Has been going downhill for quite some time now. I’ve been a member of the Institute for 30+years now and in the last ten years-its flagship magazine, Proceedings-has really failed to satisfy. But now, it has really hit rock bottom. I’ll leave it to someone more qualified than me to
Continue readingThe unintended consequences.
When you make changes in haste-they seldom turn out to be good ones. What I am about to chronicle in this post is an example of a change made by these guys-that is 100% at odds with what they supposedly want from those they inflicted it on. In their haste
Continue readingI wish they offered this at my gym.
They should have told me earlier-there is an alternative to Body Pump. Jimmy Kimmel’s HO BO!
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Tomorrow is Oscar night. Here is a compilation of every classic movie line that has been repeated by most of us at one time or another. At 10 minutes plus, it is kind of long, but worth the time to view. It’s show time!
Continue readingThe New Geography……..
Or why Johnny does not know a damn thing about the world. Also known as, “The world according to Glenn Beck and Michelle Malkin”:
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For learning Hiragana. Now after 10+ years of struggling with the Japanese language-I remain convinced that starting with Romanji ( anglicized Japanese) is a bad way to go. A beginner in Nihongo should start by memorizing the Hiragana and Katakana alphabets first and then bit by bit learn Kanji with
Continue readingThe organized campaign…….
“The difference between a democracy and a dictatorship is that in a democracy you vote first and take orders later; in a dictatorship you don’t have to waste your time voting.”- Charles Bukowski For those who take the time to research it, several things about the Wisconsin governor’s battles with
Continue readingThe truth the poster child won’t tell you.
I went to body pump after work tonight. Angie, who is actually a very good instructor, decided that we all needed extra beatings in anticipation of the upcoming weekend. Suffice it to say I was dragging ass by the time we got to the pushups and crunches. They suck! I
Continue readingAnd I always thought smoking would kill you.
Sorry baby-I’d love to please you but…………….. The human papillomavirus — more commonly known as HPV — causes more oropharyngeal cancers than tobacco and alcohol use, according to researchers at Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center. “This is important because previously HPV was thought to be one of the risk factors
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Usually makes really bad suggestions. It would seem she is at work again with crop of naive idealists covering the Arab world: It’s rare for me to advocate something as direct as a military action – but a no-fly zone is something we must as a nation do, and do
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