I started keeping a daily "journal" on my iPhone (using the great app My Wonderful Days) a little over two years ago. I use it primarily to simply record what I did for exercise that day, if I had a smoothie that day, if we went to a movie, if it snowed that day, or … Continue reading Dear Diary →

Today is our youngest son's 26th birthday. I've written about Pat before, when he received an award. It turned out to be one of the most popular posts I've written. He is an amazing young man with a great sense of humor, and today him and his brother Joey made a video to celebrate his … Continue reading Happy Birthday Patty B! →

Somebody posted this beautiful piece of art by Katharina Rot on Facebook yesterday, along with the following quote: “Hunting and fishing involve killing animals with devices (such as guns) for which the animals have not evolved natural defenses. No animal on earth has adequate defense against a human armed with a gun, a bow and arrow, a … Continue reading Animals Have Feelings, and Rights →

I must admit that I don't watch too many NBA games, unless the Sixers are in the playoffs (cue the canned laughter). But the NBA has put together a great commercial featuring Andre Iguodala of the Golden State Warriors. I'll let the video speak for itself: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KTodGpSpCA The video has humor, a dunk by Iguodala, a … Continue reading I’ll Never Wash My Hands Again… →

We got our first snowstorm of the year, and it was a doozy. It led to a sort of do-nothing day (well, not sort of), and so I just thought I'd share some random thoughts I've had during the day. I learned a new word today, graupel, thanks to Adam Joseph of 6 ABC Action … Continue reading Random Thoughts and Thanks from the Blizzard of 2016 →

Almost one year ago to the day, I wrote a post about what is known as the sunk cost fallacy. The term sunk cost fallacy has been used by economists and behavioral scientists to describe the phenomenon where people justify increased investment of money, time, lives, etc. in a decision, based on the cumulative prior … Continue reading WHY CAN’T YOU JUST GET IT THROUGH YOUR HEAD? IT’S A SUNK COST!! →

There was a new report released this week by Making Caring Common, a project of the Harvard Graduate School of Education, which takes a major step in trying to change the college admissions process to make it more humane, less super-human. The report, entitled Turning the Tide: Inspiring Concern for Others and the Common Good … Continue reading Another Reason to Be Kind and Compassionate →

Who thought it could be this easy. If you don't want someone to ask you do something unethical, all you need to do is include a quote about integrity in your email signature. Sreedhari Desai at UNC’s Kenan-Flagler Business School conducted a series of studies in which subjects were told that they’d earn more money … Continue reading To Stop Bad Behavior, Display a Virtuous Quote →

Today I had the opportunity to work "behind the scenes" on my blog site, with the ultimate goal to make the site more user-friendly. This is the second major redesign of the site over the past year (last year I switched from the default WordPress 2014 theme to the default WordPress 2015 theme. That update … Continue reading Major Redesign of Blog!! Please Subscribe and Follow!! →