Archive for the ‘Life’ Category


Dangerous Idea: Modern Science Is a Product of Biology

Lately, I’ve been reading a compilation called “What is Your Dangerous Idea?” edited by John Brockman. In the book, all manner of deep thinkers contribute a short essay on ideas that are dangerous for all sorts of reasons. Today, I read an essay by Arnold Trehub, epynonomous to this blog post, that espouses exactly what I [...]

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A Coach’s Thoughts on Record Setting Badger Women’s Hockey Game

Last night saw NCAA record-setting attendance for women’s hockey. The “Fill the Bowl” promotion’s $1 tickets skyrocketed attendance to over 12,000 and the Johnson family went too. Sadly, the #1 ranked Badgers were rather tame and their high octance offense was held to just one goal (shown above) by a clearly inferior Bemidji team. Happily, [...]

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I Played Soccer With Landon Donovan Today!

What a great time! I’ve played with and against pros over the years, including against the 1986 South Korean World Cup squad but it’s been a while. But today was special. I played pick up soccer with US National Soccer team Captain, all-time leading scorer, MLS’s MVP and Champion LA Galaxy’s Landon Donovan!! We played [...]

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The Parable of the Donkey in the Well

DONKEY—-A GOOD LESSON One day a farmer’s donkey fell down into a well. The animal cried piteously for hours as the farmer tried to figure out what to do. finally he decided the animal was old and the well needed to be covered up anyway, it just wasn’t worth it to try to retrieve the [...]

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Adversity – It’s All In How You Respond

A young woman went to her mother and told her about her life, and how things were so hard for her. She did not know how she was going to make it and wanted to give up. She was tired of fighting and struggling. It seemed as one problem was solved a new one arose. [...]

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