I was having a conversation with my wife about cholesterol. At my age, I’m borderline in having an issue with cholesterol and I was telling her how I worried a little bit about it. She said it’s because I cook everything in butter. “You should cook almost everything you eat in oil if you need […]
Motivation
Last week I read and commented on a post by Nick Grimshawe titled Is The Self Development Industry Selling Snake Oil. His post was predicated on the belief by some that people who talk, write, and sell books about personal development are selling other people a bill of goods because in their minds they believe […]
I belong to a health club, and when I’m in town I go at least 5 times a week. I’m pretty much set to an early routine, and only break it up when I plan on staying for a long period of time; that’s rare. My favorite thing is walking around the track. That’s pretty […]
Back in March 2008 I wrote a short little post called Just Six Words. The basic idea was that you had six short categories and you only got to write six words in response to each category. The original idea came from a guy named Kevin Eikenberry, and I link to his post from the […]
We’ve had a lot of snow in the Syracuse area over the past week, and there’s a lot more coming, it seems. Because I don’t own a snow blower and didn’t sign up for snow removal services, this means I’ve been outside a lot shoveling snow out of the driveway. It’s a tough proposition sometimes, […]