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Warm Weather Companions: With warm weather creeping into the forecast, summer reading recommendations are popping up like the dandelions in my front yard. The Daily Beast just posted their 13 hottest summer reads, which happily includes Satchel, Larry Tye's biography of baseball great Satchel Paige. I'm nearly finished with this in-depth profile of the incredibly talented (and quotable) hurler, so I thought I'd post Ol' Satch's famous rules for staying young. Considering Paige made the American League All Star team in his late forties, fans of Dr. Oz should take note.
(Originally printed in Paige's 1962 biography, Maybe I'll Pitch Forever)
1. Avoid fried meats which angry up the blood.
2. If your stomach disputes you, lie down and pacify it with cool thoughts.
3. Keep the juices flowing by jangling around gently as you move.
4. Go very light on the vices, such as carrying on in society "” the social ramble ain't restful.
5. Avoid running at all times.
6. And don't look back "” something might be gaining on you.
What About Dad?: Both the LA Times and Wall Street Journal ran reviews this week of Michael Lewis's latest book,Home Game. The author of Moneyball and Liar's Poker is taking on fatherhood and the perceived notion that Dads have become second-class citizens.
"At some point in the last few decades, the American male sat down at the negotiating table with the American female and -- let us be frank -- got fleeced," he writes.
As the father of a two year old (and husband of an Omni reader), I wisely offer no opinion here and am moving on to the next item.
The World of Chuck: The Globe and Mail provides an entertaining look at Chuck Palahniuk's "reading and throwing" tour promoting the release of his latest book, Pygmy. If you plan on attending an upcoming stop, keep your head on a swivel for any and all flying inflatable penguins.
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