It is important to note the radical distinction between paddling and swimming in pools. Swimming is what dolphins do. Paddling is what seals do. What we normally do when we go to the beach or to the swimming pool is…

They call them pleasure boats and that’s where the problems begin. The vacationers board, in the hopes of a good time, aware of Archimedes’ Principle completely unaware of Archimedes’ footnote: “any body that floats in a fluid can stop floating…

A tireless summer companion, the frisbee has all the disadvantages of the boomerang and none of its virtues. It is a disc the size of a flying pancake, tossed into the air at the beach, and left at the mercy…

This is the name given to the operation by which four million stressed-out, scorched, bottled-up, dark-suited citizens decide to become stressed-out, scorched, bottled-up, shorts- and vest-wearing citizens with an inflatable crocodile on the roof of their car. Preparations These days…