1. New series we started, and I STRONGLY recommend… We just started a new series, Dopesick, a drama on Hulu starring Michael Keaton, which “examines how one company triggered the worst drug epidemic in American history. The series takes viewers to the epicenter of America’s struggle with opioid addiction, from the boardrooms of Big Pharma,…
At a time when there is so much controversy, uncertainty, mistrust, and confusion, it is hard to know what is real and what is true. When there is a lot of money, power, and agenda on the line, people will do and say just about anything to protect their interests. And once caught in a…
1. ANOTHER medical contradiction reported this week… Once again, we find out that the medical advice that has been given to millions of Americans was wrong and dangerous. It was reported this week that The US Preventive Services Task Force is changing its recommendations on daily aspirin use, saying adults 60 and older should NOT…
Do you know the difference between misinformation and disinformation? After hearing the word “disinformation” over and over in the media, I decided to look it up. Both misinformation and disinformation are false information, but the difference is that misinformation is false information that the one spreading believes to be true, and disinformation is false information…
1. Something that got me thinking this week… I am VERY good at procrastinating. Sure, I do get a lot done, but it always seems to happen in the eleventh hour. I watched a really good TED talk this week, Inside the Mind of a Master Procrastinator, by Tim Urban. (Click here to watch it.) …
My guess is that humans have always had a hard time changing their minds. Maybe it’s because there’s a lot that goes into committing to a belief, making it super hard to adopt a different one. Or maybe our egos hang onto those beliefs, even when that belief gets rocked hard, because it’s so tough…
1. Quote I love… “Everyone is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.” -Einstein Einstein gets credit for this quote all the time, but it turns out, he probably did not say this. And many people…
I’m not sure you’ll find too many people these days that would not like to, or would not need to, lose weight. These last several decades have not been good to America’s waist line. And most people are now aware that almost an astonishing 50% of Americans are not just overweight, but obese. Aside from…
1. Poem I re-read this week… There is a poem that I had, and read regularly, since high school. It’s titled, Man in the Glass, by Peter Dale Wimbrow, Sr. Reading it last weekend prompted the topic for this week’s blog, titled Who Should You Be Trying to Impress? You can read the blog by…
I am a big fan of thought-provoking quotes, poems, fables, and short stories. I find myself jotting down things I read or hear so I don’t forget them. And yes, I have stuck things to the fridge, bathroom mirror, dash board, and computer monitor to motivate me, keep me on track, and remind me to…