By Kyle Finneron Shortly after my last show I had a little fun with my eating before going onto my next preparation cycle or “prep.” I read how some elite powerlifters eat over 10,000 calories a day. Now, keep in mind I’m talking about someone the size of The Mountain from “Game of Thrones” (who…

By Kevin Theissen Stop rolling your eyes. The Economist reported Steve Ballmer, former head of a large tech company, has been working on a new project—completing Form 10-K for the United States of America. The project is called “USA Facts: Our nation, in numbers.” If you’re not familiar with Form 10-K, it is the global gold…

By DJ Dave Hoffenberg The Killington Resort team remained perfect with yet another win over their fellow employee team, the Wobbly Barn. The resort is known as “The Beast of the East” and so far this season, this team is living up to that billing. The Wobbly started off the scoring in the first with…

By Brett Yates There’s a moment in the overrated sci-fi movie “Ex Machina” where the robot, whose programming allows her to discern unfailingly when someone isn’t telling the truth, is interviewing the protagonist. The first question: “What’s your favorite color?” The protagonist replies that it’s red, but the robot rejects this response, deeming it a…

By Dom Cioffi It’s one of those memories that will be forever burned into my psyche. It was a summer night right after my high school graduation and I was ready to make a major bad decision (although it didn’t feel that way at the time). I had met a girl a few weeks prior…

By Cal Garrison a.k.a. Mother of the Skye This week’s Horoscopes are coming out under the light of a Leo moon with aspects that are keeping us cradled in a state of equilibrium just long enough to keep all Hell from breaking loose. There are a million things we could speculate on, but none of…

By Meghan McCarthy McPhaul As spring’s crescendo of birdsong mellows now to a steadier summer trill, I listen for melodies I don’t recognize and try to figure out which birds are singing. I look through binoculars at their feathers, the color variations along head and chest, the size of their beaks, the shape of their…

By Marguerite Jill Dye We’ve been hiking up the left side of Mt. Killington from the last patch of snow just above the K-1 Lodge, up Bittersweet and a series of trails and pebbly service roads. We pass the tops of the Snowshed lift, the Vertigo Head Wall Trail (so steep I would never attempt…

By Mary Ellen Shaw Now that summer is here it brings back memories of summer meals and ice cream treats enjoyed outdoors back in the 60s and 70s. The A&W Restaurant on upper North Main Street was one of the “in places” to go. It held a special appeal to teenagers who had a car. …

By Brett Yates In “Bit Rot,” Douglas Coupland’s recent collection of essays and stories, the author writes, “In the future, every day of the week will be a Thursday. We’re all working toward the grave, and life will be one perpetual fast-food job of the soul. The weekend? Gone. We all pretty much know it…

This article will be published during my first week of recovery from moderate lumbar surgery. The surgery is called foraminotomy, a procedure designed to widen the passageway for my sciatic nerve. The thing I want to talk about this week is snowmaking.  The reason this season has been so glorious and long (skiing well into…

By Kevin Theissen “Try putting your iPhones down every once in a while, and look at people’s faces,” said Amy Poehler, a comedian. Mobile technology: the next generation Faster and more efficient mobile phones are on the horizon. That’s right, 5G is almost here, according to Network World. If you were never quite sure what…

By Cal Garrison, a.k.a. Mother of the Skye This week’s horoscopes are coming out under the light of an Aries Moon, a moon that will turn Void-of-Course for a few hours on the afternoon of June 19, and remain in that state until it enters Taurus at about 6 p.m., EST. Because anything we do…

By Dom Cioffi I was driving through town the other day when my son erupted from the backseat, “Dad, look, it’s a Porsche!” I glanced over to the opposite side of the road just quick enough to catch a bright red sports car rip through the intersection. “That’s a Boxster, but I’d rather drive a…

By Declan McCabe Scanning a sunlit pond floor for crayfish, I was distracted by seven dark spots gliding in a tight formation. Six crisp oval shadows surrounded a faint, less distinct silhouette. The shapes slid slowly and then, with a rapid motion, accelerated before slowing to another glide. I can remember seeing this pattern as…