Did you know that research shows that 64% of statistics are lies? Most people never give a thought to the perils of “credentialed” authors, the title “PhD”, or the phrase “research shows.” Joe Smith reads a magazine article about a recent social study promoting all-day child care as more beneficial than old-fashioned parenting and nods…
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Scorned by Today
We live in fear of being scorned by Today. Nobody ever knows when it will happen to them. It begins in middle school. One girl wears a cropped tube top and everyone thinks she’s “cool”. Another girl wears the same thing and storms away alone, labeled “slut” by all. That awful scorn is evident in all levels…
Roger Bannister would turn in his grave. . . . wait he isn’t dead yet.
I ran on The Track today. It was laughable. It took me about 10 minutes to muster the courage to walk onto it (as there was a soccer match going on in the center). When I finally entered, I decided to do a 400 as fast as I could. There was a super tall, skinny…
School + my opinion of YOLO + stuff
Get this: the track where Roger Bannister was the first to break the 4 minute mile is five minutes walk from my house. Reflect on that. If you are a runner, marvel. If you are uneducated in the ways of running, just think, “Oh, that’s nice,” and read on. I momentarily considered writing a post…