Five Activities To Get You Through This Sportless Period

Let's face it. Summer sucks for sports. The only active major league right now is the MLB, and while we love baseball, things don't really get interesting until September. In an effort to help you get through this sports lull, here are five activities you can do to pass the time.

Play Paper Football In The Office

Paper football is one of those simple pleasures that make life worth leaving. All you need is a sheet of paper and some rudimentary folding skills. Spice things up by convincing your fellow coworkers to start a head-to-head season. You won't have a hard time convincing them to partake in a game they grew up playing instead of doing work.

Join A Karaoke League

Believe it or not these exist. We know of at least one organization-- the National Karaoke League-- that combines the awesomeness of singing along to popular ditties , healthy competition, and, above all, alcohol. The NKL Seriously, what could be better than being inside a packed bar and defeating your opponents with your near flawless rendition of Boston's "More Than A Feeling"?

Pub Trivia

If you're not into that whole "singing in front of crowds" thing but still want something to do at bars other than get wasted, fear not! We have something lined up for you: pub trivia. Just because you're the shy type doesn't mean that you can't enjoy the satisfaction of being better than all the other barflies. Brush up on your obscure 1980s cult movie references, find a handful of other people full of useless pop culture trivia, and you're set to go!

Road Trip

Summer is the perfect opportunity to ask your boss for a week off, pack up your car, and hit the open road. It doesn't matter where you go, just drive and make sure you do it with friends. Some of our better friendships were strenghtened during road trips.

Get A Girlfriend

If all else fails and you still haven't found anything to replace that hole left behind by the absence of sports, start dating someone. You'll probably be forced to do things you don't want to do and won't have time for anything else, but at least you'll be busy and might get some sex out of it.