A quick question for the knowledgeable readers out there. This NYT magazine called Play recently contacted me about writing a piece for a section they call "Master Class" -- they want me to go someplace warm and get some swimming instruction of some sort.
I know that USMS used to have some kind of program where masters swimmers could apply to go out to Colorado Springs for intensive coaching, stroke analysis in the ICAR flume, etc. Is this still going on, do any of you know, and would it be possible to just do a "lite" version of this (a day or two; bypass the application process; not actually need to be an elite swimmer; etc.)
The other possibilities would be one of Terry's TI camps (though, God help me, front quadrant swimming really hurts my shoulders, and I feel this dog is just too old to learn that particular new trick).
Or--and this might be my favorite of all--didn't Gary Hall, Jr. start some sort of Sprint Club training camp down in Key West or the Bahamas or some similar place that would prove the perfect antidote to Pittsburgh this time of the year, especially if I don't have to pay for it?
Please let me know the details of any such possibiities--the editor did specify he'd prefer me to go someplace "warm and outdoors-y." Which makes two of us.
Peter, that pretty much sums it up. Why can't Canada just take over our country and restore sense to the lower Provinces?
I am really hoping Gary Hall Jr. doesn't read this thread, because I think he and his grandpa were pretty close.
In terms of a butler, Rich it would be great if you could come, and I will lobby the NYT powers-to-be to loosen their purse strings. I will have my people contact you, Leslie, and FlyGurl. The contracts are pretty straight forward: the latter two manservants need only show proof of being nubile and healthy enough to execute their duties (as close readers of the thread will know by now: video games, bath, unguents, etc.) As for Rich, yours is perhaps a bit more difficult: proof of musculature sufficient to protect me from an enraged Gary Hall, Jr if he has read this thread and taken offense; while at the same time proof of eunuch-ification (a standard requirement I have for all my male manservants--call me old fashioned.)
Peter, that pretty much sums it up. Why can't Canada just take over our country and restore sense to the lower Provinces?
I am really hoping Gary Hall Jr. doesn't read this thread, because I think he and his grandpa were pretty close.
In terms of a butler, Rich it would be great if you could come, and I will lobby the NYT powers-to-be to loosen their purse strings. I will have my people contact you, Leslie, and FlyGurl. The contracts are pretty straight forward: the latter two manservants need only show proof of being nubile and healthy enough to execute their duties (as close readers of the thread will know by now: video games, bath, unguents, etc.) As for Rich, yours is perhaps a bit more difficult: proof of musculature sufficient to protect me from an enraged Gary Hall, Jr if he has read this thread and taken offense; while at the same time proof of eunuch-ification (a standard requirement I have for all my male manservants--call me old fashioned.)
