I use to write blog entries about March Madness having nothing to do with collegiate basketball. That was way back when my daughter was playing Region 1 soccer and March meant the start of a travel season that easily saw our team traveling about 1000 miles one way to games. I was thrilled today… Continue reading Political Madness
Seems that there is a constant discussion in my area regarding the local university, its ladder to division one collegiate sports and putting academics on the back burner. This discussion took on a national slant when “Outside the Lines” on ESPN had on Pete Thamel of The NY Times, Dr Joel Thier who is AD… Continue reading Academics, Athletics and the University
Please bare with me as I get to the end of this entry. I always knew there was a reason I had difficulty in dating. I never realized it was because I can put together a coherent sentence. Okay, the study actually means you are in the top 5% of intelligence in the US which… Continue reading Dating with Brains
Normally, when I post about hitting the road this time of year, it involves road trips for spring honor society inductions for my daughter or spring sports trips for one of my kids. Today – or yesterday, rather, it meant getting outside and running on new tracks. My youngest is still preparing for NYS… Continue reading Hitting the Road
I am usually a bake from scratch person but back in February, I decided to pick up a store-prepared, pop in the microwave dessert for my Valentine’s evening dinner. Now granted, that dinner was not all that romantic but I had what I liked to eat and this delicious little dessert. To start with, the… Continue reading Product Review – Betty Crocker Warm Mini Delights
Last year at this time, I was ensconced at Niagara University for the College Hockey America tournament at Dwyer Arena. While I would love – at least for the hockey that is going to be taking place – to be in Bemidji, Minnesota this weekend, I will be keeping tabs on the Purple Eagles via… Continue reading CHA Hockey Tournament
You have spent all kinds of time changing your diet, exercising to get more fit, changing your lifestyle to be healthier. Now, what about your friends and family? Do you encourage or discourage them with your changes? I get daily emails from Sparkpeople.com and a recent one stuck in my mind – and in… Continue reading Your Friends and Family and Their Health
Spurred by a FB friend saying he is driving cross-country and by Forbes putting out the 25 most visited American tourist attractions, I have been thinking of places I have visited and places I still want to visit. Out of the top 10 tourist attractions in the US, I have been to half. I love… Continue reading Traveling the US
While I have many times criticized speeches made on education by former President George W Bush, I have some inherent criticisms on the huge educational speech that President Obama gave this morning also. While Obama’s speech was delivered much better than any of Bush’s speeches on this subject, I am still digging through for actual… Continue reading Obama Speech on Education
As conference championships have begun to be decided, are you wondering where your team will fall? In the case of my Mountaineers, the question is what seed they will be more than where they will be playing after Selection Sunday, March 15. If, as they have in the past, West Virginia happens to win the… Continue reading Will Your Team Dance?
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