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NY Times: “How Exercise Affects Our Memory”
Hit the link for the full article. Even a single workout may make our brain’s memory centers, like our muscles, more fit. A single, moderate workout may immediately change how our brains function and how well we recognize common names and similar information, according to a promising new study of exercise, memory and aging. The…
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“Jordan Peterson Calls Out The ‘Pseudo-moralistic Stances’ Of Activists | Q&A” – 4 minutes long
This is great as Peterson answers a question about how do we change the whole world. See my post about Peterson talking about Trump here, & about his great book here – 12 Rules for Life, an Antidote to Chaos . The youtube channel is from a major Australian television station. Jordan Peterson responds to…
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Chewbacca (Peter Mayhew) gone to Wookie heaven
So the guy who wore the Wookie suit – by all accounts a wonderful person. Here's a little tribute from Harrison Ford.
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Senator Maisie Hirono (D-HI) is a dopey whack job
The other Dem Senators at the Barr hearing must have decided Hirono was the biggest dumbbell, and given her the index cards to read off for this attack. Throwing red meat to Trump supporters.
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Tim – on his last collegiate throw, wins the Conference javelin championship
Saturday the 20th. Yay Tim! On Long Island, in the wet and rain, which made throwing very difficult and cut down on everyone’s distances. The event was delayed about 90 minutes to avoid the heaviest rain but the run-up track was treacherous. Tim was seeded #2 but had the best throw in the preliminary round…
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The Resurrection: Four Artists
I like this posting so much, I've put it up for many (not all) Easter's since first posting it in 2009. So again: The original posting is one of the most visited on my blog. What happens when an untalented barbarian like myself, is married to an artistic, creative,and talented person? I post stuff like…
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Holy Saturday art: “He descended into hell…”
FULL DISCLOSURE: I cheated. This is the same posting I put up for Holy Saturday in March, 2016. But I love it. Yeah that’s today. I love the story the Faranda family guru, the late Fr. Benedict Groeschel, liked to tell: “No doubt the arrival of Jesus in Hell/Limbo was quite spectacular – The Harrowing…
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Tim’s javelin throw follow through; his last collegiate meet is Saturday
The East Coast Conference Championship when Tim will be throwing the javelin (his favorite) and the shot put.
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Inside Notre Dame – a message – if we look for it
UPDATE: The news media has already picked up on this. CNN called it “Redemptive.” This is a television image from last night.
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Bernie Sanders: generous with everyone else’s $$$, not so much with his own.
Sanders is not much for charitable giving – in fact he's a cheap SOB. From the Daily Beast, a rather "progressive" online magazine. The documents show that over the years, Sanders’ income ranged from $205,617 to $1.1 million, while his charitable giving ranged from less than 1 percent to just over 4 percent depending on…