Somewhere Between Atrophy and a Trophy (or) Racer 1282

So, any etymologists among readers in the ether? Is the word for the wasting of unused muscle the antonym for the prize in a contest? I’d have to guess yes. My Cross Results ranking has suffered a couple of lazy seasons lately.  Pride is on the line extra this year with Team Stampede representing big time with Jersey placement and god willing, a few BBW frames.  Getting back out on the Road Bike again has been critical to remind me that going... Read More

Its only kids you'll see swimming at the beach when the waters cold (or) The Speed Stairs at Norhampton (or) I'd like to build you a joy machine

Are they impervious to the shock of the water robbing the heat straight from the bones that I feel as instantaneous pain stimulus that has me and the rest of the sane (?) mature population booking it back up to the dry sand after a momentary dip or is it just that they aren’t as conditioned to comfort and are better able to adapt to what really isn’t anything that shouldn’t be intolerable to the human animal like being a little... Read More