When I was in college, I slept two to four hours a day. I worked third shift in a factory, taught martial arts classes, went to the gym...

I’ve often said life is a journey of discovery. As spirit we make the conscious decision to enter this world. In doing so, we bring two...

The 2007 film "The Bucket List" directed by Rob Reiner, featuring Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman, delves into profound themes that...

OMG, New Year, New Me. It’s Jan 1. I’m going to get a gym membership, lose 40 pounds, see my abs, bench 300 pounds, change jobs, write a...

Forrest Gump said life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you’re going to get. The Grandma in Parenthood said life is like...

Ah, STAR WARS. I was but a wee lad when the movie was released in theaters. I was immediately hooked on the world building, the...

I’ve got a meeting with my boss tomorrow. He’s already given me a hint about a few of the topics to be discussed. And for each topic, he...

Happiness is much like pain. It cannot be defined, only experienced. I tried to look it up to write this article, like a dumbass, and...

Holy Shit. This is post number one hundred. A couple of years ago I honestly wondered if I would write 100 blog posts. Frankly, I...

Ah Corelle, the old classic. Those simple dinnerware plates that could withstand anything. From plain white to decorated like their paper...

A great man isn't one who is weak and harmless. Men who are capable of great and terrible things are the men who are needed in our world.

Ah, the Olympic Games. The tradition. The pomp and pageantry. The blood, sweat, and tears. The heart-rending superhero style back...

I haven’t written in a few weeks due to being sick and, quite frankly, just feeling up to it. “But Joe”, you say, “if you’re not working...

I was a powerlifter for many years. I don’t mean that I lifted a lot. I don’t mean that I was trying to look good in a banana hammock on...

Healthy aging is often a result of living the hard way.

The Opera del Duomo, or Overseers of the Office of Works of the Florence Cathedral, commissioned Michelangelo's (Michelangelo Buonarroti...

I’ll be the first to admit when I’m wrong. I always have been. Wanna call me out on one of my goof ups? I’m good. I’ll own it. When I’m...

What is right? In what situation? Is rightness fluid and temporal or constant and rigid? Upon what is rightness based? How is it made...

Trucks are advertised as rough and rugged, but do we use them that way? Same with our bodies.

Our modern world promotes specialists. The specialist is one who devotes his life to one concept, idea, or pursuit.  He becomes so...