Sports and Fitness
Wrestling Fan Sign Hot Takes
I’ve talked previously about my decision to dive into the deep end of pro wrestling FAR later in life than most. If you really want to know why I decided to get really into roided up dudes pretending to fight in their underwear, check out THIS POST. But all you need to know for today’s…
Read MoreWhy Watch Professional Wrestling?
Everyone, at some point in their life, has seen a bit of a professional wrestling match. And, just about everyone probably had the same reaction: “Jesus, that’s fucking stupid, who would watch this?” Well, I regret to inform you: *I* have recently started watching professional wrestling–and I fucking love it. It really does seem odd…
Read MoreIO5M 9: The Top Five Most Ridiculous Examples of Cheating at the Summer Olympics
Welcome back to my most infrequently occurring Monday feature! I’m speaking, of course, of Infrequently Occurring Fifth Monday (IO5M), where I come up with a new “top 5″ list on a quad-yearly basis. Today, in honor of the Summer Olympics, I’ll take a look as some of the most outrageous examples of cheating shenanigans in…
Read MoreKansas VS Kentucky NCAA Championship: Pre-game Analysis
As we go into tomorrow’s NCAA championship game, there is one question every Jayhawk fan is asking. How do we defeat the seemingly unstoppable Kentucky? Yes, Bill Self is easily the greatest coach in the history of the game. And yes, our defense is so brilliant it would have made the Spartans from 300 green…
Read MoreInternet Meme Monday 13: Ndamukong Suh stomping a baby seal
I’ve been meaning to bring Internet Meme Monday back in some form for a while now. I mean, after all, there will always be new memes, and thus I’ll always want to jump on the bandwagon and make my own versions of jokes that become tired after the first few hours of online existence. So…
Read MoreTop ten reasons I’ve started Olympic weightlifting.
I’ve always weight lifted (aside from that small 5 year break that I had taken up till this last summer). Power lifting (bench, squat and deadlift) has usually been my thing, but as of a week ago I’ve started training with some “Olympic style weightlifters” here in Lawrence (after attempting to teach myself for the…
Read MoreThe Age Old Question: “Who wins, astronauts or cavemen?”
The question of “who wins in a fight, astronauts or cavemen?” has plagued the great minds of the twentieth century since the very first manned spaceflight. And indeed, who hasn’t wondered what would happen should the astronauts encounter some kind of space time rip on reentry only to find themselves stranded on prehistoric earth. All…
Read MoreSometimes it is ok to cheat.
After such an inflammatory blog title, I should add that there are plenty of times it is not ok to cheat as well. Yet, in the absence of any truth with a capital “T” in the big black void of existence, it can be confusing knowing just when exactly it is ok to cheat. So…
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