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Tip of the Week #261: Snow Sports near Nashville, Tennessee
Late in life, I am learning to snowboard and ski. Never got to do this stuff when I was younger, so I am doing it now. Mid-life crisis, I suppose. Around Nashville, there are not many places to snowboard. You can learn in Ober Gatlinburg, about four and a half...
Two Buses. Different Colors
I read this article every year. I read it because I need to be reminded. I read it because it's brilliant. _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Picture this. You’re driving down the highway with your...
My Favorite Movies
Sometimes, after studying languages all day, I just want to sit on the couch and not think for a while and watch a great movie. Unfortunately, there is so much filth and junk out there, I often end up searching for a movie instead of actually watching a movie. To help...
Why I Try to Blog Every Weekday
https://youtu.be/livzJTIWlmY You have likely heard of Seth Godin and Tom Peters. Both are writing masters. Both admit that blogging has changed their lives. Wordpress.com is free. Blogging is free. This has not changed in a long time. If you are launching...
Six Resolutions for the New Year
Years ago, I followed Bill Myers. He no longer posts online. He retired from the internet. Long before he retired, he posted a short article on how to hit your goals. He posted this article ten years ago, in 2013. Since human nature does not change, his ideas...
Tip of the Week# 259: Save Money With Ibotta
This tip is for the moms out there. My wife, Gretchen wrote it. She gave me the week off. Heh. Here she is: ______________________________________________ How grateful I am that we no longer have to watch every dime spent and be painfully rigid with our spending,...
Test out of College Classes
I receive emails from Modern States. They recently highlighted a student who went back to college after taking some time off. Robert Ayres describes his experience here. As you probably know, you can test out of some college courses by taking CLEP exams. In case...
Word of the Day #53: Beef
In a Latin class today, my students and I looked at the Roman word for cow, bos. Latin adds its complicated endings to the root of this word, bov. From this root, English derives the word bovine. Something bovine relates to cows. English even uses bovine as an...
Word of the Day #52: Candidate
Candidate A person who seeks office by election. From Latin candidus meaning bright, clear, clean, or spotless Roman togas were white. Romans hoping to win elections wore extra white togas. The candidate would add chalk power to his toga to further whiten things...
Why Set Goals if the World is Coming to End?
I am in the final edits of a book I have been working on. The book is on goals. Inspired by all the vulgar language in so many goal-setting books, I decided to write my own. I have set and hit goals for years. People ask me how I do it. The book is the answer to...