If you're fat and don't wish to be, there are no excuses. No one cares about your reasons. You can justify your physical state to yourself as much as you'd like, but in the light of day, you're still fat and have to deal with the societal, health, and self esteem issues that go along …
Chocolate: The Food of the Gods
Food of the Gods is perhaps an overused phrase, but in the long history of delicacies for which it’s been used, chocolate may be the most apropos. Looking for a famous quote about chocolate to start this essay about my love of -- and likely addiction to -- this delicious morsel, I was overwhelmed by …
Offense and Defense
The wife surprised me by putting on the MLB Network in the bedroom last night in lieu of her usual fare of murder investigations. I'm always amused at how people can make a living by putting on a nice suit, sitting at a table and talking about sports, but there they were, ranking the best …
Denials
Just as we have come to expect the occasional announcement of professional athletes implicated in illicit drug use, designed to enhance their athletic performance, we should come to expect the denials that follow. Today, the Miami New Times broke a story about a DEA investigation of a Miami clinic linked to illegal distribution of human …
The Offseason
Since I just decided recently to take up this task, mostly because I like writing, making websites and am returning to MLB after a one-year hiatus, I hadn't given a lot of thought to what I will be writing about. I certainly don't plan to engage in game summaries or analysis of off-season roster moves …
Baseball Writers throw a Shutout
1+1=2. There's not much room in that equation for debate or discussion. There are no square circles. That pretty much speaks for itself as a factual position statement. Other things, like whether chocolate ice cream is better than vanilla (it isn't), are subject to opinionated debate. Have your opinion by all means, but come to …
How Evolution effects our sexual Behavior
I'm not an evolutionary biologist, or an anthropologist, however I am willing to play either role on TV should the opportunity become available. What I am is a philosopher, which originally meant lover of knowledge or wisdom. I've been studying evolutionary biology and I'm willing to put some thoughts on paper about human behavior and …
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The Miami Face-Eater and the Theory of Evolution
I’ve been trying to educate my 77-year old mother about the theory of evolution for some time now. My mother was born and raised in Cuba, moving to the United States in the early 1960’s. She was raised as a Roman Catholic, although when pressed she has a vague, pantheistic view and real anger toward …
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Let your DNA do the Walking
Forever changed after watching Nat Geo’s, “The Human Family Tree,” I decided to participate in the Genographic Project and not only contribute my DNA to the growing collection but to trace my ancient ancestral origins, and discover the path my ancestors took out of Africa. The fossil, archaeological and now genetic records have basically confirmed that East Africa is …
Where are you From?
This is one of those routine questions that a person shouldn't stumble over attempting to reply. Yet I always do. It ends up being a drawn out, rambling mess of an answer that likely makes the acquaintance who asked it wished they'd mentioned the weather instead. I was born in Manhattan, which isn't really a …
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