The Gladiators Are Back!

I stumbled upon the latest installment of American Gladiators the other day. It's been over 10 years since the show went on hiatus, but I found myself getting into it as much as before -- wringing a throw pillow and kicking the air while watching amateur contestants dodge tennis balls aimed at their heads, heave themselves into a wall of freakishly muscular people, drop on all fours on a swaying bridge to avoid being bowled over by giant swinging beanbags, and scale a spongy pyramid guarded by Amazons who then bodily pick them up and hurl them back to the bottom. If I had 100 pounds more muscle (and could wear a full-body cushion), I'd try out for that show. You don't scare me, Siren! (ok, maybe a little...)