First, let me just share how I arrived at the idea for today's blog. I often find it interesting to think about how things are connected, and how the world wide web makes it so easy to start one place, and end up somewhere you never imagined. I was going through my usual sources for … Continue reading Having a Bad Day? Here’s Some Music That Will Make It Even Worse →

As many of you know, I am a strong supporter of gun-control laws, and wish such laws would go even further, all the way down to the complete elimination of guns in our society. I've written about my thoughts on gun violence several times: What If We No Longer Died of “Natural Causes”? Gun Control … Continue reading A Nightmare Scenario →

The Chronicle of Higher Education had a story this week about an upcoming Guinness world record attempt by a History professor at University of North Texas. On August 24 at 9 a.m., Andrew Torget will take to the podium armed with 500 pages of notes and 1,600 PowerPoint slides. Forty-five students will be seated in … Continue reading I Think I Could Set A Guinness World Record →

Last week I wrote about one of Dan Pink’s earlier books, “A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future“, and how I planned to write several blogs based on the exercises that are at the end of each of the chapters. At the end of the Design chapter, there was a list of … Continue reading An Inspirational Walk →

I was a little hesitant to write this blog, fearing that I would be inundated with advertisers looking for a high-volume blog where they could place their ads. But then I realized I have a strict no advertising policy on my site, so there was no need to worry. At some point today, probably around … Continue reading Major Milestone Achieved for jborden.com →

A little over a year ago I wrote a post about the possible acquisition of Whole Foods by Amazon. Here's part of that post: So I thought it would be fun to make a few predictions as to what Whole Foods would look like a year after the acquisition, and how it would operate. I’ll … Continue reading How I Did with My Crystal Ball →

Don't know what a moai is? Neither did I until I saw them mentioned in a New York Times story, The Power of Positive People, by Tara Parker-Pope. According to Wikipedia, moais are social support groups that form in order to provide varying support from social, financial, health, or spiritual interests. Moai means "meeting for a common purpose" … Continue reading Moais Are Good for Your Health. So Join, or Start, One →

I've written about the epidemic of loneliness before, and how it affects all age groups. One age group that is often more affected than some of the other age groups is the elderly, with multiple negative consequences. Here is an excerpt from an article at AgingCare: In addition to the damaging mental effects of feeling … Continue reading Chickens Strut Their Way into Nursing Homes →

Christian Jarrett, writing in the Research Digest of the British Psychological Society, summarizes a series of experiments in Psychological Science conducted by Amit Kumar at the University of Texas at Austin and Nicholas Epley at Booth School of Business at the University of Chicago. Kumar and Epley found that “expressing gratitude might not buy everything, but it may buy more … Continue reading Not Sure Whether to Send a Thank You Note? SEND IT! →

For the first 50 plus years of my life I went to a traditional barbershop to get my hair cut. There were two primary reasons for using a barbershop - low cost, and having a guy cut my hair. In fact, I was a bit frightened about the prospect of a woman cutting my hair. … Continue reading How Much Should a Guy Pay for a Haircut? →