Articles by Allen Delaney

$25 to Plunge

Why Must There Always Be a Price Tag?

I’ve been waiting for the day that the town of North Beach sticks its greedy hand out to charge fun-loving people the privilege to run into the frigid Bay. Even though I have never (and will never) run into the cold water, I’ve enjoyed watching the antics of New Year’s revelers plunging in for the fun of it. And that’s the point: For the fun of it. Now it’s for charity. Why can’t something be done for fun? Why must there always be a...

Article - Correspondence; by Allen Delaney; 1/3/13

Bend Over and Say Zzzzzz

March is National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month

As my doctor read through my records during my yearly physical, he exhaled a worrisome Hmmmmmmm. That’s never good when you’re visiting a doctor. “Let’s see,” he said. “According to your chart you turned the big Five-Oh this year.” To me, it sounded more like the big Five-Uh-oh. Rubbing his hands together, he peered like a crazed scientist from a bad 1950s sci-fi movie. “When would you...

Article - Bay Reflections; by Allen Delaney; 3/24/11

The Bay Loves My Lawn

Dear Bay Weekly: At last, my laziness has been given the stamp of approval, at least by the scientists trying to save our precious Chesapeake Bay. An article in the November 8 issue of The Washington Post stated that the largest “crop” around the Chesapeake Bay watershed is lawns, and that the runoff from that crop accounts for eight percent of the nitrogen and 15 percent of the phosphorus entering the Bay. This, of course, comes from the fertilizer that makes lawns look so green...