From the mailbag, regarding Emily Fox: "it's hard for me to get worked up about a world-record holder in an event that her dad created..."

Ah, given the weird corporate promotional aura that surrounded this story, I should have known. Bob Fox is the founder and president of Speed Stacks. Bob is "excited about cup stacking, because it helps promote hand-eye coordination, ambidexterity, quickness and concentration -- skills needed to excel in most any sport." I guess it's worked for his daughter, who was a Street & Smith All-American honorable mention last year.