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
This is the second in a series of blogs in which I plan to go through and "musically annotate" Bruce Springsteen's autobiography, "Born to Run". This involves going through the book page by page and listing the artists, and when possible, providing a YouTube video of the songs that Bruce mentions as among his favorites. Last … Continue reading A Musical Annotation of Bruce Springsteen’s Autobiography – Born to Run, Part 2
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
I was reading some of my old posts today (looking for inspiration), and I came across one I had forgotten about it. Not really sure why I would have written this in March of 2015, since it seems to be more of a Christmas holiday type post. Anyway, I thought I would share it once … Continue reading One of My Favorite Posts…
Who doesn't love a good rivalry? Army vs. Navy, Coke vs. Pepsi, Jim Borden vs. Michael Phelps. Such rivalries often capture the nation's, if not the world's, attention. But many people may not know much about these rivalries, particularly who is currently "winning" in these match-ups. So I thought it would be fun to take … Continue reading Who’s Winning in These Classic Rivalries?
I just finalized my grades for my 61st semester at Villanova (not counting summer teaching). It wasn't quite as exciting as the season finale for Designated Survivor, but nonetheless I'm sure it was something my audience was looking forward to just as much. It's one of the things I like about my job, the way … Continue reading Another One Bites the Dust
Borden's Blather 