I hope that you did not read the title of this blog and say, "Wow, that's pretty deep," or "I've often thought the same thing." If you did, then you are, to put it bluntly, not too intelligent. That's the conclusion of a recent article that appeared in the journal Judgment and Decision Making. Titled … Continue reading To Wander the Story Is to Become One with It
At the Digital Life Design conference in 2015, Henry Blodget, editor and CEO of Business Insider, opened his talk with some interesting data. Blodget noted that over the past 150 years, humanity has collectively saved ourselves about 30 hours of work per week through our increased productivity. Here is the chart he used to support … Continue reading Congratulations, You’ve Freed Up 30 Hours per Week! Now What Do You Do?
Despite how great the game itself was (although I'm not a fan at all of the overtime rules), there didn't seem to be any particular Super Bowl TV commercial that stood out from the rest. Nonetheless, I thought I would share my three favorite ads, in no particular order. I'll start with the one that … Continue reading My Three Favorite Super Bowl Commercials of 2017
As I was leaving Planet Fitness the other day I noticed a line of women waiting for the Weight Watchers office to open. I don't know much about Weight Watchers, but my guess is that each of the women in the line were facing some challenges related to diet and nutrition. But rather than face … Continue reading Bravo to Those Who Take on a Challenge Publicly
This is the seventh in a series of blogs in which I 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 artists and songs that Bruce mentions as among his favorites. Here … Continue reading A Musical Annotation of Bruce Springsteen’s Autobiography – Born to Run, Part 7
So what was your first thought when you read the title for this post? If you're American, there's a good chance you might be kind of impressed. If you're Italian, not so much. That's the conclusion of some recent research that studied the effect of one's busyness on their social status. In one experiment participants … Continue reading I Was So Busy Today, I Didn’t Think I’d Have Time for My Daily Blog Post
Sometimes I may take for granted how wonderful working on a college campus is, but today was one of those days that brought it back in focus. I arrived on campus about an hour before my first class, and picked up free copies of the New York Times and Philadelphia Inquirer in our cafeteria (we … Continue reading The Simple Joys of the College Life
I'll never pretend to be Mr. Handyman around the house (or car, or yard). I've often wondered if it was because I was just lazy (that's probably a big part of it), or if perhaps I just wasn't meant to do that kind of work. Well today I found my proof. I was going through … Continue reading I Found It! Proof of Why I Shouldn’t Fix Anything at Our House!
USA Football, the national governing body for youth and high school football, is considering a version of the game that could look radically different from what football fans might expect. The new rules will be tested in a pilot run at select youth football programs across the country for the fall season. As summarized in an … Continue reading Is This the Beginning of the End of Football as We Know It?
A grocery store in Scotland is giving its customers a choice when they checkout, and it's not 'paper or plastic'. Tesco, a British multinational grocery and general merchandise retailer, has instituted a "relaxed checkout" lane on Tuesday and Wednesday mornings at its store in Forres, a town about 40 kilometers east of Inverness, Tesco, working with Alzheimer … Continue reading ‘Slow Down, You’re Moving Too Fast’, or ‘Life in the Fast Lane’?
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