Hot damn! It's hard to believe that my wife and I were married 36 years ago today. It was such a great f***ing wedding. I'm sure lots of people have looked at the photos from that day and silently said to themselves, "How the hell did he pull that off?" - I definitely married up. … Continue reading 36 F***ing Great Years →

Even though McDonald's stopped supersizing its fries and drinks in 2004, apparently the idea is alive and well. You've probably seen the supersized version of games such as chess, Jenga, or Connect 4. But a supersized cheat sheet? Professor Reb Beatty of Maryland’s Anne Arundel Community College told his accounting class that they were allowed … Continue reading Is There Anything People Won’t Supersize? →

What a great weekend for football, at least if you're a Penn State/Philadelphia Eagles fan. The excitement started last night with Penn State's last second touchdown against Iowa: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNOIN1eGXSY And then there was today's amazing win by the Philadelphia Eagles over the New York Giants as a result of a game-ending 61-yard field goal, by … Continue reading This Is Why I Love Sports →

I'm a big fan of college traditions; here are some classics: N.C. State: students dress in wild costumes and then participate in a 5 mile race to and from the local Krispy Kreme store, where each participant downs a dozen donuts in an hour or less. Georgetown University: Each Halloween the movie The Exorcist (part of which … Continue reading The End of a 60 Year Tradition at Buzzed Youth University (BYU) →

In a strange coincidence, I read two articles today that each offered up reasons why people may not like you. (I'm not sure what that says about the types of articles that somehow end up in my inbox or Facebook feed.) Between the two articles, there was just one characterisitic that was in common to … Continue reading Stop Doing This If You Want People to Like you. →

Back in the 1950s, Dr. Edward Lewison, a prominent facial surgeon in Canada, believed he had the answer to the growing problem of recidivism, the tendency of a convicted criminal to reoffend. His proposed solution? Free nose jobs and face-lifts for inmates. Lewison hypothesized that more attractive patients would behave better. He set out to … Continue reading Who Knew A Nose Job Could Be So Powerful →

Well today was the big 60, and it was a great day, thanks to family, friends, colleagues, students, and former students. The day started off with some cardio, followed by a big green smoothie (nothing unusual there - every day starts like that). I then went into school, and my first three sections all sang … Continue reading Thank You for Another Happy Birthday! →

While browsing through my news feed today, I came across this story about a political ad that some people are referring to as potentially the worst campaign ad ever. The ad features Dan Helmer, a Democratic hopeful from Virginia who is running for the U.S. House. In the ad, Helmer does a parody of the bar … Continue reading My Most Courageous (or Foolish) Blog Post Yet →

I've written before about the benefits of napping, and many research studies have shown that there are benefits to taking a daytime nap. Humans are biologically programmed to sleep at night, and to take a nap in the midafternoon, though scientists aren’t sure why. So when Heidi Mitchell wrote a story about napping in today's Wall … Continue reading It’s How You Nap That Matters… →

In Dan Ariely's column this week, a reader posted the following question: Many CEOs claim to use golf to informally “get things done.” How much are they really accomplishing on the links? And here was Dan's answer: I used to believe in the popular notion that golfing is an important business tool, but a paper published last … Continue reading Maybe We Should Place Limits on How Much a President Can Golf →