In the men’s book (we were scared to do it in the women’s book) we said that all of us will, eventually get hit by the “ugly stick” and get a little goofy looking. Goofy skin, goofy hair and...

Kedges do work, as I keep saying. I am still cranked, after the Head of the Charles and motivated to move on to the next thing. We’ll see what it is but, again, I can’t say enough for the...

So, I rowed the Head of the Charles today and – as our President would say of Iraq – there’s a lot of good news. For example, I did not flip my scull over, as several people did. (One...

I told my son, Tim, today that I wished I were in better shape for the Head of The Charles and he just started to laugh. "At your age, for heaven’s sake, the entire point is doing it at...

Because I am in the business, sort of, I decided to put together something of a home gym in this barn we have, up here in Lakeville. Just a couple of aerobic gadgets (a Concept II rowing machine, an...

There apparently is a very fancy health club in Concord, outside Boston, called the Thoreau Club. What Henry T. himself would have made of health clubs, I have no idea, but this one is a beaut. Among the things...