Word: rowing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...countless similar books before it--that ofeither just another whiny pseudo-Freudian accountof a life ruined by wealth or some tangentialbiography of a prominent man of letters. Stuarthas come to terms with a conflict that allfamilies face regardless of whether their addressis on Beacon Hill, Fifth Avenue or Skid Row: it'sfamily, after all. Both Robert Lowell and SarahPayne Stuart's stories of growing up run parallelin that both writers hold the vacuous andhypocritical snobbery of the family in totalcontempt but constantly seek the validation of thefamily in all they do. Thus even though RobertLowell would come to publish book...
During "How Can I Sing Like A Girl?" Flansburgh let the front row play his guitar, prompting him to comment after he received it that they must go to Berklee [College of Music] since his guitar was now in better tune than before he passed it to them. Continuing with the college theme, Linnell then introduced the next song as a "song in the same key [as the last one] for all you Berklee students." A spirited version of the classic "Birdhouse In Your Soul" followed, to the delight of the crowd...
Does the thought of 6 a.m. practices on a windy river excite you? Did watching Head of the Charles make you yearn to row? If you want to be in one of those tippy boats by this time next year, better go to Community Rowing. They can teach you the tricks of the trade and no prior experience is required. What are you waiting for? Put on some Patagonia gear and head over. Take the six week course they offer, and maybe you can join the team before the season ends. 10 Nonantum Rd., Newton, near the Newton Marriott...
...Workout: One of the toughest dry-land workouts from legendary Coach Parker. Rowers run up and down all 37 stadium sections--field to top row--as quickly as possible. Parker's "gold-standard": 100 sections in 1 HOUR. Ouch...
...friends who row find the "rowing is a metaphor for life" idea to be trite, but none denies its truth. Nothing teaches the lessons of life more clearly: the importance of self-directed discipline, of teamwork and cohesion, of sacrifice and toil. Nothing can be so simultaneously frustrating and strangely satisfying. While winning the race is important, equally important is the quality and integrity of the preparation building up to it. And after all that, you still could lose the race by 0.6 seconds--a margin of three feet--as Harvard's varsity heavyweight crew did at last year...