A month of better living

I’ve now been going to the gym for a month, and I feel a lot better physically. Some days my energy output seems off the charts. In addition to the thrice weekly visits, I’ve now been going for 20 to 30 minute walks each day during lunch or around dinner time (sometimes doing both). The [...]

Do you think differently?

I came across a blog entry today at NY Time that focused on another article written by Nicolas Carr at The Atlantic, called “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” and found it quite riveting to say the least. Both writers were discussing how the change in our media from the use of printing presses to typewriters [...]

Wii-ing it!

Last week, just before the release of the Wii Fit game and balance board, I went in search of purchasing the Wii console unit. After visiting five or six places, I finally found one at the local Walmart. Picked up a few games I thought might be fun, and went from there. Two days later, [...]

Movie Review: “Nim’s Island”

Was a fairly quiet day, and happened to look online at the movie listings on News and Observer, saw that Nim’s Island was playing at a theater nearby. We’d just had dinner and made mention of it to my Dad. With Mom’s encouragement, he and I set out to see this enchanting little adventure. It [...]