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
It's another trip down memory lane. This time it's way back to 1971, the year I graduated from eighth grade. The parents of one of the guys in our class (8 boys, 9 girls) were kind enough to throw a graduation party, and pretty much leave us to ourselves. At some point during the night, after … Continue reading Music Monday: The Song I First Slow-Danced To
As another day goes by of feeling sub-par, I was reminded of one of the greatest achievements in sports that I've witnessed. I don't remember the exact year; it was either 1977, 1978, or 1979. The setting was the NCAA Division 2 National Swimming Championships, and the event was the 1,650-yard freestyle. Larry Gates of Chico State was the favorite, … Continue reading I Consider This One of the Greatest Athletic Feats I’ve Ever Witnessed
Thank heaven it was a Dan Ariely day in the Wall Street Journal. I'm not feeling so great, and I didn't want to spend a lot of time thinking about and writing my blog. Fortunately Da's column usually provides something for me to write about, and today was no exception. Here's one of the letters he received, … Continue reading This Is a Low Quality Post
There's no doubt about it, the four years I spent at East Stroudsburg State College (Go Warriors!) were among the four best years of my life, filled with many highlights and fond memories. There's clearly one highlight that far surpasses the others, and that's when I met my future wife at a party near the … Continue reading Reliving the Glory Days of College
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