Day 145 (1/30) – “I need some Bonnying”; Diana Nyad; GiveIt100.com; WayOfTheWhale.com (Susan Bird), The Gabriel Code

Moddie and I watched the Diana Nyad documentary “The Other Shore” together last night. ARE YOU KIDDING ME – ?!?!?!?!?! WHAT a story! I knew about it “in 2 dimensions” – the aborted tries, the storm, the jellyfish, the training, but – Wow. I didn’t know that she hadn’t swum in 30 years (since her […]


The BEST and EASIEST roast chicken recipe in the UNIVERSE!

You will need: 2 cut up chickens (It’s so good, you’ll want to make 2. Trust me on this one.) 2 seasoned cast-iron skillets (Don’t have them? Go get them. Don’t worry, I’ll wait.) An oven (duh. Preferably a convection roast one, but any oven will do.) Seasoning (I use Andy’s Rub, you do what […]





Second TAR Video “List” (separate email) – includes videos, quotes, etc. – January 21 (Day 136)

I posted this in a previous email, but I thought it should have its own post instead of being part of a “litany” I did on the last day before surgery. 🙂 These are “selfies” or videos” that Moddie and I think we need to do for our 2nd video WHEN The Amazing Race folks […]




Whoa – January 3nd (day 128), how’d THAT happen???

A few random things here: I went back to see what I wrote last year about “the new year” and all that “resolution” jazz, found these: Start 2013 fast, focused and fired up!!! Setting S.M.A.R.T. Goals Don’t Let People Who Don’t Matter, Matter, plus Steve Jobs’ 2005 Stanford Commencement video. There are some great things […]