Pope Pivots

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I am hooked on American Ninja Warrior, where they keep changing the challenge. The schmucks who go first make the mistakes that the later ones learn from....

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exactly my point....

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aaaaand, we're gone....

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Stanford built its athletic 'reputation' (a zillion Sears Cup trophies as the 'best') on these niche sports, which is why I was so surprised that they...

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The very fact that is used to be the Pent and now is the Hep is a tacit understanding that women simply can't handle 10 events, so let's make it easier...

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Less than 20 years is my guess; the cultural tide has already turned, and this Pope seems to be keeping in step with the times very well. [Mixed Meta...

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I tried a Neti Pot once, but it was awful, so that was that....

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Um . . . not to toot my feeble horn, but when the call went out to create an American version of NUTS, I got the initial letter and they announced a contest...

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Did they ask to change from the Pent to the Hep/ Were they asked. Yours is a good question, but the gender equity thing is valid too. Remember when the...

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Nothing in the ATFS or FAST Annuals. (Ha! I just realized they're anagrams. Association of T&F Statisticians vs. Federation of American Statisticians...

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Hard to take that seriously if they can't even spell Heptathlon.
The mDec ain't going nowhere, so the only move left is to phase in the wDec....

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Gross (but good outcome)! I had a softball-sized (!!) lipoma removed from my chest 2 years ago. It was impinging on the heart, lungs, and trachea without...

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I'm not looking at any angle other than the gender equality one. T&F is one of the fairest sports in the world. We've made great strides (pun!) to...

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Perhaps this is political, and gh will delete it with extreme prejudice, but I'm a little surprised and very delighted by this. Marriage could be on the...

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I love it!...

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We need some Dragilas (a hep-er herself) and some JJKs to lobby....

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Oh . . . I thought you were talking about the musical instrument that's been playing mournful dirges to me for the past 7 months . . ....

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Private schools around here routinely beat the public schools in distance and technical events (PV, TJ, DT) despite being much smaller....

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When my daughter went to FSU, she was the first girl to have PVed in HS. But that didn't stop the PV coach from recruiting two girls on the team to PV...