Last week's question: A yoga instructor in Calgary, Alberta, has begun offering "Rage Yoga" sessions, in which participants are free to curse, drink alcohol, and listen to heavy metal. If a guru were to publish a New Age book extolling the spiritual benefits of stretching while drunk and angry and listening to Metallica, what would it be called?
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THE WINNER: "The Sound of One Head Banging"
Drew Jacobs, Richmond, Va.
SECOND PLACE: "Rage Against the Serene"
Van Barker, San Diego, Calif.
THIRD PLACE: "Tantrum Yoga"
Brian Lanes, Berkeley, Calif.
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
"Downward Hair of the Dog"
Kevin Spinner, Mill Valley, Calif.
"Tantra Tantrum"
Dick LaVine, New York City
"Mindnumbness"
James Smith, New York City
"Zen and the Art of Motörhead Maintenance"
Kathy El-Assal, Middleton, Wis.
"Achieving Peace by Disturbing the Peace"
Ken Kellam III, Dallas
"Downward Facing Dog Collar"
Colleen McEwen, Franklin, Mass.
"YoGrrr"
Jeff Morris, Alexandria, Va.
"Raja Against the Machine"
Karl D'Amico, Los Angeles
"Ride the Enlightening"
Brett Thomson, Seattle
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