Have you played no-let squash?
Updated on August 02, 2022 What if there were no “lets” in squash? No lets, period. Just “strokes!” The only question is who gets the point? This may be old news to some of you who have followed the (now…
Updated on August 02, 2022 What if there were no “lets” in squash? No lets, period. Just “strokes!” The only question is who gets the point? This may be old news to some of you who have followed the (now…
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For someone who travels a fair bit, I have never hit the gym at a hotel. Occasionally, I do check out the hotel swimming pool, mostly to grab a beer by the poolside. I am not proud of it. But,…
“Got a sec?” The pop-up window on the corner of my laptop asks me. I glance down from the document that I am working on which is due in thirty minutes. The “presence” feature on my Microsoft Lync client is…