Tag Archives: swimming

Kid stuff’s a drag? Time for a drag

Regarding the June 30 Health & Science article “The warning that you should delay swimming after eating holds no water”: My friends and I figured out the reason behind the myth of having to wait 30 minutes after eating before … Continue reading

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Cupid Launches a Cannonball

While the other Ph.D. students chatted — dryly — around the pool, Noel sprang headfirst into messy dives, off-center flips and drenching belly flops. He then dragged an 8-foot long inflatable whale under the diving board to land astride and … Continue reading

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Synchronized Swimming

“I want to spend the next 50 years with you,” Barry said on our third date. We had met in a water bed store: He was selling and I was buying. Over the beds, he said that he loved to … Continue reading

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