What I learned in my First Half Marathon
I recently ran my first half-marathon…well, “jogged” is a more accurate verb since I run very, very slowly—but I ran/jogged the whole thing. Despite my life-long hatred of running, I […]
I recently ran my first half-marathon…well, “jogged” is a more accurate verb since I run very, very slowly—but I ran/jogged the whole thing. Despite my life-long hatred of running, I […]
Well, it happened. My wife and daughter were walking out of childcare, just as an African-Australian man was walking out with his daughter. My daughter pointed at him and said, […]
“So, René, what is the meaning of life?” I looked at Roberto, lifting my eyes from the photocopying machines. It was our first year of business school, and Roberto and […]
“Shimon, the son of Gamaliel, says, ‘All my days I have grown up in the midst of the sages [or wise men] and I have not found anything that is […]
Much to my kids’ chagrin, I hardly ever listen to top-40 radio. Aside from the deficiencies of the music on offer, I can’t stand the mindless advertising, the idiotic banter […]
When all threatens to be swept away, what would you save? As they say, “One man’s trash is another man’s treasure.” Last month my sleepy city of Brisbane had a […]