I like reading the "best-of-the-year" lists that are popular this time of the year. I had thought about putting together a blog post that compiled the listings of the top books of 2016 from a variety of sources, and seeing which books, if any, were in common across the various lists (from what I can … Continue reading A Look Back at a Crazy (Statistically Speaking) Year in Sports →

The Wall Street Journal posted a 2016 news quiz to its web site today, and since I read, and tweet, the WSJ every day, and often reference stories from the Journal in my classes, I thought this is the type of quiz that should be right up my alley. Well things started off pretty well; … Continue reading I’ve Got to Stop Just Reading the Headlines →

At this point, I'm sure many of you have heard about the murder case in Arkansas where detectives are seeking access to audio that may have been recorded on an Amazon Echo electronic personal assistant. Specifically, the police were asking Amazon for “electronic data in the form of audio recordings, transcribed words, text records and … Continue reading “Alexa, Tell the Police What You Know” →

Tara Parker-Pope, editor of the Well section of the New York Times, sent an email out today to her subscribers listing the 10 most popular articles of this past year. While every article looked quite interesting, the one that caught my eye was "1 Minute of All-Out Exercise May Have Benefits of 45 Minutes of … Continue reading Is One Minute of Exercise as Effective as 45 Minutes? →

The public transit app Moovit recently published its Global Cities Public Transit report for 2016. The report provides a summary of some key public transit statistics, such as average public transit commute time, average trip distance, and average wait time at a public transit station. To my surprise, of the seven U.S. cities the report … Continue reading Philly’s #1, Unfortunately →

It was the year of the 15 pound plus books. I thought my book would easily be the heaviest present under our Christmas tree this year. Back in August I placed a pre-order for Seth Godin's new book, What Does It Sound Like When You Change Your Mind, which Seth initially referred to as the Titan. Seth … Continue reading Sorry, Santa, About the Heavy Books →

At our Christmas mass today, we were blessed to have the children's choir sing a song as part of the service. As I was listening, I couldn't help thinking, 'is there anything more beautiful than the sound of children singing?' So I thought I would just showcase a few videos I came across of children … Continue reading The Beauty of Children Singing Christmas Songs →

I'll admit it; I had trouble coming up with something to write about tonight. I was going through the list of blogging ideas I've accumulated over the past couple of years, and of them was titled: "It's Better Than the Sound of an Ambulance" This was going to be a collection of phrases my mom … Continue reading Farts – They Were Funny When I was 9, and They’re Still Funny at 59 →

Yesterday I wrote about some classic sports rivalries, including Army vs. Navy, Duke vs. UNC, and Michigan vs. Ohio State. But my favorite one to write about was the one between Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer, since I came a cross a few great stories in my research. Today I thought I would write about … Continue reading Classic Rivalries – Part II →