Central Park Track Club

The Times has a profile today of the NYAC running team. The physical paper (but, alas, not the website) summarizes the article thusly: “New club is on the heels of the city s traditional power.” That traditional power? The Central Park Track Club, of course. We re like the Yankees! Only not evil. (And actually [...]

It s that time of year again. The Manhattan Island Marathon Swim will take place on Saturday, June 16, and like every year I m asking all of you to volunteer. We re looking for volunteers of all sorts, but most importantly we need Boat Observers. This is a great opportunity to help out your [...]

Kurt Vonnegut died last night. Plenty of people will write tributes in the next few days, but few will be as good as what he already wrote himself: I am, incidentally, Honorary President of the American Humanist Association, having succeeded the late, great science fiction writer Isaac Asimov in that totally functionless capacity. We had [...]

Thom Little sent this video of the Boston Marathon course compressed into just over three minutes. The video shows the course as it looks on a regular day, not as it will appear on race day. What that really means is that there are some cars in the picture and there aren t all the [...]

Dear JF, How bout them Mets? [Note: This letter is also directed to John Scherrer, if he still reads this page.] Jesse in Brooklyn

Congratulations to Josh Feldman on winning the 2007 CPTC March Madness Pool. Josh was one of only two people in the pool to pick Florida as the winner, and not only beat 2005 champ Alan Ruben, but also beat the National Bracket entered by Noah Lansner, which simply copied the most popular picks on ESPN. [...]

Wondering which team to root for as you watch tonight s NCAA basketball championship? (That is, if you re not busy with a seder or watching some Opening Day action.) Those of you who have no personal affinity — or hatred — for either Florida or Ohio State, can root instead for their favorite CPTCer to win [...]

Ligaya Mishan has another review in the Times. This week it’s of Natalie Danford’s debut novel “Inheritance.”

Joe Bolster s son, Jack, made a guest appearance on last Thursday s Daily Show, playing the star of “The Scmaily Schmow with Schmon Schmewart.” Watch below, or go to the Daily Show website. Jack shows up about five minutes into the segment, but the whole thing is pretty funny.

It s possible that as your read this your bracket for the men s tournament pool has already been busted. Luckily, this site does not believe in discrimination — and does believe in supporting hot athletic women — so it s only fair that a Women s March Madness Pool coexist alongside the men s [...]