Chess – I was a chess star as a kid – a major player on the Scarsdale High School Chess Team! At the time I was too young to know it was social suicide and maybe the reason I never got a date in high school. But I was rated and quite good at it. […]
A Man’s Man – this is a delicate subject as I don’t want to be thought of like a frat boy. But on the other hand I like a fine scotch, a cigar, and having male friends to hang out with and, well, be with the guys. At the same time I want to be […]
Renaissance Man – I always found this to be an inspiring concept. Picture a gentleman in his (study?) with a beard – I don’t have a beard though – who is proficient at everything that spices up life. The various definitions of a Renaissance Man include everything from poetry, to music, to dancing, to horseback riding, […]
My Longevity Hobby – Like many millennials, I am making longevity a hobby. I read everything I can about it. There is a combination of some amazing breakthroughs with a heavy dose of bullsh*t surrounding it, so it is hard to discern what is real and what is hype, or worse. So far, I have […]
Meditation – you probably think I am going to espouse meditation here — where you take twenty minutes in the morning and maybe in the evening too, and meditate and stuff. But after trying it, I find it is not for me. I just don’t like to spend the time on it and it is at […]
Running – I have run for years. I am guessing I started in high school and then for another 50-ish years. I got lucky that my body parts didn’t break down. Running is usually painful but once in a while you get to experience a true runner’s high. It only happened a few times over […]
Basketball – As a kid I wanted to be a professional basketball player more than anything! I played basketball probably more than 50 hours a week. School, sleep, and life were all afterthoughts. Of course this didn’t work out, but it was all I cared about as a kid. If you told me that a […]
Boxing – I only sparred once – as everyone told me that I make my living with my brain and smacking my head around was not a good risk/reward. But I tell you when I got in the ring and threw a jab into the face of my opponent, watching his head snap back was just […]
Martial Arts – Martial arts have been a major part of my life since my early teens when I started to take Tae Kwon Do in high school. This persisted through college where I earned a red belt long ago — it is one degree below black belt. Along the way, I competed in tournaments, […]
Children’s Books: Did you know that when a girl – not a boy – reaches roughly 11 years old her baby ears fall off and her grown-up ears come in? My kids know that quite well from the first story I told them when they were little – and gullible – called Baby Ears. Now I […]