I used to suggest that sleep is the third pillar of good health, along with diet and exercise. But I don’t agree with that anymore. Sleep is the single most effective thing you can do to reset your brain and body for health. | |
— Matthew Walker | |
Professor of Neuroscience and Psychology | |
University of California, Berkeley | |
Quoted by: Alice Park | |
In her article: “The Sleep Cure“ | |
Time Magazine | |
Dtd: Feb 27 – Mar 9, 2017 | |
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On This Day In: | |
2016 | A Trumpet Solo |
2015 | Potential Is A Heavy Burden |
2014 | Fear Not, Weep Not |
2013 | Half Way There |
2012 | Sacrificed Any Lately? |
2011 | The Value Of One’s Character |
2010 | Intervals |
On Being Human | |
Non-predictive Emergence | |
Events | |
Bodily Functions | |
Standing Thoughts | |
Sent Home Is Better Than Fixed | |
Archive for June, 2017
The Single Most Effective Thing For Health
Posted in Health, Quotes, tagged Alice Park, Health, Matthew Walker, Quotes, Sleep, The Sleep Cure, Time Magazine, University of California Berkeley on June 30, 2017| Leave a Comment »
Near By
Posted in Humor, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Greed, Humor, Philosophy, Quotes, Stephen Wright on June 29, 2017| Leave a Comment »
You can’t have everything. Where would you put it? | |
— Stephen Wright | |
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On This Day In: | |
2016 | Maybe Someday |
2015 | How’s The Cow? |
2014 | Mind Made Up |
2013 | On Purpose |
2012 | The Dream |
2011 | What Could Be More Comfortable? |
Order The Rope, #DumbDonald
Posted in Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, tagged #DumbDonald, Arm, Cut Your Losses, Max Gunther, Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, Rope, Tigers on June 28, 2017| 1 Comment »
If you are losing a tug-of-war with a tiger, give him the rope before he gets to your arm. You can always buy a new rope. | |
— Max Gunther | |
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On This Day In: | |
2016 | Chains Of Habit |
2015 | That You Shall Remain |
Did You See That? | |
2014 | True, Vibrant And Open |
2013 | Remembering, Yet Again |
2012 | Something Of Value |
2011 | Sleep All Day |
Distant Goal
Posted in Humor, Quotes, tagged Humor, Michael Davis, Poverty, Quotes, Wealth on June 27, 2017| Leave a Comment »
I started out with nothing. I still have most of it. | |
— Michael Davis | |
[Very reminiscent of an earlier post… Distance, n. What else can we do but laugh? — KMAB] | |
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On This Day In: | |
2016 | More Lives |
2015 | Go Shopping More |
2014 | Say What? |
2013 | Accepting Beauty |
2012 | Transitional Choice To Ride The Wave |
2011 | Freedom Isn’t Always Perfect |
Just That Simple | |
Waiting For My First Strike
Posted in Humor, Quotes, tagged Humor, Lightning, Quotes, Willie Tyler on June 26, 2017| Leave a Comment »
The reason lightning doesn’t strike twice in the same place is that the same place isn’t there the second time. | |
— Willie Tyler | |
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On This Day In: | |
2016 | Mostly Just Masticating |
2015 | Don’t Mess With Mosa |
How Long Is This Run? | |
2014 | The Importance Of Being Forgetful |
2013 | Anyway |
2012 | Habit Forming |
2011 | And In The Other Hand(ful) |
In Love With Words | |
Boundless Naïveté | |
Who Did You Say Signed Off On This Treason, Pat? | |
Family Over Ego
Posted in Movie Review, Movies, tagged "Baby" Groot, Ayesha, Bradley Cooper, Chris Pratt, Dave Bautista, Drax, Ego, Elizabeth Debicki, Gamora, Guardians Of The Galaxy: Vol. 2 -- movie review, Jeff Bridges, Karen Gillan, Kraglin, Kurt Russell, Mantis, Michael Rooker, Moderate To Strong Movie Recommendation, Movie, Nebula, Ohana, Peter Quill/Star-Lord, Pom Klementieff, Rocket Raccoon, Sean Gunn, Sequel Syndrome, TRON Legacy, Vin Diesel, Yondu, Zoe Saldana on June 25, 2017| Leave a Comment »
Guardians Of The Galaxy: Vol. 2 — movie review | |
Today’s movie review is for the “recently” released Guardians Of The Galaxy: Vol 2 (2017) starring Chris Pratt as Peter Quill/Star-Lord, Zoe Saldana as Gamora, Dave Bautista as Drax, (voice of:) Bradley Cooper as Rocket Raccoon, (voice of:) Vin Diesel as “Baby” Groot, Michael Rooker as Yondu, Karen Gillan as Nebula, Kurt Russell as Ego, Elizabeth Debicki as Ayesha, Pom Klementieff as Mantis, and Sean Gunn as Kraglin. Basically, Quill, Gamora, Drax, Rocket and Groot are the Guardians. Ayesha and Ego are the baddies. And, Mantis, Yondu and Kraglin are tag-alongs. Nebula is “different” because she starts out a baddie and ends up a Guardian who leaves the team. Vol. 2 is a sequel to the 2014 “surprise” breakout hit. In the original, the team members are introduced, thrown together, they save the galaxy and start a movie franchise. In this sequel, the team becomes a “Disney” family: ‘ohana – nobody is forgotten and nobody gets left behind. Just a quick word about Yondu: he has a major purpose in the film and, technically, he too becomes a member of the team, so maybe, tag-along is not the correct description. But, Yondue isn’t a good-guy and he’s not a baddie, so, like Mantis and Kraglin I’m just putting him down as “tag-along”. | |
Does it work? Is this a good movie? Is it a great sequel? In order: Yes, so-so and it’s okay. | |
Wow! I can hear you saying? What’s up, Kev? This is a super-hero movie with special-effects galore… Why just a so-so reaction? | |
Let me backup… With one exception, this movie has received TERRIFIC positive reviews by EVERYONE I’ve asked about it. Who was the exception? My son, James. The person I went to see the movie with. His reaction: It was good, but not great. James is INTO comics and he knows the back story to all of the titles and characters. He is also a bit binary. He wants the story to stay faithful to the comic. More often than not, the movie doesn’t stay true and this upsets him. I’m not that big a stickler, but I have my moments too. This movie was not true to the comics and so his rating: good, but not great. | |
So, what was my problem? I just didn’t find it to be particularly funny even though the movie went out of its way to throw humor at you with one liners, insults and sight-gags. The humor seemed / was strangely “forced” to me. The story just didn’t feel original. I felt like I was watching “Tron Legacy” with Kurt Russell substituted for Jeff Bridges. | |
Now don’t get me wrong. I “enjoyed” the movie. It was fun. It had a great sound-track which was integral to the movie. It has better than average special effects and lots of action scenes. It doesn’t have a lot of skin in lieu of sex or foul language to make it “seem” like (sound like) an adult movie. Final recommendation: moderate to strong. If you are not into comics and you’re just looking for summer entertainment, it’s probably strong to must-see. For me: it suffered from “Sequel Syndrome”. It just didn’t quite live up to my hopes based on the original. | |
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On This Day In: | |
2016 | Hard Learners |
2015 | Goals |
2014 | Switch To Dogs… |
2013 | Times Change |
2012 | Ashes Not Dust |
2011 | A Handful From Saudi |
None Of This Happened | |
Take Responsibility | |
Neutral
Posted in Humor, Quotes, tagged Humor, Quotes, Robert Orben on June 25, 2017| 2 Comments »
Sometimes I get the feeling that the whole world is against me, but deep down I know that’s not true. Some of the smaller countries are neutral. | |
— Robert Orben | |
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On This Day In: | |
2016 | Hard Learners |
2015 | Goals |
2014 | Switch To Dogs… |
2013 | Times Change |
2012 | Ashes Not Dust |
2011 | A Handful From Saudi |
None Of This Happened | |
Take Responsibility | |
Just Because
Posted in Economics, Reading, Work, tagged Charles Handy, Economics, Quotes, The Age Of Unreason, The Future Of Work on June 24, 2017| Leave a Comment »
Many will work temporary or part-time — sometimes because that’s the way they want it, sometimes because that’s all that is available. | |
— Charles Handy | |
From his book: “The Age of Unreason“ | |
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On This Day In: | |
2016 | As Close As They Can Get |
2015 | And So I Blog |
2014 | Take Flight |
2013 | Contributing Joy |
2012 | More Than A Race |
2011 | Institutionalized Leadership |
For Some
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Certainty, Comic Strip, Misery, Philosophy, Pogo, Quotes, Uncertainty on June 23, 2017| Leave a Comment »
The certainty of misery is better than the misery of uncertainty. | |
— Pogo (A comic strip and comic strip character) | |
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On This Day In: | |
2016 | Fragile And Explosive, Provocation And Privacy |
2015 | Bound Up |
2014 | Economic Engines |
2013 | Weren’t You Supposed To Be Reading? |
Absent Friends | |
Where I Stand | |
2012 | Hangin’ With His P’s |
Help Save | |
2011 | Six Facets Of Good Leadership |
And So On
Posted in Humor, Quotes, tagged Humor, Quotes, Robert Byrne on June 22, 2017| Leave a Comment »
There are two kinds of people, those who finish what they start and so on… | |
— Robert Byrne | |
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On This Day In: | |
2016 | Kept |
2015 | Envy * 2 |
2014 | Destiny For The Talented |
2013 | I Do Not Fear It |
2012 | Until Found |
2011 | Reducing Goods To Data |
The Fog Of Civilization Building | |
Woof! Woof!
Posted in Humor, Quotes, tagged Business, Dogs, Future Factories, Humor, Quotes, Robots, Warren Bennis, Work on June 21, 2017| Leave a Comment »
The factory of the future will have only two employees, a man and a dog. The man will be there to feed the dog. The dog will be there to keep the man from touching the equipment. | |
— Warren Bennis | |
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On This Day In: | |
2016 | Cast Out |
2015 | Small Pieces |
Happy Father’s Day! | |
2014 | Uncertain Work |
2013 | Unpatriotic And Servile |
2012 | What Price Freedom? |
2011 | Particular Importance |
Three From Bette… | |
Visible Proof
Posted in Humor, Quotes, tagged Fred Wolf, Humor, Quotes, Trophy Shop on June 20, 2017| Leave a Comment »
The first time I walked into a trophy shop, I looked around and thought to myself, “This guy is good!“ | |
— Fred Wolf | |
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On This Day In: | |
2016 | Poor Enough Means |
2015 | Still Standing |
Follow Your Heart | |
2014 | Just Reminded |
2013 | A Fine Balance |
2012 | One Measure |
2011 | Seeking The Common Ground |
In Brightest Day… | |
Life’s Oddity
Posted in My Journal, Quotes, tagged Money, Mr. Dooley, My Journal, Poverty, Quotes on June 19, 2017| Leave a Comment »
One of the strangest things about life is that the poor, who need money the most, are the very ones that never have it. | |
— Mr. Dooley | |
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On This Day In: | |
2016 | Just Asking… |
2015 | Two Thoughts On Thinking |
2014 | From The Top, Please… |
2013 | You Are The Stars |
2012 | Just One?? |
2011 | Anything But |
Go Where?
Posted in My Journal, Quotes, tagged Attitude, Money, My Journal, Quotes, William Somerset Maugham on June 18, 2017| Leave a Comment »
The value of money is that with it we can tell any man to go to the devil. | |
— William Somerset Maugham | |
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On This Day In: | |
2016 | Returning To The Same Box |
2015 | The Hunter’s Music |
2014 | Dedication |
2013 | Unhappy Alternatives |
2012 | Implications |
2011 | Never Let Us Down |
Just Doin’ It
Posted in Economics, Humor, My Journal, Quotes, tagged Artemus Ward, Debt, Economics, Humor, My Journal, Quotes on June 17, 2017| Leave a Comment »
Let us all be happy, and live within our means, even if we have to borrow the money to do it with. | |
— Artemus Ward | |
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On This Day In: | |
2016 | Definitely Not Bell Shaped |
2015 | Dreadful Pity |
2014 | Worse Than Useless |
2013 | Personal Prisons |
2012 | So, Not Yet Then |
2011 | Real Love |