Two years ago today Shane started a new job as VP of Quality Operations at a pharma company in Rocky Mount, NC. I thought he began in February, but I was reminded through his fb statis that today was his two year anniversary. He wasn’t looking for a new position, but a recruiter called, and […]
Back in June, the American Medical Association delegates voted against the conclusions by their internal Council on Science and Public Health. The council concluded obesity should NOT be defined as a disease because the Body Mass Index (MBI) used to measure obesity has issues “simplistic and flawed”. Arguments for classifying obesity as a disease included […]
I love a good Budweiser advertisement, and this one does not disappoint. Enjoy!
I have been working on several longer posts over the last couple of days, and tomorrow, we’ll have a snow day, so I’m hoping to get ahead. If you’ve not watched the following video, I highly recommend it. Brene Brown is amazing, and she’s written some fabulous books. I’ll be writing more about them as […]
Today was a typical Monday (class, meetings, etc) with the added excitement of a weather situation happening this week. A friend and I were looking up snow predictions on the website and we came across this image from the local news station. The Circle of Uncertainty! What an excellent metaphor for life.
Just to be clear, I do take a day now and again and do almost nothing. Today was that day. While I caught up on email, did some reading, and watched lots of episodes of Scandal with Shane, I was in my pajamas all day. I was sore from a 4 mile jog in the […]
Today we went to the 4th Annual Jolly Skull Beer Fest, and we had a great time. We tried lots of different beers, and I may have found two new favorites. I found this So-Cal Orange witbier from the Coronado Brewing Company, which I kept going back for. It had a subtle touch of citrus […]
This is my the desk in my office. It’s one of the first things students, colleagues, and visitors see when they walk in and especially if they sit down to meet with me. I never see it when I sit at my desk because it is turned outward. I was kinda out-of-sorts yesterday because my […]
When I began my journey to a more healthy lifestyle, I set 3 eating goals a day, and I focused on additive behaviors rather than deprivation behaviors. I needed to focus on what I was going to do, not what I wasn’t going to do. (That hadn’t worked, so I wasn’t confident it would work […]
Here are several quotes/sayings I try to come back to time and time again.