Monthly Archives: August 2022

In 1977, the U.S Marines came out with an advertising slogan to entice recruits to their branch of the services:  “The Few, The Proud, The Marines.”   The reason why this campaign was so successful:  Without explaining exactly what the Marines do, the concept of selectivity, i.e. only a “FEW” people can make the grade, […]

    My kids are well past the age of bringing then to cartoon movies but now that our grandson is in the “I like movie” stage, all of the cartoon movies from the 2000s are now in play for me to see.  In 2006 a fun cartoon movie came out called “Happy Feet” and […]

  One of the very great things about the late spring/ summer months is the earlier sunrises and later sunsets.  Conversely, as we now are now in late August and heading to the fall and winter months, there will be less and less daylight.  Here is how this can negatively impact weight control efforts: The […]

We have always been told that “exercise” is beneficial for our health.  The “recommended” amount of exercise, as per the American Heart Association, is 150 minutes per week of “moderate” intensity exercise or 75 minutes a week or 75 minutes a week of “vigorous aerobic exercise” of a combination of both. First, let’s define what […]

Most of us have heard the following motivational statement:  When Life Gives You Lemons, Make Lemonade.  The intent of this statement:  When “bad/negative” things happen to us in life, try to turn this around to something positive.  (For any of those frat humor movie fans out there, I laughed lots at Paul Rudd’s line in […]

I recently watched a Netflix documentary entitled “The Most Hated Man On The Internet”.  After a sigh of relief learning this was not “Dr. Posner” for spamming all of your inboxes with these boring daily blogs, the story was actually about a very arrogant and abusive young guy that founded a “revenge porn” website in […]

For you older movie fans out there, especially if you like comedies, the flick City Slickers, in my humble opinion, is one of the best.  Billy Crystal plays the lead role and the story is about three New York City friends that are at various crossroads in their lives and they travel to a cattle  […]

  Here is a definition of “MEMORY”: the faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information. Personally, it frustrates me when I am watching a movie, see an actor that I have seen many times in pictures and cannot remember his/her name.  As we all progress through the years, we notice that perhaps we […]

  Well, several days ago I posted a blog called “Sugar, Sugar” and today I am writing about “Cherries, Cherries”.   Songs are inspiring my blogs so yesterday I was listening to a Sirius XM station called “The Blend” and an old Neil Diamond song came on called, “Cherry, Cherry”.  So, today’s entry is inspired […]

The expression “The Pen is Mightier Than The Sword” was first written by novelist and playwright Edward Bulwer-Lytton in 1839, in his historical play Cardinal Richelieu. Richelieu, chief minister to King Louis XIII, discovers a plot to kill him, but as a priest he is unable to take up arms against his enemies. His page, […]