Browsing all posts in August, 2012.

Fifty Shades Of Book Sex?

The success of Fifty Shades of Grey — and the book world’s rush to embrace its profits and success — raise the question of whether you can no longer sell a book without some heart-thumping, explicit and kinky sex: kinkier even thane Leda and the Swan. The Atlantic Wire’s Jen Doll wrote a terrific piece […]

Climbing Mt. Langley: Slow Ascent, Lightning Descent

Climbing up Mt. Langley’s 14,042 feet was the easy part. Getting down alive was a bit tricker. The seven-mile hike from Horseshoe meadows was also not bad and the additional three or four miles to the summit was smooth except for the short class three scramble (The Yosemite Decimal System rating climbs says Class 3:  […]