There is a wonderful OpEd in the New York Times from David Brooks on Happiness and Success and I highly recommend you read it. Here are some snippets I really liked: “The daily activities most associated with happiness are sex, socializing after work and having dinner with others. The daily activity most injurious to happiness […]
READ MOREThe benefits of walking a dog
On a rather stressful day, I really enjoyed reading this article on the benefits of walking a dog. Here is a snippet on how walking a dog helped people in an assisted living home: To the surprise of the researchers, the dog walkers showed a big improvement in fitness, while the human walkers began making […]
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Enjoy this wonderful blog post from the New York Times by Maira Kalman about Thomas Jefferson. Really wonderful. Kalman on Jefferson
READ MOREPlants Vs. Zombies
I grew up loving video games as a kid. Unfortunately, as I have gotten older I have less and less time for simple leisure and games. But every now and then I hear about an addictive game and I slip into the little kid I once was. It happened several years ago with Half Life […]
READ MORELife Lessons From the Family Dog
New York Times editor Dana Jennings is coping with prostate cancer and wrote a blog post about his dog. I feel the same way about my dog, Frankie. Here is a snippet: In spending so much time with Bijou, I began to realize that our dogs, in their carefree dogginess, make us more human, force […]
READ MOREWhat happens when money and business define you?
The economic crisis descending upon us is having a profound impact on many people’s lives. One of the most troubling things to witness is the rise in suicides, especially high profile suicides. The past two days news of US property mogul, Sheldon Good, and the German business magnate, Adolph Merckle, have graced the front pages […]
READ MORESo proud
I’m a Georgia Bulldog. On Saturdays I bleed red and black. I cannot tell you how proud I am that Mark Richt is our head coach. I actually have had the opportunity to meet with him when I threw a charity flag football event for the Athens, GA Boys and Girls Club. And I can […]
READ MOREJewish Perfection
Perfection is definitely not a Jewish thought or attribute. Consider the patriarchs of Judaism such as Noah who gets drunk, Jacob who steals his brother’s birthright by misleading his father Isaac, and even Moses, the greatest of all Jews, speaks with a lisp and disobeys God. And we could have a field day talking about […]
READ MOREVoyage
This is one of the best things I’ve ever read: To be truly challenging, a voyage, like a life, must rest on a firm foundation of financial unrest. Otherwise you are doomed to a routine traverse, the kind known to yachtsmen, who play with their boats at sea–“cruising”, it is called. Voyaging belongs to seamen, […]
READ MOREMorris Smith is quite an inspiration
This is a fantastic article about Morris Smith leaving his job as the head of Fidelity Magellan and pursuing a life of meaning and study. I think you can learn a lot from his example. Morris Smith from Fidelity
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