Featured Stories:
“Rocking the Long Trail”, written following a section hike of the Long Trail.
“A Call From Above”, written following a winter hike up Camel’s Hump


Question: "If you drop a buttered piece of bread, it will always drop butter side down. But when you drop a cat it will always land on its feet. What would happen if you took a piece of buttered bread, strapped it on the back of a cat (butter side up) and dropped both?"

Answer: "Even if you're too lazy to do the experiment yourself you should be able to deduce the obvious result. The laws of butterology demand that the butter must hit the ground, and the equally strict laws of feline aerodynamics demand that the cat cannot land on its back. If the combined construct were to land, nature would have no way to resolve this paradox. Therefore it simply does not fall. That's right! You've discovered the secret of antigravity! A buttered cat
will, when released, quickly move to a height where the forces of cat-twisting and butter repulsion are in equilibrium. This equilibrium point can be modified by scraping off some of the butter - providing lift - or removing some of the cat's limbs, allowing descent.
Most of the civilized species of the Universe already use this principle to drive their ships within planetary systems. The loud humming heard by most sighters of UFOs is, in fact, the purring of several hundred cats. The one obvious danger, of course, arises if the cats manage to eat the bread off their backs. In this case they will instantly plummet.

The Story of Soxwin

It was the year of 2004. The Boston Red Sox had not won since the year of 1918. I being a devoted Sox fan was used to getting disappointed and heart broken, year after year. But despite the past history I was optimistic that year. The season was getting close to an end and it was early September. Note the time of year, for this is important. The Red Sox were in second place in the division to the rival New York Yankees and the Sox were not the pick of anyone to win it all. But I chose to contact the VT DMV and request a vanity plate of: “SOXWIN”. What possessed me to do this, I do not know. But thanks to a lot of great drama, determination, luck, prayers, and raw guts, the Red Sox went on to win that year! So my license plate was a prediction of what was to come, and still represents the changed optimism toward the beloved team. Since 2004 the Red Sox have won another championship and along with that, the Chicago White Sox have one a title too. So I am getting my money’s worth out of that plate, and I feel a special feeling when I see my car’s license plates.
That is the story of SOXWIN