Posts Tagged ‘lot’
Wednesday, September 1st, 2010
I spent a lot of hours in doctor’s offices the past few weeks – and not once did it have to do with being sick. First, there was the annual physical. Then it was off to the ‘now that you’re 50 let’s get a baseline since your father died of a heart attack’ CT scan. [...]
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Tags: colonoscopy, course, ct scan, ct scanning, doctor, eye, eye doctor, eye exam, health care providers, heart, hour, initial delay, left eye, lot, medical facilities, nurse, physical, service, waiting room
Thursday, July 15th, 2010
The legendary French skier Jean Claude Killy once said he starts every morning with a cold shower; that way whatever happens the rest of the day can’t be all that bad. My approach to the day’s first activity is the same philosophy, so I begin weekdays with 15 minutes of stretching and 15 minutes of [...]
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Tags: activity, approach, blackberrys, check e mail, cold shower, cold showers, day, doctor, Dr Pepper, Dr Pepper Approach, iphones, Jean Claude Killy, lot, mental struggle, morning, philosophy, rest, simple changes, sit ups, skier, skier jean claude, strategy focus, way
Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010
Since age 24, I have always maintained an exercise program. For several years I lifted weights, before deciding push-ups and sit-ups get the job done in a lot less time. I jogged until I was 30, then put 10,000 miles on a Schwinn AirDyne bike. In 2001, I went back to running. As age 50 [...]
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Tags: age, AirDyne, exercise, exercise program, father time, giant piece, hyperventilating, job, looking in the mirror, lot, Michael Phelps, program, push ups and sit ups, Schwinn, schwinn airdyne bike, session, Stuart Smalley, swimming, swimming laps, time
Saturday, May 15th, 2010
William Martin just released his latest novel – City of Dreams – featuring recurring characters Peter Fallon and Evangeline Carrington searching for a box of priceless Revolutionary War bonds. After reading the comments below about how he’s utilizing social media to promote the book, return to my e-newsletter and use “Send This To A Friend” [...]
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Tags: basis, book, book launch, brushfire, brushfires, city, city of dreams, country, daily basis, Don, dozen, dozen newspapers, e mail, elling, evangeline, Evangeline Carrington, facebook, fan, fiction novel, friend, half, half a dozen, historical fiction, kind, link, LinkedIn, lot, Marketing, marketing works, Martin, minute, page, Peter Fallon, show, sro crowd, televison, Twitter, viral marketing, war bonds, William Martin
Monday, August 17th, 2009
A couple of Sundays ago we scheduled an ‘electronics free day’ at our house – which our kids met with a resounding “What! You’re kidding?” From the time we awakened until we went to bed, there was no television or radio… no e-mail or Twitter …no cell phones or iPods…no Xbox or Nintendo DS. Instead, [...]
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Tags: bed, board games, bottom line, cell, conversations, couple, daughter returns, day, DS.
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This Will Only Hurt For A Minute
Wednesday, September 1st, 2010I spent a lot of hours in doctor’s offices the past few weeks – and not once did it have to do with being sick. First, there was the annual physical. Then it was off to the ‘now that you’re 50 let’s get a baseline since your father died of a heart attack’ CT scan. [...]
Read More »
Tags: colonoscopy, course, ct scan, ct scanning, doctor, eye, eye doctor, eye exam, health care providers, heart, hour, initial delay, left eye, lot, medical facilities, nurse, physical, service, waiting room