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...liked his story on the sport of Extreme Ironing, described by its inventor, Phil ?Steam? Shaw of Leicester, England, as ?the latest outdoor activity that combines the thrill of an extreme sport with the satisfaction of a well-pressed shirt.? At the Extreme Ironing World Championships in Munich two years ago, athletes competed in five events: forestry, rock-wall, aquatics, vehicular and freestyle. With the tilted gaze of a visionary, Steam has eyes on the 2008 Olympics: ?If they can have synchronized swimming, why can?t they have Extreme Ironing?? His friend, Matthew ?Starch? Patrick, remains skeptical: ?I wouldn...
...somebody who’s happiest when they’re at the gate at Logan,” she says. Instead, she likes to travel to non-exotic locales. “To me it’s sort of a thrill to find myself in Kansas City...
...SOUTH AFRICA THE BLUE TRAIN This 27-hour journey from Pretoria to Cape Town combines the comfort and luxury of a five-star hotel with the thrill and romance of rail travel. Absorb the views of Table Mountain and the Hex River Valley from a glass observation car while sipping some of South Africa's finest wines. You have your own personal butler and en-suite accommodation?an elegant living room by day and a cosy bedroom by night. A luxury single will set you back...
...online bootlegs of Paycheck, Big Fish and Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. Beyond the desire to get something for nothing, serious downloaders relish the technology of pirating for technology's sake. "I'm a geek," says one Indian student living in France. "There's a thrill of it. The first movie I downloaded, it was quite a kick--it was My Big Fat Greek Wedding." The day Samurai appeared online, a dozen downloaders posted reviews--of the pirate copy. "Video is a little grainy, nothing too bad, color is dead on," wrote someone calling himself Freeder...
...book, I realized that Friday was the one responsible for my inability to judge what is appropriate, by nonjudgmentally equating all sexual behavior. At one point, Friday writes that not thinking about bestiality when seeing a large animal is "like looking at a racing car and ignoring the thrill of speed." As far as heating up a marriage, this woman is the whole spice rack...