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ARNOLD RULES FROM TWITTER: YOU SHOULD . . .

The Arnold Rules are an encouraging list of what to do for a better life. If a better life sounds like something you’d like to try, something you’d like to model by example, Arnold is here to help. Could Arnold be a better man, a better person? He’s trying. Maybe you could try, too? In […]

WELLNESS BLOG vs BLOG WELLNESS

A ‘wellness blog’ does what it says: promote health and wellness to an audience who ignores their own health and wellness. If you’re reading a blog for ‘wellness,’ if you’re doing your own ‘research,’ be sure better ideas come from credible sources. Taking medical advice, or simple health advice, from a moron is not the […]

FINISHING SCHOOL FOR THE UNFINISHED

If you’ve never heard of it, a finishing school is where women become ladies. Ladies? What kind of ladies? Ladies who grew up expecting others to know what they’d learned in finishing school. To that we say, “Good luck.”

HEALING TIME FOR BUSY PEOPLE

Healing time isn’t something we clock. Things get messed up, then they get better. Then you have a cool scar to show. Do you ask friends to see their new scar; do you show yours? For me, that’s yes and yes.

WRITING CLASSES? THE WRONG WRITING CLASS

Who has taken writing classes? Everyone who went to high school, went to college, or joined a writers’ group. It starts early and keeps going. By that standard, everyone is a writer? Yes, you are. Here’s why:

SPORTS FAN REVIEW: IN THE BEGINNING

Sports fan knows one thing: Rivalry. Without rivalry, sporting events resemble theater without the curtains. With rivalry we feel something deeper, way deeper, way down there. If you come from a certain time and place the only rivals that mattered were the Marshfield High School Pirates. But, everyone grows up. Right?

GAME CONTROL: FROM COLLEGE FOOTBALL TO EVERYDAY WIN

Game Control? That’s what you need to focus on when you’re doing good. But not good enough. Because, you know, winning the day isn’t enough. You have to control the game. What do I say? Good luck with that.

SCOREBOARD MATTERS IN SPORTS AND LIFE

When a game ends, any game, anywhere, scoreboard matters. Coaching co-ed youth soccer teams meant getting trained to de-emphasize the final score. The problem was the kids. They kept score with each other.

WORTHY ENOUGH: OREGON DUCKS

The Oregon Ducks were worthy enough in 2011 against a team with suspicious recruiting. Maybe not so worthy against another team with suspicious recruiting in 2015 Today NIL money cures all of the suspicious recruiting. And Oregon is more than worthy enough.

MALL HUSBAND AND THE JEWELRY STORE

Mall Husband happens when his wife says she’s going to the mall to finish Christmas shopping. Finish what? Husband thinking, ‘The Cowboys and Panthers coming up after a Duck game stomping at Arizona State yesterday is good karma. My kid has my Cowboy gear.’ Wife: Then I’m stopping by New Seasons to finish Thanksgiving shopping. […]