Philosophy
Yesterday was Lance Armstrong's 37th birthday. Truly one of the great stories of recent years is his beating cancer and returning to become possibly the greatest racer ever. Accusations of doping remain as they will for everyone of the last decade who rode a bike without baseball cards in the spokes, but then there's that other rumor that his girlfriend refuses to let him wear a yellow condom because it only encourages him to finish first.
Happy birthday, Lance.
- Admitting And Guilt
I've been interested in the claim widely made during the last week that by failing to fight the doping allegations against him, Lance Armstrong is implicitly admitting to cheating. There are two questions that are raised here. The first is whether...
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- Deceased--lance Osadchey
Lance Osadchey October 3rd, 1938 to August 5th, 2013 This is one of those situations when getting older is really painful...the demise of a friend and colleague. I met Lance when I was the senior moderator of a physics website in a collective chat room...
Philosophy
Happy Birthday Lance Armstrong
Yesterday was Lance Armstrong's 37th birthday. Truly one of the great stories of recent years is his beating cancer and returning to become possibly the greatest racer ever. Accusations of doping remain as they will for everyone of the last decade who rode a bike without baseball cards in the spokes, but then there's that other rumor that his girlfriend refuses to let him wear a yellow condom because it only encourages him to finish first.
Happy birthday, Lance.
- Admitting And Guilt
I've been interested in the claim widely made during the last week that by failing to fight the doping allegations against him, Lance Armstrong is implicitly admitting to cheating. There are two questions that are raised here. The first is whether...
- Happy Birthday Chuck Taylor
Today would be the 108th birthday of Chuck Taylor, possibly the greatest shoe salesman in history. The Chuck Taylor hightop sneaker is every bit the American fashion icon as the Levi 501 or the leather bomber jacket. A turn of the century basketball...
- Name That Holiday
Contrary to SteveD's contention, I was in no way fishing for my own holiday with yesterday's post. He does, however, raise a darn good question: What holidays are missing from the calendar? What new holidays should be created? My suggestions:...
- Happy Birthday America...and Mom Mom
The 4th of July has always been a big celebration for us because it is my grandmother's birthday...sort of. Actually, it was her whole family's birthday, at least, legally. when they came over from Eastern Europe and were waiting to speak with...
- Deceased--lance Osadchey
Lance Osadchey October 3rd, 1938 to August 5th, 2013 This is one of those situations when getting older is really painful...the demise of a friend and colleague. I met Lance when I was the senior moderator of a physics website in a collective chat room...