What is Genius? With all the hoopla surrounding the upcoming Superbowl and Peyton Manning, it’s not surprising to see articles like this one in Slate stating that Peyton Manning is a genius: After a tenth 4,000-yard passing season, a career-best 68.8 completion percentage, and a chance to win his second Super Bowl ring this Sunday […]
What happens after we die? It’s the question that I think everyone has pondered at one time or another. Yet, it’s a tough one to answer. It’s not like you can easily gather evidence. There isn’t exactly a steady stream of people that we can ask about life after death and it’s not anything […]
There is a tendency when reading about the achievements of others to try and follow their path. To say that they made it through life in a specific way, why can’t I just follow their path? But this is a mistake. There are things you can learn from the lives of others, but you can […]
A Room Of One’s Own Recently, I’ve been building out an old garden shed behind my house to be a little getaway – a place where I can go when I need to focus on writing or work. With three kids in the house, sometimes it can be hard to find a quiet place […]
For many years, I’ve read and been taught that in order to be a better runner, you just need to run more miles. In other words, running is often considered a “training” sport and not a “technique” sport. As long as you can put the miles in, then you can finish the race. But a […]
