Monthly Archives: July 2002

These life-changing windows, of course, give rise to thoughts of what dreams could come true now, what risks and leaps can be taken, perhaps must be taken now or never. – Sheila Lennon Sheila’s mother died recently which prompted this … Continue reading →

There was a refreshing dearth of religious quotes and proclamations after the nine coal miners were lifted to safety yesterday. After a quick scan of CNN, the AP, and the NY Times, I only found one “it was a miracle” … Continue reading →

The Hot or Not web site has moved into weblogs, so I thought I’d give it a go…. one of my PR tasks-of-the-week. Well, is it?

If you hang around long enough, life provides. – Bryan Stauning Norm passed along this quote when we were talking money stuff this week. I told him that I needed to insert a little phrase in it to make it … Continue reading →

I spent last weekend doing our taxes, as the extension deadline is fast approaching. My wife spent a good chunk of time redoing our budget, as we need to tighten up for a while to pay off our tax bill … Continue reading →

Physical discomfort is important only when the mood is wrong. – Robert Pirsig And as I’m increasingly discovering, I have a lot more control of my moods than I realize, as long as I take the time to examine the … Continue reading →

One of my twenty-something sons and I took a little two-day bike trip last week. He’d given me a coupon good for one snowboarding lift ticket last Xmas that I’d never cashed in since it was such a shitty warm … Continue reading →

TV is chewing gum for the eyes. – Frank Lloyd Wright Wright died in 1959. I wonder what he’d say after reading this Newhouse News Service article, A politically incorrect revolt is in full swing on the booze-and-babe media boom, … Continue reading →

An interesting flip-flop is evidently occurring among senior citizen women, chronicled in this Who Needs a Husband? piece in the NY Times. “… the men in our age group seem to want something quite different. They want a wife. They … Continue reading →

A sad and touching essay on Salon on what it’s like trying to be a dad while in prison.

You can’t be so concerned about saving America’s families that you lose your own. But it’s pretty tough to listen to Rosa Parks tell you, “We need you to stay.” – J.C. Watts, the only black Republican in Congress, announcing … Continue reading →

I’m big on self-awareness so it pissed me off when I read this article on fire-walking titled In teaching self-awareness, some like it hot. The journalist (or the editor) doesn’t give sufficient information on alternative explanations for how people can … Continue reading →

I expressed significant skepticism back in a January audio essay (Sex, romance, and intimacy) when Billy Bob Thornton said that the only reason he was able to do an explicit love scene with Halle Berry in the movie Monster’s Ball … Continue reading →

Blog to Cope With Alzheimer’s Fog Seniors in the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease, with mild to moderate memory loss, are writing Web logs to help them make sense of their daily lives. And the activity, they say, is slowing … Continue reading →

Married men are healthier than single men, wealthier, they live longer and happier lives, they have more sex. They have somebody who knows them, and tolerates them anyway. – Frank Pittman That quote is from the article “Why men drag … Continue reading →

“Ted wanted to be cremated,” former teammate Johnny Pesky noted. “He was an atheist. He didn’t believe in religion.” That quote from this Sports Illustrated story which came to my attention via a blurb in Tapped, the The American Prospect’s … Continue reading →

Scott added a comment to my PR post yesterday, letting me know he’s listed Real Joe in his Minnesota bloggers list. Thanks, Scott.

AP: “Ordaining” the women, the statement said, constituted `”a serious attack on the unity of the church” and was “an affront to the dignity of women, whose specific role in the Church is distinctive and irreplaceable.” Are they talking about … Continue reading →

Sheila Lennon blogged and blogrolled Real Joe this morning — Sahhhhhhweet! — in her new personal weblog, The Reader. Sheila’s a longtime journalist and online veteran. She’s currently Features & Interactive Producer at the Providence Journal and also maintains the … Continue reading →

Men are often capable of greater things than they perform. They are sent into the world with bills of credit, and seldom draw to their full extent. – Horace Walpole I know I’m capable of doing a better job at … Continue reading →

While doing my PR tasks this morning, I started sweating… as if I was about ready to make a speech. No shit, I actually got sweaty palms and pits. It surprised me. I couldn’t quite articulate to Norm, my business … Continue reading →

Last week I told Norm, my business coach, that I’d do five things to promote Real Joe this week. My phone meeting with him was a 6 am this morning so I got up at 4 and banged out some … Continue reading →

The sparrow is sorry for the peacock at the burden of his tail. – Rabindranath Tagore I remember in college wishing I was better looking… how terrific it would be to just walk into a room and have women’s jaws … Continue reading →

I caught that old line in a Maureen Dowd column a week or so ago about “modern contradictions” and it pointed to Rutger’s University’s National Marriage Project which published two studies last month… intriguing, since I have three twenty-something sons … Continue reading →

Esquire: August Men’s Health: July/August Men’s Journal: July