"The long-range Boeing 777-200LR crossed 10 time zones on its marathon flight." The world's longest commercial flight landed in New Zealand Monday with the arrival of Qatar Airways's 14,535 kilometres (9,032 miles) Doha-Auckland service, the airline announced. There were four pilots on board as well as 15 cabin crew who served 1,100 cups of tea … Read more
Really. (And my pick, which I posted last night – My Super Bowl pick – Atlanta to win) Here's the text since it's in Spanish – video below it. Welcome. Great sporting events like today's Super Bowl are highly symbolic, showing that it is possible to build a culture of encounter and a world of … Read more
It's in the NY Times so it must be true. And it is divine intervention that this article was emailed around by the NY Times in yesterday's daily email – even though it's from 2015. Now two new studies suggest that exercise may well influence when and how much people drink. Drinking may even affect … Read more
From the NY Times health section; more evidence of the tie-in. After controlling for age, smoking, physical activity and other factors, they found that compared with those with the lowest scores on depression and anxiety, those with the highest had higher rates of cancer death. The associations were particularly strong for colon and rectal, prostate, … Read more
America, the Jesuit publication. Years ago – it has to be well over 20 – I did some financial planning for an older couple in somewhat the same situation. That child was brought up by the couple while this little girl spends most of her time with her (biological) mother. How I learned to … Read more
Here's Conway And Pence
Amusing and I suppose makes sense. I like the spooning idea (depending on who I'm with …).
Below is a link to a great short article by Mark Rippetoe, the author of this excellent book, which I think I’ve posted about and also given many copies out. Here is the article which takes five minutes to read. Funny, his comment about getting off the toilet – that’s why I’m lifting weights three … Read more
After posting this ” … how Jesuits (and Pope Francis) spread devotion to angels” a friend of mine sent me this.
And it’s true! “In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is.” Yogi Berra Think about it – it’s true!