Strapping sticks to feet, links, etc.

[kate_nepveu]

I was going to write something about the kids taking up skiing, but Chad beat me to it. (I am too uncoordinated to take up an activity that involves strapping sticks to my feet and, more importantly, too old to do something that involves falling down a lot. The Pip can fall down every five minutes and bounce right back up without complaint, I really really cannot. Even though downhill looks like a lot more fun than cross-country.)

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This comic is super-cute and then I laughed so loud at the added caption that I startled the dog.

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I don't even go here but it's really nice to see Anthony Rapp as part of this Rent/Star Trek parody? (My ear's not very good but I think maybe some of those high notes at the end were a little challenging? Still. It's adorable and will only feed my current generalized Rent earworm, post-"live" broadcast. (Which I recorded but did not watch when it transpired that it was 90% a dress rehearsal.))

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Finally, some years ago I gave up football on the grounds of fuck the NFL, and I have to admit that it's kind of nice to have thereby neatly avoided the question of whether I still wanted to root for the Pats.

Comments

[jreynoldsward]

With the right ski instructor you might surprise yourself. I took skiing up in my late 40s, husband was in early 50s. The modern short fat skis are surprisingly stable and I found it a lot easier to do than cross country (I fall down a LOT in cross country and gave it up). Boot fit is the big deal because if it's too loose you fall a lot, too stiff and it's the same thing. But if you have a squirrelly ankle that likes to turn on you and make you fall (which I do), those downhill boots lock it in and you don't even wobble.

But it does take the right ski instructor for sure....