So often in life we are drawn to the short-cut, the easier path. Note-taking is a perfect example. We start in the classroom as students. What to write down, what not to write down. I recall a Studies Skills class in elementary school. Not much else in that regard. My wife teaches middle school, where …
Month: March 2016
Right NOW.
What are you doing RIGHT NOW? The big question comes next: Are you HAPPY? The swirl of life, the expected and unexpected, and all matters therein. We get worked up and wound up and whirling about. Want some examples...? There are SO many, after all...only the specifics vary, in the end. Things like trimming the …
Charly Adler: There’s Always Another Classroom
I heard from an old friend last week who I've never actually met in person. It gave me such a boost, I wanted to share the experience. About three years ago I wrote a profile piece for Humaneity Magazine. The piece was about Charly Adler, a life-long educator and provocateur. I had a couple Skype …
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GOOD Friday
The old Negro spiritual about the crucifixion includes the phrase, "...sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble...". For a lot of years I would take the afternoon off to go to church for several hours on Good Friday, to reflect, pray, and participate in the service. These days my life is a lot more …
Friday Faves, Issue #33
Friday is here again, and that means it's time for little more GOOD in the form of the Friday Faves, a quick rundown of cool stuff gathered for the week. Just for? YOU! Enjoy. Destination of the Week: Luanda, Angola is the capital city and commercial hub in the southwest African nation, on the Atlantic …
Remembering Andy Grove
When Intel was well on the rise and Andy Grove was the commodore of the fleet so dominant in the seas of the micro-processor sector, I was a young sales guy trying to win business from the likes of Intel and all their neighbors in Silicon Valley. At the time I remember reading a lot …
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Three hundred and thirty three. That's about how many calories I had in the little plate of food I ate for dinner with the family last night. So I wasn't successful in my "no food" fast day, but I was close (see yesterday's post). A couple bites of chicken, and some pancit my in-laws left …
Fast
For about the last year or so I've followed the 5:2 Diet. This diet basically has you eating "normally" five days out of the week, but two days a week, limiting your eating to 600 calories (if you're a man) for the "fast days". Beyond the 5:2 Diet, I did a 21-day cleanse/purification in February. …
Friday Faves, Issue #32
Happy World Sleep Day! Hopefully these tidbits won't put you to sleep, but will give you sweet dreams when you do fall into slumber, maybe a little earlier tonight. Destination of the Week: Chelmsford. Where, you ask? Essex, of course. Not enough? Never is. Here. Quote of the Week: "Better pass boldly into that other …
Off Your Butt. UP. Go!
In May I'll hit the one-year mark since I started tracking my sleep and day-time movement/activity in a formal manner. How? I'll tell you. Don't remember how I found Jawbone UP, but one of their devices (the UP Move) is the one I have. I bought one last spring, and have been tracking myself since …
1/2_Full, All GOOD 