Tennis: the internationally adored game that requires stamina, agility, laser-like focus, and a series of grunts. Frankly, we get exhausted just thinking about it. We get even more exhausted trying to find appropriate gifts for tennis players. We have very frail physiques, obviously. But you don't have to thumb ...
Finding the best gifts for fishermen is never easy. Fishers are not like other mortal humans. They are rugged individualists who bend the power of the sea to their will. They face hostile hordes of horror-stricken sea creatures with grit and resolve. They cast lines, they haul in bass, they serve tilapia in a ...
Golf. They call it the “sport of kings.” Actually, that’s not right. That’s what they call horse-racing. But we feel golf should be called the “sport of kings,” because it’s one game a king could conceivably play. Have you ever seen a monarch on a racehorse? No, you haven’t, not since Louis XIV at least. ...
Writers. What a sorry lot we are. Half-sentient beings with limited social skills, eternally marooned in a mental vortex of unfinished ideas, unmet ambition, and cruel self-doubt. Trapped in an ongoing swirl of thoughts and vivid colors that flutter frustratingly away once we try to put them to paper. Surrounded by ...
Chances are you know someone who’s heavily into the gaming world. If you don’t, such people are easy to spot. You might notice a slightly hallowed look around the eyes, a detached sort of presence, an itchy trigger finger, and a skittish sort of behavior. Some gamers are even more normal than that. ...
Batter up! What sport can bring Americans together better than baseball? Not one. Not a single danged one. Just close your eyes and picture yourself in the top-tier seats in a baseball park in the middle of June. A raspy voice announcing players’ names over a crackling loudspeaker. The crack of a bat. The flash of ...
What creature in the animal kingdom has more mystique than a horse? None, that’s what. Horses have commanded our daydreams since we were little children. They gallop across fields, they race on oval tracks, they seat urban police workers who don’t like to drive. Equally as mysterious are the people who love ...
Let’s hear it for physical fitness! There’s nothing like constant exercise and strenuous body movement to keep our human machines in healthy, working order. Sacrificing one’s body, testing one’s endurance, and general panting is a terrific way to extend one’s lifetime. Or would be, if we didn't get winded just ...
We all have those friends who buy what they want as soon as it pops in their head. They are the hardest to shop for because if they want something, they already own it. When you are looking for gifts for someone who has everything, you need to think outside of the box for something they wouldn’t think about buying ...
The great outdoors is a wonderful place to spend time. It's a refreshing change from dust-filled rooms, charmless office space, supply closets, or jail. There are plenty of great things to do outdoors: hiking, rock climbing, fishing, camping, bungee jumping — things that give us muscle fatigue when we picture ...
Chanda Fuller