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Failing Physics
I can’t remember a time when I wasn’t fascinated by science.
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Cutting Weight
One of the worst things about high school wrestling, for most of my teammates, was cutting weight.
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Chef's Shockwave
I’m not a chef, although I did spend some time working in restaurants, and even briefly considered making a career run.
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On My Behalf
The word behalf traces to Old English, where it was behealf.
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A Cone Ocean Canoe
Take all the letters in the word silent, rearrange them, and you can come up with the word listen. Similarly, earth can become heart, and whenever…
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Deserve’s Got Everything to Do With It
Injustice and entitlement might seem like two completely different, unrelated feelings.
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The Tooth and the Nail
I was described as a rambunctious kid.
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El Camino Cool
I remember plugging away at algebra in middle and high school.
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Big Tire Energy
Grab a bike tire by the hub with both hands, then have someone start it spinning.
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The Lithosphere Layer
Have you ever heard that glass is a liquid?
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Breaking Badly
I’ve broken some bones in my lifetime.
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Much Harder Blows
My exposure to the UFC (and to what’s called Mixed Martial Arts, or MMA for short) began in 1995.
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