December 2011
10 posts
Vaulting.
The sport of vaulting really matches my personality. The more I think about it, the more I realize that I am a vaulter. I don’t posses the athleticism that many of my teammates and vaulting peers do, but I thoroughly understand the vault and the nuances of the Bubka/Petrov model. Vaulting takes an analytical mind. It takes a love of acrobatics and thrill seeking. It takes dedication to fight...
So, I immortalized myself on Sunday
Your first though may be, ‘Wow Sam! How did you do that?!’ Well here’s what’s happened. I hope your expectations are high for this story.
On Sunday morning, I went the the Edge in Williston to help officiate a VITA track meet which was being held there. I was also there to coach 10 South Burlington athletes, none of which had never touched a pole before.
Towards the end...
When I asked two of my friends how they would...
Disagree
needle-girl:
thoughts?
Man shall not live by bread alone… -Jesus quoting the Pentateuch
…but he shall live by bread. - The Grand Inquisitor with a zinger.
Professor Feldman, My name is Sam Chevalier, and today I attended the last lecture of your POLS41 class. As a person of faith, I found today’s lecture, especially the part concerning eugenics and its relation to the Holocaust, extremely intriguing. In addition, your message on euthanasia was thoroughly refreshing in a time when it is so blindly and idiotically supported by our (politically)...
Soda.
Let’s talk about soda.
It’s always too fizzy for me when it come straight out of the bottle, but I abhor flat soda. I like soda which has lost about 35% of it’s carbonation, but this is rarely the state of the soda which I consume. It is always either too flat of too fizzy.
Life stinks sometimes…
Ohhhh the power of perspective.