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The Ultimate Gift Guide
For the earth muffin:
Give stationery, a note box or a journal from The Great Elephant Poo Poo Paper Company, where all products are made from recycled elephant poo. That’s right – poo. Seriously. A portion of the profits is given...
November 19th, 2009 | November 2009 | Read More
8 Weeks of Pain: 30 Minutes Late
I’ve ended my last couple workouts at the Chris Frye Gym by lying completely still, on my back on the green Astroturf, waiting for my heart to slow. Completely spent and amazed that I was able to accomplish what was asked of me....
November 18th, 2009 | 8 Weeks of Pain | Read More
First Knight with Steve Martin
The words to the old Cole Porter tune from “Kiss Me, Kate” (one of my all-time favorite musicals) keep playing inside my head as I ride the Lynx uptown for the Steve Martin and Steep Canyon Rangers concert October 10.
I’ve been...
November 14th, 2009 | November 2009 | Read More
8 Weeks of Pain: The Second and Third Workouts
The first workout at the Chris Frye Gym, even if it was nausea-inducing, wasn’t the worst. It wasn’t the worst because I had no clue as to what I was getting into. I treated it like the first time I had sex – close my eyes and...
November 13th, 2009 | 8 Weeks of Pain | Read More
8 Weeks of Pain: The Beginning
Strength, speed, power, suffering, salvation. That’s the motto on which Chris Frye founded his Charlotte gym. And Matt Kokenes and I have decided to take on a three-day-a week, eight-week challenge, with Frye leading us down the...
November 10th, 2009 | 8 Weeks of Pain | Read More
The Future in Your Hands
So you’ve gotten “matched” with a complete moron. You’ve been “eHarmony’d” with an over-emotional earth muffin, and on your “J-date,” the J stood for Jobless Jackass. You could turn off the computer and seek love...
November 9th, 2009 | November 2009 | Read More
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