Every month, I report the progress of my yearly goals to monitor progress (or the lack thereof) and hold myself accountable.   The following are the results from April 2024.…

You've made a joke. Or you think you've made a joke. Then, in an effort to pivot to something more serious, you say: "But seriously..." For example: "I'm worried that…

The great William Safire drafted a speech in 1969 for President Nixon to read in case the Apollo 11 astronauts became stranded on the moon. It’s a fantastic speech. ——————————————————————————-…

Did you know that in March of 1973, New York Yankees pitchers Mike Kekich and Fritz Peterson swapped families? That really happened. The two pitchers swapped their wives, Marilyn and…

In the United States, we use the phrase "couch potato" to describe someone who spends a significant amount of time sitting around, consuming content via a screen, and otherwise doing…

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Professional golfer Akshay Bhatia won the Valero Texas Open last month by beating Denny McCarthy on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff. And he did it playing hurt. Despite…

A recent study examined why some people seem to have an innate sense of direction while others do not. The study found that people tend to fall into three groups:…

Peter Parker’s iconic tray catch scene from 2002’s Spider-Man took 156 takes, but it was done without CGI. The old-fashioned way. It's odd how twenty years ago, you'd think, "Of…

I was speaking to a young person about the importance of making stuff. She's an artist who one day hopes to make her living making art, but she's plagued with…