Archive for 'Great Feats of Strength' Category
The Year of the Tiger
22 February 2010I have no clue whatsoever how to play golf, despite those many semesters of high school gym where I devoted as much of my energy as possible to playing it without getting sweaty because no one showered after gym in my high school, and then joining a sorority where I would forge a very close friendship with a [...]
Remember when annette and i drove to chicago back in July? Here’s what that looked like.
24 December 2009Road to Chicago from Cristin on Vimeo.
I broke a rib by coughing too much
10 November 2009Did you have any idea that was, like, a thing you could do? That breaking your own rib using internal force was even humanly possible? I knew ahead of time, but only because I’m friends with Katie, she of The Most Delicate Immune System Ever Invented, who managed to break one of her own ribs [...]
Always the last place you look
9 June 2009When I got an email today that said “Check out your brother on ESPN.com,” I assumed that they meant Bud and that ESPN had gotten ahold of the pictures of him doing the flyover at that UNC football game last year or something. That would have at least sort of made sense. And yet:
Oh yeah. [...]
Wake Up Call
20 January 2009It’s very hard for me to get myself out of bed in the morning. For most of my life I thought I was just Lazy (also- who actually enjoys getting out of bed in the morning? Even if it’s your birthday, or a day when someone’s going to give you a pony, you still want [...]
Cristin: 1, Math: 0
16 December 2008
WOO!
Stickles Family Fun Run 2008
6 October 2008My father is constantly watching his offspring for any sign of running prowess. Bud delivered at a very early age but Dad is still holding out hope that Peej and I will wake up one morning and decide to run a 10k for fun. One day this summer I was walking to the train in [...]
olympic fever pitch
30 July 2008I. Cannot. Wait.
new happy place
22 April 2008I watched this video 8 times before 9:15 this morning. And kind of teared up a little, but was mostly overcome with giddiness. As Work Friend Sarah says, “I thought that the best part had to be the giant squid. Then Steven Hawking showed up.”
Trust me on this one– and happy earth day!
via Aunt [...]
If you’re having girl problems, I feel bad for you, son
28 January 2008For the pun-appreciative community– today we’re voting on names for our office kickball team. The options:
Matzoh Ballers
99 Problems But A Pitch Ain’t One
Green Eggs and Slam
Sure Plays a Mean Kickball
Kix: Kid Tested, Your Mother Approved
Ballbusters
Balls to the Wall
Kick It
How The Grinch Stole First Base
She’s a Kick… House
Life’s a Pitch
You can understand why I’m having such a [...]