You know how you’re in the car, driving along and your spouse doesn’t follow your directions? Or you’re the one driving, and your spouse doesn’t know how to read a map and you get lost AGAIN?  Or you’re both so busy getting pissed off at each other that you miss the exit? Now add in [...]

I just saw this article in the NY Times about a guy who rescued someone who fell into the subway tracks (a DIFFERENT rescue than this one, which was possibly even more amazing)(and it makes me wonder how I survived growing up in NYC ;-) ) and it reminds me of how we so often [...]

Will and I have this not-so-unspoken agreement about not buying stuff – the rule is, you can’t bring anything in to the house without getting rid of something. Especially something that will allow the new thing to take it’s place. The only problem with this is, if you keep getting rid of the stuff that [...]

Will and I are presenting a 16-hour lecture in the beginning of May on nutrition, and I realized after the last 4-hour lecture that my life would be profoundly easier if I just hired someone to create a kick-butt Powerpoint presentation (actually, the Mac version – Keynote) rather than having to learn how to make [...]

(Read PART ONE and PART TWO HERE) Just in case it wasn’t enough to have inspired these kids, it turns out that I flapped my mouth and made a couple of off-hand comments separately to Mary, the teacher, and to David, my cycling friend, who knew Mary in college (and now it was 30 years [...]

(This is an amazing story about a group of kids who rose above their challenges to make a difference for people they didn’t even know. Read Part 1) As I watched the kids get on their bikes and start to pedal up the side of the road, it became very clear to me that this [...]

Right after I rode my bike across the country, a remarkable thing happened. While I had ridden my bike simply initially for myself and to remember my friend Lori, it turned into an epic tale involving a classroom of special-ed 5th graders, and two people falling in love. (all names have been changed). As I [...]

Make me sit in a questionable class for my continuing ed, given by an instructor who shows family photos, can’t start on time, wastes time with videos not on topic, is New-Agey, and rants on his fav hated groups/organizations/philosphies. Oh, and don’t back up any of your claims with research. Don’t call on me when [...]