by James Fell | Nov 18, 2015 | Uncategorized
It’s not a new word. In fact, it’s been around for some time in reference to a specific type of brood parasitism. Biological science time. Brood parasitism is when one animal dupes another animal into raising their offspring for them. For example, there are...
by James Fell | Nov 15, 2015 | Uncategorized
Homo sapiens are primed for belief. Our troglodyte ancestors were too ill informed to understand what stars, the moon or lightning is, so they made stuff up in order to cope with the unknown. We evolved to seek some kind of otherworldly protection from strange and...
by James Fell | Nov 13, 2015 | Uncategorized
Eighth grade in Jr. High and the sadistic gym teacher with the Napoleon complex was describing our running route. “I missed that,” I said to the boy next to me. “Where do we turn left?” The boy sneered. “Do you actually think you’re going to be out in front?” Oh,...
by James Fell | Nov 4, 2015 | Uncategorized
Stop sauce shaming. I get my sauce from a jar. Yours is made from scratch. Mine is better, because the taste isn’t tainted with sanctimonious douchebaggery. “Oh, you get your sauce from a jar? Wow, I can’t believe you don’t make it from scratch. I always—”...
by James Fell | Nov 3, 2015 | Uncategorized
I lay in a hospital bed hooked up to IV morphine that barely touched the pain. The emergency room physician told me my lifting days were over. I knew he was wrong, however, because I will not quit. I remember when I started working out 22 years ago, and how much I...
by James Fell | Oct 31, 2015 | Uncategorized
I got my flu shot. Now I’m vaccine injured. The “injury,” if you can call it such a thing, is a tiny hole in my shoulder that bled so little I think the band-aid is superfluous. In past years of receiving a flu shot I’ve had mild soreness in the target muscle, but...
