Back in the far gone days of my youth, I was given an assignment by an English teacher which I still remember to this day. We were asked to write about the 3 people we would invite to dinner if we could invite anyone who ever lived. While I don’t remember who I chose to write about at the time, I am going to give it a shot now. The…
Food
I recently took a trip to the nation’s capital, a place known to some as “The District”; a place where they proudly display on their license plates the slogan “Taxation Without Representation”. As is typical for a trip to a far off land, I stayed in a hotel and ate every meal in a myriad of fast food joints, slummy diners, and average restaurants. For 4 straight days I got…
Can an ordinary guy compete with professionals at a not so ordinary level? That is the challenge I have put myself to for the month of April 2010. I intend to compete with professionals in a mountain bike race at the end of the month. Why would I inflict this pain upon myself? Because I want to. I want to prove…
* Much thanks to S.A. for sending me the article and the idea. Have a topic idea? Let me know.
According to a July 2007 article in “The New England Journal of Medicine” titled The Spread of Obesity in a Large Social Network Over 32 Years, obesity is communicable, meaning you might gain weight if you spend time with people who are obese. For the sake of…