First Blog

Skeleton vs. Luge The Luge is a tiny sled where competitors mounting it feet first and on their backs run down an ice track (same as Toboggan run) at speeds up to about 140 km/hr.   The Skeleton is also a tiny sled where competitors mounting it head first and on their stomachs run down the same track at about the same speeds (130 km/hr). Naturally, there are horrific crashes.  The Luge drivers have their feet smashed up and limp about their whole lives, clearly handicapped and with limited career choices.  On the other hand, the Skeleton drivers smash their heads terribly resulting with lifelong migraines and muddled thinking.  Not quite as handicapped, Skeleton crash victims often go on to successful careers in politics. 

The slider If you’re a baseball fan, a slider is a type of pitch that tails laterally down through the batting zone.   Basically, it is a curveball , not horizontally left to right, but vertically down and to one side. If you’re a baseball runner, you might be sliding into home plate to avoid being tagged out. You’d be a slider. If you’re a kid, you could be called a slider by sliding on the winter ice. Luge racers are called sliders.   In the summer, you could slide down a hill on your butt – becoming a slider.   If you’re a radio or TV slider, you would be a knob that slides left-to-right or up-down to change the volume or station, rather than in a circular motion. If you’re a door, say to a patio that slides to open or close, you’d be called a slider. If you’re in a restaurant, you might order a dish of sliders, small little burgers served in four's. Also they are served as Hor d oeuvres .   Usually overcooked, they are often dry and tasteless.   If