As I've made painfully clear in a number of this website's columns, my fraternity, Delta Kappa Epsilon, plays Beer Pong. Regulation games are played to 21 points, between 2 teams of 2 players on a ping-pong-sized, wooden, metal-trimmed table using four wooden-block paddles, four plastic cups of beer, a wooden dividing "net," and an orange 3-Star Read more [...] 
Apologies to all non-DKE readers; this one's pretty fratty.
In light of my friend Nog putting the finishing touches on his own personal Pong table - and me playing on said table this past weekend - I've been thinking a lot about pong. That train of thought lead me, once again, back to the Brother Pi Pong Tournament, and the data we collected 
By all accounts (or at least mine), this winter has been pretty miserable this year for those of us who live on the East Coast. Though December was relatively mild, the subsequent two months were bitterly cold, and filled with seemingly-constant snowfall. Every time it snowed, I would think to myself, "this HAS to be the last time, we're through 
The Good Life, a philosophical topic that's been around for millennia, focuses on uncovering the secret to happiness - Eudaimonia, as Aristotle called it. Many different theories attempt to define the nature of happiness - Hedonism, for instance, asserts that Pleasure is the key ingredient - but regardless of one's take, how to lead a happier 
This past Sunday, I was offered free tickets to Monday's basketball game between the Washington (Char)Wizards and the Bos(Magne)ton Celtics at the Verizon Center in DC.
As some of you know, I'm fan of the NBA, and the Wizards, in particular. In fact, since moving to our nation's capital a few years ago, I've attended at least 15 'Zards games, 
A number of months ago, I was in New Jersey in the company of friends who were discussing a future event slated to take place in Saratoga, NY. The members of the group had never been there, and were wondering what it was like and what there was to do there.
I grew up about 40 minutes south of Saratoga. I would play against its soccer team throughout 
On a recent Adam Carolla podcast, a program to which I frequently listen and have made references in the past, the hosts were discussing a California school district that was pushing the start time of its high school back in order to combat its students' sleep deprivation. That would have been a welcome change for The Kid in high school, but Mr. 
On Sunday night, a friend accepted the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge and nominated Ezra Tischler, this website's co-founder, to carry the torch. On Monday night, Ezra did so in his own way, writing a thoughtful Blogcat to discuss both his reservations about the ubiquitous awareness campaign and his efforts to spread awareness of the terrible disease 
As I love to make publicly known, my friends and I love "395," a 3-digit number that started as a random inside joke and turned into a ... much more heavily-referenced inside joke that now has a substantial life of its own and has little to do with the original humor behind it.
Now, you all should love it too, but I recognize that most folks 
Last night was Game 5 of the 2014 NBA Finals between the Miami Heat and the San Antonio Spurs, a rematch of last year's entirely epic championship series. Though a miracle turnaround had technically been still within the realm of possibility - especially when you have Lebron James on your team - it didn't play out that way, and honestly, this year's -
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