Josh W

Josh W

Beauty More Than Skin Deep

The moment a sliver of sunshine peeks out from behind the clouds, my wife’s olive skin becomes drenched in an even deeper shade of perfection while her nose is simultaneously kissed by a symmetrical sprinkle of freckles.  And the other…

What If They Were Wrong?

They said, “You’re on a sinking ship” What if they were wrong? The test results said, “You won’t live” What if they were wrong? They said, “Just trust the science, folks” What if they were wrong? They dismissed all your…

A.I. Farm

Uncle Orwell had a farm A-I-A-I-O And on that farm he used to care about what people know But with a Chatbot here and a prompt-prompt here He taught the computer how to draft an email Making the whole herd…

Family? Or Funeral Planners?

I read a fascinating article today about African funerals, and below is a short list of things I learned: At this point, you’re probably filled with some degree of righteous indignation…how is this level of resource misappropriation considered normal or…

Saber or Conocer?

Given my love for language, it should come as no surprise that one of my favorite classes in High School was Spanish.  And although Spanish is a romantic and beautiful language, I felt it had potential for even a LITTLE…

Good Feelings

My daughter bounded into the room with an important announcement. “I have 3 favorite feelings!  You feel so good when you do these 3 things!” I’m sure you’re as eager as I was to hear the list…here it is: And…

Sometimes You Have to Let Go

“I’ll never let go, Jack. I’ll never let go.” -Rose, Titanic Today marks the 114th anniversary of the unthinkable tragedy when the unsinkable Titanic capsized after colliding with an iceberg in the North Atlantic.  And this event has led to…

A Beautiful Mess

My daughter was having one of those mornings…the type of morning where you feel like a combination of Debbie Downer, Oscar the Grouch, and expired milk products. And this was her conclusion: Everything=Horrible Me=A Mess About 20 minutes later, she…

Guidelines Paradise-Lyrics

Sometimes when a new set of Cholesterol Guidelines is released, you have to parody an iconic Coolio song and put the roughly 948 pages of the document into a more digestible hip-hop format. And rumor has it there is a…

Introducing L.P. Lil’ Jay

Many of you have heard me rap about Cholesterol and Cardiovascular Disease at various conferences and meetings (and stay tuned for my current work-in-progress, which is a “Guidelines Paradise” that pays homage to both Coolio and the 2026 Cholesterol Guidelines…