I thought it would be fun to put a little shark anatomy in this Devil Dog picture. Real bulldogs don't scare me. I'm not so fond of sharks though. I think it works.

1.5 mile run Fitness Decks: Deck 2— PHASE 2, Upper Body Workout: Link I'm a little late getting Friday's workout posted. As you can see, we've got so many people we're running out of room. There are even people off camera that stretch into the hall. This is an easy workout for those of us [...]

1 mile Fitness Decks: Deck 1, Light Full-Body workout: Link We were contending with freezing rain so the run was cut short. I brought the phase 1 deck for myself, and since we had a bunch of new people we just decided to make it a pretty easy workout. This, by the way, is a [...]

My oldest daughter posed for this one with a broom. My step-grandmother once told me that all kids sprout horns and a tail when they turn 13. My daughter is just a little ahead of schedule.

Consider this quote from "Public Education in America:" Education is faced with challenging issues and problems. Five major areas merit careful attention: 1. Problems of state-church relationships 2. Professional negotiations and collective bargaining 3. School desegregation 4. Education of the culturally disadvantaged 5. Dropouts This list was published in 1966. Is progress inherently slow? Are [...]

4.5 mile run Deck 3— PHASE 2, Lower Body Workout: link Alas, I was sick so I wasn't at PT yesterday, but above was the workout performed. My goal was to go 12 weeks without missing a workout and I made it 27 weeks. I've had a stomach bug so I needed an extra day [...]

1.5 mile run DECK 6 – PHASE 3 (or even 4. I haven't decided yet), Full body workout. Link coming soon The first workout of the year was a BEAST! I made a new deck while I was down in Georgia and stacked it with everything that I see people having a problem with. It's [...]

When I learned about Malcolm Gladwell's new book, Outliers, I was a little apprehensive. He has built his argument about success at least partially around the notion that it takes 10,000 hours to become an expert at just about anything. The 10,000 hours principle is one of the cornerstones in the book I'm writing, Expert [...]