Stink Stories
It should come as no surprise that I have something of a reputation as a stinky mountain biker – and not just as a trail gnome: This has led to the occasional funny situation....
Category: Lore
Stories – anything you’d likely tell around a campfire or at the bar.
A Toast: To Two Departed Ladies
The first: Johannah She was mo mhúinteoir (Irish language teacher). Battled cancer for quite some time – being a smoker didn’t help. Lass from Co. Tipperary (from which county my granddad also hailed). When...
My Three Concussions
Thrice now I’ve had what the medical guys call mTBI (mild traumatic brain injury), i.e. concussions. Mountain biker + martial arts student, so that shouldn’t be all that surprising. Two weren’t especially noteworthy; the...
The Baargain Nooz
It must’ve been thirty years ago now: the phone rang, and in those days (pre-Caller ID), to know who it was, you had to answer it. So I did. “I’d like the number for...
Simian Spankus Interruptus
Many years ago now, BF (Before Facebook), Guro Ron used to have – as part of the website for the school – a traditional webforum, where all sorts of topics martial arts related and...
The Porn Stash
A rite of passage of any boy – at least any American boy – is his first encounter with pornography. Usually this is due to an older male relative, friend, or neighbor who has...
Welcome to Womanhood
When I was in middle school, I had a headache or bellyache or something whereby I was sent to the school nurse. She had me lay down in a corner of her office behind...
Dee Tyler Fucks Like A Bunny
* The names have, of course, been changed to protect the guilty. Fall, late Eighties, my freshman year at college. I had applied for on-campus housing and found myself in an all-male dorm. Yes,...
The Ocean Beach Incident
This happened while I was an altar boy at St. Paul’s*, our local Catholic parish. Small town, so there was one priest – Fr. Stan – assisted by a deacon who also served as...
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