any other unsupervised chase game during recess for fear they’ll get hurt and hold the school liable.
Recess is “a time when accidents can happen,” said Willett Elementary School Principal Gaylene Heppe, who approved the ban. (charlotte.com)
Awesome. I propose that we also remove from schools:
I mean, we wouldn’t want our children to have experiences, would we?
pinkforoctober.org was founded as a means to get people aware of and to promote National Breast Cancer Awareness month. The idea is to get as many sites as possible to change their themes to pink. Not hard - I can do that. pinkforoctober.org claims that over 500 sites have made the rosy switch. The site has ideas on ways you can support National Breast Cancer Awareness month, information on how breast cancer affects everyone (men included), and more. So head on over, OK?
Let me clarify: killing pandas is not good. In fact, killing pandas is bad. And wrong. And I’m pretty sure it is illegal, too. So don’t kill pandas.
However, I am advocating that you kill Panda Express. Why commit what is sure to be a crime in almost any state (not valid in Hawaii or Alaska)? Because Panda Express is evil.
Sure, it tastes good. I doubt anyone will tell you the food is bad. In fact, it’s down right yummy. But it’s evil –so evil. When you’re done eating it, you kind of mentally disconnect. You won’t feel bad, necessarily, but you’re useless. Nothing gets done all afternoon. And the next day, you want it again, thus perpetuating the cycle of inefficiency.
I have a controversial theory about why this is: Panda Express is out to take over the world. Think about it - by making Americans less effective, the door is opened to other nations to take over. Oh, yes; Panda Express wants to overthrow America.
It’s too bad Krispy Kreme already beat them to it.
Some have asked that I post the official results for the triathlons done here, so, uh, here:
St. George Tri (May 13th - Sand Hollow State Park)
Kanab Tri (June 3 - Sand Hollow Aquatic Center)
Utah Summer Games Tri (June 17 - Sand Hollow State Park)
Have a looksee yourself: StateMaster.com has the stats to determine how your state is doing in the fabled war on tooth decay. No one seems too shocked as to which states are losing the most teeth (brings new meaning to the quote: He’s got a real pretty mouth on him, don’t he?); however, I was pretty surprised to find that the two states I’ve occupied the most time in manage to keep more of their chompers in than all the rest.
I guess all that swishing and spitting back in the 80’s was well worth it.
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