Running up hill: A guest blog

By Awritesmart.com guest contributor, Rob Rowland (thanks so much, Rob!) Member: CrossFit Wangaratta, Northeast Victoria, Australia Just finished the 400 metre jog, into some push ups, a few body weight squats and…

Why nature matters

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It happens as we cruise through our 21st-century life, and it’s nobody’s fault in particular. It happens while we spend eight hours a day in our brick office buildings, five days a week, most of a year;as we're driving our air-conditioned…

Happy birthda !!!

Yesterday marked my sixth year of birthdays on Facebook. Dozens of friends, family members, and acquaintances saw my name in that little box in the right-hand column or were notified of my birthday and took the time to write me a birthday…

The Top 10 truths about winter storms in the South

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We're going on Day 6 of the Great Wintery-Mix Storm of 2015.  Because we're all essentially trapped in our homes, Americans on the lower-right side of the map have all taken to social media to air their witticisms and smart-aleck remarks…

What the movie "Unbroken" meant for me

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My fascination with Louie Zamperini has finally come full circle.  I went to the movie "Unbroken" last night. I'm not going to revisit the details of my personal interaction with the WWII hero here, but the nutshell is that I met and…

The Great Zamperini and me

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If you've followed me for a while, you've probably seen me mention Louis "Louie" Zamperini, the WWII hero and subject of the new movie, "Unbroken," directed by Angelina Jolie. Like millions of other people, I was captivated by Laura Hillenbrand's…

The Top 15 Indispensable Christmas Songs

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  (Originally post 12/4/12.  Updated.) Due to the brisk response I received to my “Top 10 Christmas Shows” post, I decided to tackle a song list. As a music guy and a Christmas freak, it was impossible for me to narrow…

The Top 10 Christmas Shows, period, the end.

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If you're like me, you don't need any help deciding which Christmas shows to watch.  You know what you like and what you don't. So why would you come here to read my "Top 10 Christmas Shows, period, the end"?  Easy.  So you can either…

The Top 10 Things I'm Offended, Shocked, and/or Outraged By, 2.0

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I'm updating this blog a bit in light of the latest explosion of social media outrage. I'll write something entirely new for the next round of outrage, which I'm sure will be coming in, like, five minutes from now. In the United States,…

For God's sake, stop the madness!

This past Saturday morning, Holly and I set up our folding camp chairs at our little town's beautiful city park to watch our 7-year-old's soccer game.  We arrived a little late, so we had to situate ourselves a couple rows back from the…