Join the Climb
A couple of nites ago I was again made aware of my Jurassic age when a teenage friend mentioned a somewhat new street drug named "Molly." OK, HUH? What's "Molly"? She said I should be more informed as this new … Continued
In 2008 a dude by the name of Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi wrote a type of psychology-clarity book titled "Flow." It was probably an outworking of the years he spent helping people correctly pronounce his name. Actually the legendary R&B singing group-The … Continued
Reading clever, meaningful novel by Jean Hanff Koelitz titled "Admission." One of the sub-plots is the contrast between Oxford academic approach versus Princeton's. The Oxford-Virginia Wolff scholar Helen argues for the excellance of her schools "pure" academic meritocracy citing that … Continued
Billboard on I-85 says, "Fine. . . We admit it…It's not even remotely yellow!" I guess the Mellow Yellow soft drink group sees a marketing opportunity in connecting on how much people and consumers appreciate integrity. It seems that the … Continued
What do these 3 famous bridges have to do with "Evangelism Explosion" (EE circa 1980-ish) OK…one of the roots or essences for evangelism is the idea of "bridge building." G.K. Chesteron was a great "bridge builder" as he had a … Continued
Wow, unless you play scrabble professionally or are being trained for the Scripps National Spelling Bee, everybody, I mean, everybody struggle spelling with a whole bunch of common use words. I mean, I don't care how many times you have … Continued
One of the classic questions in ontology (the study of being) is if you see a turtle on top of a fence post, how did it get there? In other words, supposedly a turtle either cannot or will not climb … Continued
Whatever it is; losing weight, doing an Ironman Triathlon, learning Mandarin, reconciling a broken relationship or even a marriage, building a Fortune 500 company, or whatever… there are some absolutes that have to be sacredly done with verve and vigor. … Continued
Univ. of South Carolina's superhuman defensive end Jadeveon Clowney won this years ESPY "Play of the Year" for knocking the Michigan players helmet off when he tackled him in the Outback Bowl. OK,… I give him tons of points for … Continued
Watching a pilot friend of mine try to re-create Pilot Denzel Washington's "Inversion manuever" from the movie "Flight" on a simulator earlier today inspired me to queue up key scenes from the flic on YouTube. Hard to top Denzel's miraculous … Continued