“Are you trying simply to avoid becoming unhealthy,
or are you actually interested in adding years to your life?
Are you after the status quo? Or improvement? You might
believe that you’re healthy enough — you feel pretty good,
your heart beats, you don’t look disgusting … But the fact is,
stable is no way to go through life.
The […]
The ancient historian, Thucydides, wrote a history of the war between Athens and Sparta, known as The Great Peloponnesian War.
In 411 BC he wrote:
“We must remember that one man is much the same as another, and that he is best who is trained in the severest school.”
My newest hero is living proof of the truth […]
“The doctor of the future will give no medication, but will
interest his patients in the care of the human frame, in diet,
and in the cause and prevention of disease.”
—Thomas Alva Edison: Was an inventor and businessman
The high cost of health care (actually “sick care”), the cozy relationship of the drug companies with the […]
COMBAT THE FAT CHALLENGE — PROGRESS REPORT!
Identified by their call signs:
Puddin Head - down 4.71%
Rising Sun … no report today.
Lady Bug - down 6.78%
Gurkha Woman - down 4.2%
Dumplin - down 6.46%
Houdini - down 6.64%
Drake - down 5.6%
Lunchbox - down 5.96%
Bubbalicious - down 7.03%
Heavy G - down 9.92%
Way to go everyone! As you can see, […]
“Unless each day can be looked back upon by an individual as one in which he or she has had some fun, some joy, some real satisfaction, that day is a loss. It is wicked, in my opinion, to allow such a thing to occur.”
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
That’s a GREAT quote from an […]
Hello All!
How ’bout them TIGERS???
The last time we were in the Final Four I was an undergrad sitting in class with Keith Lee and Andre Turner! Well, I at least SAW them on campus! (How many of you remember the chat of “DOOM!!!” from those days?)
I’ve got THREE things for you on this Sunday […]
You see, I been through the desert on a horse with no name …
“Tony, how do you remember everyone’s name?”
I get this question quite a bit. The truth is, I don’t really know. I just try to remember.
Years ago I read what Dale Carnegie said, that “a person’s name is to that person […]
Instructions for March Madness Boot Camp Basketball Bracket! — Read Carefully!
1. Fill out TWO identical brackets in PEN, all the way to your National Champion. Write your name in PEN on each copy. PLUS, guess a total combined score for the final game, to be used as a tie breaker. (Example: Gonzaga 50, Austin Peay […]
Former Mr. Jessica Simpson, John Mayer, was honored last week in NYC by Cosmopolitan magazine as the “Fun and Fearless Male of the Year.”
Mayer, 30, was surrounded by the other finalists, a bunch of famous pretty boys, included actor Dave Annable and rapper/actor Common. There was the Canadian animal trainer and zoologist Dave Salmoni, Dirty […]
SATURDAY RUN & HALF MARATHON TRAINING FOR 3/8/08
We’ll postpone the Saturday run and reschedule for Sunday morning. Meet at 8 AM in front of the Visitor’s Center at Shelby Farms. We’ll run for 1 hr. 45 min. We’ll keep our fingers crossed for Sunday.