Just Call It a Day
I strolled past my daughter’s room and was surprised to find her in her pajamas. The time? 1:30 PM. And she declared that she didn’t want to go anywhere or do anything…there was just too much on her plate. I…
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The Gardener
He was known as The Gardener. Although he was a teacher by vocation, he spent much of his time outside the classroom in his garden. Some of his fondest childhood memories involved tilling the soil and planting seeds with his…
How Could Friday Be Called Good?
At last, Messiah was in their midst Offered His hand, received their fists Deliverer delivered by Judas’ kiss His message ignored, His mission missed How could Friday be called Good? They mocked him, left Him bruised and battered Spat upon,…
The Job of a Jellyfish
My wife was having an engaging conversation with a delightful teenage gal who is involved with her High School Drama Club. This girl had recently participated in a production of The Little Mermaid, and my wife said, “I bet you…
Little League, Bigger God
When I was a kid, we had some pretty successful Little League baseball teams despite being an unimposing bunch of scrawny, pre-pubescent ragamuffins. Our body fat was all around 4%, our muscle mass was even lower, and brain activity was…
April Fools!
Although I’m generally not regarded as an unintelligent individual, my cognitive juices are quite viscous in the early morning hours. And this morning, my daughter, streaking like a supernova through the darkness, shattered my slumbering serenity as she burst into…
Are the Lp(a) Felons Plotting to be Clotting in Females? Latest from the UK Biobank
It’s been quite a week for news about the Felons of the Lipid Neighborhood, (which you can read more about in Chapter 6 of THIS BOOK) and since we all know the news can be pretty depressing, I’ll get back…
Bony, Hardened Criminals: Lp(a) and Valvular Calcification
It has been well-recognized that having too many Lp(a) “Felons” in your Lipid Neighborhood is associated with increased risk of heart attacks and calcific aortic stenosis (among other things), but a recent study of over 66,000 US adults with Lp(a)…
Decathletes and Diminishing Returns
Decathletes are often referred to as the “Greatest Athletes in the World” (apologies to elite Crossfitters, who are also very impressive). And the greatness of decathletes is their ability to excel at multiple events. They sprint, jump, hurdle, throw, and…
Put Your Negativity to Bed
It’s amazing how physical fatigue can influence our thoughts, perspectives, and conversations. Trivial annoyances are magnified into catastrophic offenses, menial tasks that require virtually zero bandwidth seem overwhelming, and usual zest for life goes insipidly stale. And this applies to…
