Behind Aspen’s international skiing luster lies a deep, competitive hockey culture that makes for a tough beer league. A drive to win the bragging rights to the battered Pell Cup turns architects, bartenders, contractors, lawyers, teachers, ski bums, and friends into fierce, fist-throwing rivals…former pros, Division I college players, and old goats—or, more accurately, has-beens […]
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Over the years when I invited friends over for dinner they got pretty excited. One day I asked a guest what’s with all the excitement? Chinese food! They were expecting something I really sucked at making. To this day I don’t make much Chinese/Asian stuff. I’d rather go out and eat something someone actually knows […]
When I finished reading The Writing Life by Annie Dillard I realized my writing will never achieve the level of the great ones. But I am OK with this just as I was OK with deciding not to pursue writing for a living. Too hard, too demanding, too much time spent writing words into the […]
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The most bizarre golf accident ever. This is my son’s bicep. That was ball #1. Approximately 10-15 seconds later he gets hit by ball #2 which caused a small fracture in his left patella. No plans to post a picture of the knee but I couldn’t resist the bicep photo.
Oh my gosh, I am so sorry! Will he need surgery on the patella? Or is it small enough that it will heal on its own? Was this the doctor or the architect? I had never thought of golf as a dangerous sport!
No surgery so obviously a small fx. It’s the doctor who had a xray while at work. In fact, he went to work today, limping a bit. This is not his first accident on the course. There was the time when a cart ran over his foot and…
Maybe he should take up badminton?