tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905515.post9035652875503975827..comments2024-03-14T11:09:32.759-05:00Comments on Falkenblog: Weekly RoundupEric Falkensteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07243687157322033496noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905515.post-30250651112662924082013-05-14T04:15:44.388-05:002013-05-14T04:15:44.388-05:00eric, you've got to give it to taleb though, h...eric, you've got to give it to taleb though, he's the only one to take the establishment head-on. and he's got the chops to do it too.<br /><br />the rest of you are hiding in complacency (so am I, but at least I don't have the chops), cause you can't fight the borg, so why try?<br /><br />so quixotic, yes, but worthy of respect nevertheless.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905515.post-60017522089085342372013-05-13T13:00:17.849-05:002013-05-13T13:00:17.849-05:00Wrestling is a great (especially high school) spor...Wrestling is a great (especially high school) sport: it focuses on the individual, it’s very demanding yet relatively safe, it teaches great lifetime skills, it’s cheap and it often develops/brings out great athleticism in kids for whom more popular team sports aren’t a good fit. <br /><br />But I’ve never been a big fan of the singlet either. Winning a big match in front of a roaring crowd (we used to call our wrestling room the “The Thunder Dome”) is about as good as it gets in sports as far as I’m concerned…but getting your ass beat in front of the whole school -while wearing a girls bathing suit- can be a pretty humbling experience when you’re 15. Going “shirtless” may just be the simple tweak that reinvigorates the sport where other efforts have fallen far short. <br /><br />You could probably kill several birds with ones stone by demanding strict, Title-9 equality along these lines too.<br />Mercurynoreply@blogger.com