The thing I like most about life is that 24 hours can make such a difference! One never knows what lays ahead of us, and we need to be open to the opportunities that arise in any instant…  Case in point…
 
Ombretta and I arrived at our summer home in Sardegna - Golfo Aranci - after an absence of at least two years, maybe more… In any case, far too long to be away from this beautiful corner of the world!  Our home overlooks a sweet little bay called Baia... Read full post

Now that the money Blatter received has been quietly moved to his Swiss bank (pardon my cynicism) here is today's sport headline: Blatter labels 2022 World Cup award a ‘mistake’
"Fifa president Sepp Blatter has admitted the decision of world football’s governing body to award the 2022 World Cup to Qatar was “a mistake”, adding it was now “probable” that the tournament would be played in the winter months." 
Like he didn't know that that was his... Read full post

I just don’t get it!  Alex Rodriguez signed a contract for $275 million to play baseball – the highest contract ever offered.  Instead of investing some of that fortune in himself by hiring fitness coaches, nutritionists, psychologists and others that would enable him to stay at the top of his game, A-Rod chose to buy performance enhancing drugs and lie about them to all of his fans and fans of baseball.  Like Lance Armstrong, A-Rod took the arrogant attitude that... Read full post

One of the things that I see a lot of in Miami Beach is people on rollerblades, not to mention skate boards, bicycles and any other type of wheels you can imagine...  But it's the rollerbladers that catch my eye because most of them struggle dangerously through the crowds walking on the sidewalks or Lincoln Road.  The common problem that they all share is a lack of understanding of what one is actually doing when skating or blading, i.e. they confuse the techniques we use to walk with... Read full post

Anyone who knows me, or follows my blog, will know that I am not a fanatic about my health; rather someone who is trying to work with what I have been given and what is avaiable to me to take advantage of the longevity that each of us possesses, but rarely considers. Our bodies are truly miraculous things.  The myriad ways that we regenerate virtually everyone one of our cells in our bones, muscles and tissue every second of every minute of everyday is mind boggling to me.  Miraculous... Read full post

Back in mid-April, I had a battery problem with Black Betty and realized that the charger I had borrowed was malfunctioning.  So I jumped on to Ombra's Betty Davis to ride over to the Advanced Autoparts store about 5 long blocks away to buy a new one.  I paused before getting on because it was a bright day and I thought I should run upstairs to grab a pair of sunglasses, but didn't follow my intuition and headed off on my mission.  I didn't get 100 feet from my home when, as I... Read full post

Ombretta was working night and day, while I was doing the same, for almost two weeks when I was at ICANN Durban.  Since I returned home a week ago, the pace hasn't stopped for either of us.  So we decided it was time for a road trip; after all it is summer time. Tomorrow morning we'll be getting on Black Betty and Betty Davis and going on an adventure to explore the interior of South Florida...  Not a long trip.  Not by distance, neither by the 5-6 days we are planning to... Read full post

The 90+ degree days here in Miami Beach, where the summer temperatures measured how much time one spent out of doors, appear to be common everywhere in the 21st century!  Up on the west coast and all across Canada, the midwestern United States, all across Europe... this summer's heat is intense and everyone is feeling it...
In order to maintain our workouts, we need to start at 7:00 a.m. or 7:00 p.m. to be able to train in reasonable temperatures - otherwise its just like Bikram Yoga,... Read full post

So today is my 60th birthday.  For some it is a BIG birthday, but for me 50 was that...  In my view, 50 is the 'half way there' mark, so 60 is just 10 years further on.  As my friends will all attest, I am 100% sure that I, along with many in my generation and absolutely all of those in coming generations, will live to be 100 years old and more.  I take this understanding from the pace at which technology, science and medicine is racing forward...  As incredible as it... Read full post

In taking a holistic approach to one's health and physical fitness, one has to look at diet. All the current data on healthy eating is pointing to what has been called "lean green" which refers to leaning in the direction of vegetables and away from a diet heavy in meat.  Many doctors are also promoting the recognition that our bodies are the healthiest when we are slightly alkaline in our food intake rather than acidic.  http://www.acidalkalinediet.com/Alkaline-Foods-Chart.htm... Read full post