Dad. The Wall Street Journal had a story today about the science of Dad jokes, loosely defined as plays on words or corny one-liners delivered to offspring, often greeted with a chorus of groans. The article explores whether there is something in dads’ biology that makes them slip into cheesy comedy once they have children. One … Continue reading And the Winner for Best (Worst) Puns and One Liners Is… Eye Roll Please…
I've written enough about some of my embarrassing moments that it's almost become a regular feature. Here are a few of the previous posts: Lobster Man Strikes Again Another One of Life’s Embarrassing Moments Embarrassing Stories – A Wonderful Way to Get to Know One Another? Add One More to Life’s Embarrassing Moments The second one … Continue reading Well, That Was Embarrassing…
How are we meant to go through life? To be working and hustling, with periodic breaks for relaxation? Or is it more natural to be doing nothing, to be strolling along a beach, with periodic interruptions for work? I think, in the U.S. at least, the answer is pretty clear. We value the hustler, the person who is … Continue reading What’s Our Natural State? Working or Relaxing?
My wife and I finally got a chance to watch Crazy Rich Asians, and while it was an enjoyable way to spend a couple of hours, what really stuck with me was the singing of "Can't Help Falling In Love" by Kina Grannis during the wedding. Here's an acoustic version, followed by some brief comments by … Continue reading Music Monday: Can’t Help Falling in Love
I am a fan of assessments that provide some insight into who I am, and I have written about many such assessments previously. One such assessment was the StrengthsFinder survey, which revealed the following as my top five strengths: Learner: People who are especially talented in the Learner theme have a great desire to learn and … Continue reading My Character Strengths Profile
And get down on the floor and start doing push-ups. A new study in JAMA Network Open finds that men who can breeze through 40 push-ups in a single exercise session are substantially less likely to experience a heart attack or other cardiovascular problem in subsequent years than men who can complete 10 or fewer. Researchers at … Continue reading This New York Times Story Made Me Jump Right Out of Bed
... the Second Mouse Gets the Cheese. That was the quote in my fortune cookie tonight. I had never heard the phrase before, and it took me a few moments to realize what it meant. Once I figured it out, I decided to go online and see if there was additional info about the quote that … Continue reading The Early Bird Gets the Worm, but
I've never been a fan of censorship, but... But sometimes, the real issue is bigger than censorship. And that is the case with Pinterest and anti-vaccination propaganda. According to an article in today's Wall Street Journal: Pinterest has stopped returning results for searches related to vaccinations, a drastic step the social-media company said is aimed … Continue reading Kudos to Pinterest
I remember reading a great book in college, "The Ultimate Athlete"; here's a brief description of the book from Amazon: We are born with the God-given right to move efficiently, gracefully, and joyfully. We lose this right only through society's mind-body split, faulty modes of physical education, and overemphasis on "winning." George Leonard's simple and radical … Continue reading This Is Creativity at Its Finest
OK, back to the memory well one more time. I've recently shared a couple of college memories (Reliving the Glory Days of College and I Consider This One of the Greatest Athletic Feats I’ve Ever Witnessed) and a grade school memory (Music Monday: The Song I First Slow-Danced To), so I figured it's time to share a … Continue reading I Don’t Know Why This Incident Has Stuck with Me for 45 Years
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