The Axe Badger Blog

For IATC last year, I handed out/hid little axephorism cards wherever I could, and I decided to start this year by creating twenty or so new ones. For those that don't know, an aphorism is a pithy little saying that's supposed to reveal a larger, universal truth. Think Benny Franklin's common sayings. You know. You know what I'm talking about. "An apple a day keeps the doctor away," that sort of stuff. Unfortunately, there are precious few aphorisms for axe throwing. I'm here

On Sunday, I threw in a marathon big axe league. Well, "threw" is a bit of a misnomer: I was there, and I chucked axes at a target, but I don't know if you'd qualify anything I did at that marathon as axe throwing. Because I finished pretty poorly, I doubt there is anything beneficial I could share with you about the experience (save for maybe this: I deci ded to say "eff it" pretty early on, and it made the whole experience much more enjoyable for me). Instead, I thought I'd

The Axe Badger has gone from a tiny, little pet project where I satisfy my need to write about everything I'm doing into an internationally-read (cannot believe I'm serious about that) website. And while I'm still notching a lot of readership/getting recognized when I go places/getting awkward when I go places and get recognized, I realize that I've kinda hit...well...I've kinda hit a slump. Okay, maybe not a "slump" but a predictability. Interview, sappy post, junk advice po