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• April 10, 2012

  A Rant About YOLO

  I love acronyms, I really do. They’ve been used for ages, and it’s a lot easier to say PNF than it is to say proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation.  Unfortunately, as digital communication has become increasingly popular  in the past decade, acronyms are popping up quicker than “Call Me Maybe” lipsync videos.  When you’re limited to 140…

• April 7, 2012

  Open Half-Kneeling Pallof Press

  You know how there are some things in life that are just awesome in all of their variations?  The first one that comes to mind is the Pallof Press, but other examples include scrambled eggs, Tiger’s on-course meltdowns, Zildjian Cymbals, and Harrison Ford roles.  You can’t argue with this: Dr. Jones is basically performing a…

• April 1, 2012

  Thoughts on Tempo

  If you were to spend more than 10 minutes with me, you’ll probably hear me tapping on something.  I’ve been playing drums for 16 years, but my Mom will tell you that I started out by drumming on my high chair with baby carrots.  Fortunately, there aren’t any videos of that. Carrots are now drum…

• April 1, 2012

  The Knight Bus Finisher

  This afternoon I enjoyed one of those moments where something scary happens so quickly that your brain experiences that same lag you get when you open all of Ben Bruno’s Good Reads in Firefox.  Maybe my computer is just getting old, who knows. On the way to the gym this afternoon, just blocks from my…

• March 26, 2012

  Seth’s Realization

  Several five summers ago, on an off year from caddying, I spent my days working as a counselor at a traveling summer camp.  A co-counselor and I were in charge of 12-15 8th grade  boys who were out of their minds a pleasure to work with.  That group of boys are now freshman and college,…