Monthly Archives: March 2021

Books read, thoroughly enjoyed, in recent months. The Virtues of War: A Novel of Alexander the Great by Steven Pressfield The Gates of Fire by Steven Pressfield Shane Comes Home by Rinker Buck A Free Life by Ha Jin Waiting … Continue reading →

Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life …I’m now reading the book

Montaigne’s Humanity Recommended: How to Live: A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at An Answer

Dick Hoyt, who pushed his son, Rick Hoyt, through nearly every Boston Marathon from 1980 to 2014, six Ironman triathlons and more than a thousand road races, died on Wednesday. He was 80 years old. …More

Laugh here

Zoom Escaper …Ever “attended” a Zoom wedding? A Zoom medical appointment? And Zoom schooling? Don’t me started. I’ll shut up for the rest of the day.

Yesterday Yo Yo Ma and Don got their second vaccine shot. His 15 minute observation period was more productive. Watch

Californix? …How about more focus on basic literacy?

How Do You Weigh a Hummingbird? …The bumblebee hummingbirds in Mexico are smaller at 2.2 g People who BS are more likely to fall for BS. …Like you and Don when we talk/argue politics?

Burpees! …The post includes the following: “Most people can do about 20 burpees in a minute.” Well, Don can’t, and I’m guessing you can’t either. Not a good sign for either of us.