The contact tracers for the Covid 19 infections have come up with a new way of assessing risk. It turns out that if you have seen a Kevin Bacon film in the last year you are 50 times more likely to come down with the flu. The treatment is 14 […]
If a fly on the wall were looking at you, me, Bill Gates, Hillary Clinton, the fly would notice that we all must sleep 6 to 8 hours a day, eat two or three times a day, poop every day, talk and listen to people and that we all have […]
Prior to the Covid lockdown I had the pleasant task of picking up my 6 year-old Granddaughter from after school care. I usually brought her a candy kiss or tootsie roll or some kind of sugary treat. Her Mom, my daughter, objected and asked me to avoid the sugar. “She’ll […]
How do I tell this story? It’s a fantasy about idealism, passion and the phenomenon of craving. Or just about one man with an idea. Here goes: I was president of the High School student body, Valedictorian, quarterback of the football team. The Homecoming Queen and I got it […]
“It may not be survival of the fittest, it may be survival of the fattest, probably not survival of the skinniest.” “Whoops, did I say that out loud?” I asked my friend as we drove down I-5 on our way South for the week-end. “Talk about politically incorrect, you best […]
I teach a movement class every Tuesday at 6:00 AM from the Yogalution Studio here in Long Beach. On this day I walked into an empty studio as the classes are all done on Zoom. The room is big enough for 40 students with curtained windows facing the street. The lights, […]
We walked from the Long Beach Peninsula to Trader Joe’s this morning, approximately 2 miles each way. Our quest was to get some kitchen supplies and to accumulate some steps on our Fitbits. My measure of self-worth and human value has devolved from my checkbook to my daily walking steps. […]
A young mother came in to the office during this lockdown, (I am considered essential), she told me of taking her 3 year old son out to the lawn on a hot day and squirting him with the hose…..”shrieks of delight” is how he responded she said. I cannot remember […]
While jogging this morning and feeling smug about empowering my immune system with movement and aerobics I was listening to that part of my brain that likes to worry. I do not need any blue tooth or headphones to listen to that narrative. I am reminded of my favorite Mark […]
Dr Robert Sharp, one of my mentors told me many years ago that viruses, fungus and parasites that effect Human Beings are natures “recycling agents”. He said that when a tree falls in the forests the fungus and bugs begin to break down the tree to recycle it’s structure. The […]