No, the news that smoking marijuana is less likely to cause cancer than smoking tobacco is not a powerful endorsement of pot. Smoking lots of things is less likely to cause cancer than smoking tobacco. And no, the report from scientists at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon (yes, it’s […]

No. Geezer isn’t entirely persuaded that eating any amount of anything that won’t kill you instantly can keep you from getting the flu, but he’s willing to suspend cynicism to post something that just might work. You never know. And this piece does come from the ordinarily reliable Men’s Health, […]

Testosterone is generally understood to be a good thing. It makes men strong, aggressive, fast on their feet, and horny.  So when testosterone levels decline, as they  do starting at about the age of 30, that’s considered a bad thing. And as this comprehensive piece in the Los Angeles Times […]

OK, let’s say you want to visit one of the "cool mountain towns" mentioned in the previous post. Let’s say you want to drop in on Telluride, whose fatally precious "downtown" happens to be  8,750 feet above sea level. In that case, there could be a small problem with what […]

There is plenty of room for debate about the relative merits of what Men’s Journal is calling the “Ten Coolest Mountain Towns.”  A quick rundown: Whistler, BC, Sandpoint, Idaho, Valdez, Alaska, Livingston, Montana, South Lake Tahoe, California, North Conway, New Hampshire, Park City, Utah, Telluride, Colorado, Davis, West Virginia, and […]

To celebrate this 300th post to SportsGeezer, Geezer is enjoying glass of wine. Or two. Should he have three? How about four? To answer the question, Geezer turns to a recent article in the Times of London, wherein Dr. Thomas Suttaford (never heard of him) attempts to explain to an […]

The best way to find out what geocaching is all about is to read these FAQs on geocaching.com. Another, slightly more confusing way, is to read Geezer’s explanation, stolen in large part from a piece on SFGate. Geocaching, SFGate explains, is a cross between orienteering and a treasure hunt. It […]

Try to remember this: exercise in mid-life appears to stave off Alzheimer’s in later years. The New York Times reports that research conducted at Sweden’s Karolinska Institute indicates that people who engaged in leisure time physical activity at least twice a week as they passed through middle age had a […]

In the latest victory of the tortoise over the hare, a new study by researchers at the Duke University Medical Center suggests that when it comes to exercise, intensity matters less than persistence. As this piece in News-Medical.Net reports, the research found that even moderate exercise, such as walking 12 […]

With a little research, you can probably find a more difficult 200-mile bike ride than the Telluride to Moab trek described here, but it’s unlikely to come with better scenery. Steve Hendrix, a Washington Post staff writer, describes a painful, gorgeous, marriage-threatening and triumphant five-day ride out of the San […]