So It's Come to This...Ping Pong.

Ping Pong. Gnip Gnop. Takes you back to some report you wrote on Richard Nixon's diplomacy efforts with China. Anyone care to discuss cap and trade or carbon emissions? I didn't think so. Ping Pong. It's making a come back. And Hipsters are leading the way.

There are some noteworthy facts about ping pong. First of all, Hipster hero Bjorn Borg played ping pong before he played tennis. That's cool. It is also interesting that one of the challenges on a reality show in which entrepreneurs look to launch new companies was this dude who created a new form of ping pong with multiple little tables that you put in a circle. Pretty neat. I didn't get the scoring, but it was sort of 4-square meets ping pong, which...both being past-times...could be an interesting mix.

But most importantly is new and outstanding evidence that our geeky hipster minds will actually be IMPROVED (if that is possible) by playing ping pong! Holy long volley batman! This is like hipster Viagra, to say that a pinger ponger past-time might actually ENHANCE the brain! For evidence I site the well known and PBS KOCE celebrated Dr. Daniel Amen who's New York Times best selling book is all about brain health. He lauds this favorite basement past-time as being a knockout for mental functioning which you can check out here http://www.amenclinics.com/my-brain-health/exercise-fitness/table-tennis-is-the-worlds-best-brain-sport/

So get out your favorite paddle (the one with the sandpaper so you can hit your tricky shots) and make your way down to Fat Cats in the West Village, or to Tony's on 7th St. in LA for a game of singles, doubles. And if you REALLY want to go for it, check out the club that Susan Sarandon opened last summer called SPIN...it's a ping pong social club. http://www.spinyc.com/

Okay, that might be a bit too much for you hipsters to rub elbows with Geo Clooney at a ping pong table. But if you're tired of regluing that farm animal to your diorama, and want to get out of your "little world" then get out there and GET YOUR GAME ON! PING PONG. Go get 'em tiger.