Monthly Archives: March 2011

March 7, 2011 · 12:22 pm

The Ambulance

Nissan Paramedic.

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Suppose you’re exercising and start to feel shaky.  You get kind of clammy and you’re sweating profusely.  Sure, you haven’t eaten yet and maybe you should have been drinking more water as you went, but right now you know you’re in trouble.

So you call an ambulance just to be on the safe side, especially since you feel as if you might pass out.  There are probably 100 thoughts going through your mind but one of them isn’t “will the ambulance show up” or even “will someone answer 911”, right? Continue reading →

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March 4, 2011 · 3:04 pm

Losing Weight

Mass food production

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Here we are at Friday again so it’s time for a few thoughts on food.   Actually, I rarely need to be prompted to talk about food – it’s on my mind a lot.  So much so that I really need to lose some weight.  I’m willing to bet that many of you are in the same boat.  Maybe it’s that we don’t think of food enough – we just stick it in the old pie-hole and it shows up on our waists soon thereafter.

In any event, of course I somehow got my weight thoughts tracking over to business.  Let me explain. Continue reading →

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March 3, 2011 · 2:03 pm

Simulators

Playing Wii Sports

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Have you ever spent time on a simulator? This is the time of year when I find myself doing just that: using a treadmill instead walking in the fresh air, hitting balls on an indoor range instead of the golf course. Maybe you play Wii Sports or something using the Kinect. There are all kinds of devices which simulate a real-world experience. They have them in business too, and they suffer from the same flaws. Continue reading →

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