Off the Clock: It’s human nature, brother!
When it comes to deciding on a topic for this column, some weeks I open up the internet and ask the muses for guidance. Some weeks Gawker posts a one minute clip from a Hulk Hogan sex tape.
Archives
On the Run: Week 7
Despite a meticulously constructed marathon training plan, I’ve wound up with the dreaded shin splints.
Off the Clock: It gets better(ish)
Like Whitney Kropp, the 16-year-old nominated as a joke to homecoming court by some classmates, I also had a bully. He was small, he was mean, and he made me use an encyclopedia.
Off the Clock: A family affair
My family may have some secrets, but Valerie Spruill has me beat, by a long way. Read about what our families hid from us and why we’ll both probably be OK.
On the Run: Week 5
“Running a marathon is hard.” I can’t tell you how many times, since I started this project, that I’ve heard that phrase.
Hair apparent
A rose by any other name would smell as sweet, but what about hair by any other color? A tribute to my pink mop and a shout out to those who march to the beat of a different style drummer.
On the Run: Week 4
The return to running after a disappointing, and incredibly hot, half marathon experience turns out to be harder than expected.
Just like the movies
Can a booger-eating girl and a frog-faced boy find true love, elementary school-style? Can a 13-year-old runaway get to her 12-year-old object of affection using a stolen car and her mother’s ATM card? This one’s for all the boy-crazy girls out there.
