Monthly Archives: June 2003

I am beginning to learn that it is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all. – Laura Ingalls Wilder I first blogged that quote back on Aug. 29, of 2001. Last summer, right about … Continue reading →

In yesterday’s NY Times: Checkmating Alzheimer’s. “Can regular games of bridge or chess or playing a musical instrument ward off the onset of Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia? ” I’d better send this to my mother and mother-in-law. … Continue reading →

My daughter and I started walk-break running yesterday. I first read about it in a Wall St. Journal article a couple of years ago. It’s gotten popular via a former Olympian and marathoner named Jeff Galloway. My daughter’s way out … Continue reading →

audblog audio post Ben Andreasen on entering the highest plane My son Graham’s friend, Ben Andreasen, wrote this a few weeks before he died last year. It was handed out at his memorial service. audblog audio post

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I just picked up these magazines. Comments coming, but if you’ve got some of your own, don’t wait. Contact me. * The June issue of O, the Oprah Magazine has a big section titled Ah Men. Several pieces are online … Continue reading →

In last week’s StarTribune: ‘Relationship Took Kit’ offers blueprint for a better marriage. Ellen Sue Stern bills herself as an “Author, Speaker, Relationship Expert, and Writing Coach.” “Included in the kit are a Relationship Blueprint, Barter Cards, Thank-You Notes, Sand … Continue reading →

In everyone’s life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit. – Albert Schweitzer … Continue reading →

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First posts in a couple of weeks. Why? Read What’s Next for Real Joe? in the Real Joe Biz blog. Comments and feedback appreciated.

While my wife and daughter are in Washington DC this week, touring the national museums and monuments, I’ve had some phone, IM, and F2F chats with my three 20-something sons that have left me feeling grateful. Collin, in Dallas, turned … Continue reading →

My wife read the novel “Cold Sassy Tree” by Olive Ann Burns recently and pointed out a passage to me that’s, well, astounding. Since it’s long, I used Audblog to read the passage… using my best southern twangy voice, since … Continue reading →

Walt tries to have a sex talk with son Jeremy in Zits, May 13-16.

In early May I posted a blurb titled Maxim and Cosmo: two of a kind? in which I wrote, “They certainly have the right to yank off (heh) Maxim, Stuff and FHM from their shelves and I can understand how … Continue reading →

I can’t wait to see what The Onion or The Daily Show has to say about this: Pope, in Croatia, Has Message for Women’s ‘Special’ Role Pope John Paul II beseeched women here today to pay heed to what he … Continue reading →

I didn’t know till I read this NY Times Magazine piece (now archived) back in January that Coors had a hot beer ad featuring the above twins: How to Write a Catchy Beer Ad. Miller one-upped it with babes doing … Continue reading →