Writings
What we can all learn from American Ninja Warrior — and even the Olympics
If you aren’t familiar with American Ninja Warrior, it is not a person dressed in black, silent as a snail but faster than a hummingbird. It is a TV show, and it is good. Now if you are a regular reader, you know that when I say “good” I don’t
Them’s fightin’ words!
I learned the phrase that is the title of this post back in the 60’s on TV westerns. But it was already in use in 1917, and maybe earlier. “Fightin’ words,” I learned, were words spoken to someone that provoked them to respond physically. Usually it a was a good
Lean in to win
Noah Lyles was running a race in Paris, France a few days ago. Overflowing with confidence, Lyles had predicted victory. When I say predicted, I’m talking Muhammad Ali style. Ali would even tell you which round of the fight would be his opponent’s last. Some of that was psychological warfare.
What can I say?
Perhaps, like me, you’ve been watching the Olympics. You don’t have to be a sports fan to watch these athletes perform. In fact every Olympics I find myself watching sports I know little or nothing about. This year — even before the opening ceremony — I watched rugby sevens. Personally
The deception of Artificial Intelligence
With all the political correctness in the world these days, I had to laugh at myself just now. I was about to write: “Have you noticed that AI makes us use capital letters when we refer to it?” Then I thought, “Gosh, I really don’t want to offend AI by
Those who call evil good and good evil
Have you ever tried to help someone and been smacked down for it? If you are older than about 20, the answer is probably yes. It could be something as innocuous as holding a door open for someone (a classic — and classy — do good move), and then having
A house divided needs new math
Are you good at math? Some people are absolute whizzes when it comes to numbers, and I’m fascinated by that. Once I watched as my head tennis pro (I was the general manager of an athletic club) negotiated his pay package with the club’s owner. The tennis pro, who was
Good for you
I was telling some friends about our plan for Do Good Talks, launching next spring. They liked the idea, but someone wondered whether there would be enough “good” to talk about. Good question! A few hours later I was talking with another friend. The cost of living came up, and
Could the new new thing be something really old?
Earlier this week I spoke at the funeral service of a good friend. He had grown up as a “PK” — a preacher’s kid — in the San Francisco Bay area. Since his dad was a preacher, David went to church. So did his siblings. When David was in high
The Do Good U driving school is now in session
I grew up in a town of around 6,000 people. It was the biggest town for about 25 or 30 miles, making ours a rural area. All of the paved roads for many miles were two lanes. That means, for you city folks, one lane in each direction. Unpaved roads
Art imitates life. Or is it the other way around?
In spite of what some have said, I do not have a television just so I can watch golf. Sometimes I like to relax with a scripted TV series. Let me see if I can list some things that add to the likelihood that I’ll watch. Fun, well written, not
What everyone can learn from The Longest Day of Golf
Golf? Who can learn anything from golf? Mark Twain famously said that golf was “a good walk spoiled.” Some say the game is called “golf” because all the other four letter words were taken. But there is much to recommend it, and no one did that with more humor than
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