This is my 185th post of the year. Whew! Just over halfway there to 365 posts. Originally, I was shooting for a post a day. But I decided to do the average instead. To give me the opportunity to miss a day or two but catch up later. It’s funny. Choosing what to write about…
Reading eBooks isn’t for everyone. But I love it! Don’t get me wrong, I love holding a real book in my hands and reading it too. But having Kindle books on your phone? It’ like carrying a library around with you. Since I enjoy rereading books, it’s awesome. And if you have Alexa, there’s a…
Most of the media focuses on the negative. The saying “If it bleeds, it leads” is the mantra for news agencies. Mainstream media reports on murders. Robberies. Political hijinks. Shootings. All sorts of crimes. It’s no wonder that people think the world is falling apart. The media gives us a lens of destruction…
The old paradigm of being tough is to ignore the pain. Push through it. In Do Hard Things, Steve Magness talks about how real toughness is about listening to the pain. (Yes, I’m talking about this book again. It’s an easy read and highly recommend it!) Not listening to the pain can lead to injury…
As the Hamilton Fringe is about to descend on us, it’s time to figure out what shows to see. Some I want to see. Some I feel obliged to see. And some are “thanks, but no thanks.” Those shows are easy to mark off the list. They don’t sound interesting to me, and I don’t…
When I’m doing a show and I’m playing an unmarried character, I remove my wedding ring. I used to take it off before every performance. But sometimes I forgot. And I would try to remove it during the show. Then I would have to worry about losing it. Now, I remove it before the play…
A recent edition of Arnold’s Pump Club newsletter included the following chart: It’s from You Can’t Screw This Up by Adam Bornstein. It indicates that all diets work because they find a way for you to limit your intake of calories. It shocked me to see Intermittent Fasting included. With diets like Weight Watchers and…
We all do self talk. That’s when we give ourselves a pep talk or a little encouragement. Think of the children’s story The Little Train That Could: I think I can. I think I can. I think I can. Of course, self talk can negative, too. How could I have been so stupid? Why…
Sometimes you just need a break. And it doesn’t need to be a week or two. Even a day or two is enough. In a pinch an hour or two might be enough. Deb said that we should treat last weekend like a vacation. So, we did. We went to Stratford on…
As I was running this morning, I noticed the clouds. When was the last time you looked at clouds and saw shapes or figures in them? It had been a long time since I did that. But I took a break from my run to find some shapes today. I saw a crocodile. A person…
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