St. Patrick’s Day, 3/17/18

Let’s toast with green wine. Layne Witherell and Don, friends since Navy boot camp, were born in Los Angeles on 3/20/45, and toasted each other on our 21st birthday with GI gin (codeine-laced cough medicine). …Enjoy Wine Maniacs

For my birthday I’d like this. Nestled in the orchard on our back forty.

Wait a sec, Alex. Caffeine Might Not Make You Faster?

Why Can’t Everyone Do the ‘Asian Squat’? …You might recall that Colleen Milliman, my 91 year old friend, oldest female to record a track mile, does 75 squats each day. Ida Keeling, 102 and world record holder, does even more. I’m just sayin’…

NYT on on running more, avoiding added sugar, living longer