The Negative Effect of a Public Shellacking
In a distant rear mirror, I recall a business meeting where Mr. Superior yelled in front of my peers regarding the t-shirt I wore
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Author: Phillip Gary Smith
WHY SNOWSHOE?
Before daylight, coming late in winter months and leaving much earlier, one may look at the effort to put snowshoes on their feet to
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2024 Paris International Paralympics Athletics Federation Shows Its Tether
I was awarded a bronze age-group medal at the USATF NationalTrail Half-Marathon race a few years ago. The course followedthe challenging American Birkebeiner cross-country
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“How to Succeed With Squared Away – A Focus on Well-Being”
Read “How to Succeed With Squared Away – A Focus on Well-Being” to motivate yourself either on your pathway to success or just taking
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Give a Hand for the New Solution to Dupuytren
Until a few years ago, surgery was the only solution for Dupuytren, removing the cords that pop up in one’s hand and eventually curling
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MY BONNIE LIES OVER THE . . . HOSPITAL BED?
St. Patrick, a Roman British teenager, suffered kidnapping, later returning to Ireland as a religious leader. Celebrate this St. Patrick’s Day all year, every day,
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TO BE OR NOT TO BE A MOOK
In Martin Scorsese’s breakout movie “Mean Streets” (1973), Johnny Boy (Robert De Niro) tries to duck out of paying his bar bill at the
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The Assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King: But For A Different Key
It was a warm day in Memphis, not stuffy-hot as expected on a summer afternoon in the mid-South. The intention? Tour the National Civil
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Runner’s or Walker’s Drift
What happens when those endorphins kick in after physical exertion on short orlong hauls while covering trails or pavements? First, it may not be
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THE HISTORY OF ULTRARUNNING THAT WILL ENTERTAIN, TEACH, AND SURPRISE YOU: “STRANGE RUNNING TALES”
Guess what: the running boom launching in the 1970s did not create running and jogging. That period followed the much earlier ultradistance boom some
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The Snake Slinks to the Lake
You fall asleep in the backyard lounge chair after the third beer. Just can’t keepthose eyes open. Meanwhile, the devil Snake will draw your
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The Dusking of the Age of Aquarius
Quentin Tarintino’s movie “From Dusk to Dawn” provides the opposite of Aquarius. Things go okay early in the day, dawn, as well as one
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On the Beach of Learning
Essential thoughts, discoveries, and treasures most of us miss lay on the beach oflearning. We walk right by them, mesmerized by oceans and pretty
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Considering the Honor of the Disgraced
Considering the Honor of Disgraced Most of us in life get humiliated, dishonored, discredited, or even demeaned. If misery loves company, this qualifies. It
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Conceive a Renaissance
We must conceive a Renaissance. Marcus Vitruvius Pollio constructed his books on architecture, climate, water, astrology, machines, fresco painting, construction, proportions, symmetry, and materials
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