Self-Doubt Ever ask yourself “What in the blazes made me think I could do this?” You might be suffering from Imposter Syndrome. All excited about a new hobby, job, or business venture, you dashed right into the froth of the ocean. But now you’re floundering, trying to figure out how to keep your head above…
When you do pushups, are you pushing yourself up or pushing the ground down? If you’re a mere mortal not named Chuck Norris, you’re pushing yourself up – unless you’re a wimp who can’t do a pushup, in which case you’re face-planting into the ground. Who is Chuck Norris? If you don’t know who Chuck…
Is the Bible a stodgy old book filled with nothing but platitudes and slow-moving parables? Even when there is something like a David and Goliath story, it seems almost mythical in nature—a boy killing a giant with a slingshot? Really? Actually, the Bible is filled with intriguing stories of warriors and kings and battling empires…
What makes an action hero? Is it the actor or the character? Well, both. But sometimes, you get the perfect actor in the perfect role. Those make up my first Mount Rushmore – the most iconic action-hero roles. But the actors who’ve proven themselves over a host of roles deserve their own Mt. Rushmore too…
Man Card Slipping Through My Fingers Last night I stayed up late to finish a riveting novel. Intense suspense, with intriguing plot twists, shootouts, and cars plummeting over the edge of ravines. Oh, and the romance. By romance, I mean lots of romance. You see, this was Romantic suspense novel, written by a woman, with…
Challenged to write about the deep topic of Emotional Expression, my thoughts led to the late Jimmy Valvano, who coached NC State to a shocking NCAA basketball tournament upset over Houston to win the 1983 national championship. In his famous Never Give Up speech, a cancer-stricken Jimmy V. delivered a now-famous line about a full…
For the Rest of Us? Feats of strength? Is this blog about Festivus, from Seinfeld? Well, no, but I couldn’t help but reference it to kick things off. What’s your favorite Festivus tradition? The Festivus dinner or airing of grievances? For me, it’s got to be feats of strength. In the classic Seinfeld episode, this…
In a world where fiction needs to be believable and non-fiction is so wild it’s unbelievable, strap in for heroic train stops, jockeys winning post-mortem, and comets causing royal panic. Brace for Booth’s ironic rescue, Napoleon’s bunny debacle, identity mix-ups with life-altering bonds, and solitary ocean survival. Chuckle at space pranks, and salute a Polish…
The first space rendezvous, the greatest astronaut prank ever pulled, the first woman in orbit, an astounding spacewalk – learn the inside stories about the unsung space-breaking astronauts.