What we call the fifth chapter of Genesis calls itself "the book of the generations of Adam." We might paraphrase this as "the people generated by Adam" (all male, incidentally). In other words, this is Adam's family tree. Biblical genealogies are notoriously dry, boring, and skippable. We will certainly be skipping over some in the future, but I thought we'd zoom in on this one a little just to get a "

Oh golly, these little guys. Someone called them ‘sour balls’ the other day. I thought they meant the shape but, looking at their veined bodies, I do have to wonder. Every year there’s a fierce debate in the market about if / when they’re early or late, and the memory on my iPhone tells me they’re always just about on time in mid-June. Hard and punchy at first, and slowly softening up and becoming sweeter in July.

The cross is the symbol of Christianity, the focal image in many interpretations of the Gospels, and a great example of how the meaning of words have developed over time, in some aspects, disconnecting modern Christianity from its roots in Jesus’s teaching. The "cross" as it is known today, a vertical post and with a crossing member, was unknown when Jesus taught and for centuries after. The Greek word translated as "

Demolition Man (1993) is the greatest movie that the general culture has not openly recognized as a Great Movie. It was born of strange alchemy: a sincere action movie re-written to be a comedy by the writer of Heathers (1988), Daniel Waters, it attracted talent far above what it might have merited, including Sylvester Stallone and Wesley Snipes both at the height of their powers, mainstays like Bob Gunton and Sir Nigel Hawthorne (before he was knighted), and as-yet-unknowns who would go on to be knowns, like Sandra Bullock and Benjamin Bratt, and blink-and-you’ll-miss him, Jack Black.

In today’s post, we dive into hockey history to learn about icing, how it originated, and how the rules came to be today. We’ll also touch on some potential future changes that we think could make our sport even better. Speaking of history, our friend Jack Han is releasing an e-book where he dives into historical hockey tactics. It’s called “Hockey Tactics Retrospective” and we heartily endorse it. Icing the puck on the penalty kill is very common.