by Dale | Jun 26, 2011 | Articles, Movies
I decided to kill an evening and walked over to the cinema a few hundred yards away in my little “village” here in South County. I picked “X-Men: First Class” over “Super 8” on a whim. As a kid (and I mean single...
by Dale | Jun 25, 2011 | Articles, CrossFit, Motivation, Psychology
So, I was catching up on my workouts the other day and surfing the CrossFit main page (www.crossfit.com) and came across this video. First, I love the style of the piece – the animation of the hand-drawings, timed with the narration – just neat and...
by Dale | Jun 23, 2011 | Articles, Death, Parenting, Philosophy, Religion
I’ve always noticed that very few people turn their eyes heavenward when things go right and say “That’s all, you Big Guy! Thanks a lot for that bonus! Nothing to do with me or my hard work – that’s on You!” There...
by Dale | Jun 22, 2011 | Articles, Death, Philosophy
In Islam, a ubiquitous phrase that one hears in the Muslim world is “Insha’Allah” – which means “Allah willing” or “If it is the will of Allah.” Latin has a similar phrase, “Deo Valente” that means...
by Dale | Jun 22, 2011 | Articles, Death, Philosophy, Religion
So, once again, I had an unexpected brush with the Grim Reaper’s repercussions in an entirely unexpected venue. I was loading some stuff into a car that someone gave to me and I was chatting with the guy who was helping me load it (a wonderful gentleman,...
