Stuff People Do When You’re Damn Near 60 – Page 2

July 20, 2014July 20, 2014

The Tomato Plant 07.20.14

For all of my new readers, this is my first tomato plant.

Hence, my fascination with actually growing something.

July 4, 2014July 4, 2014

Happy July 4th 2014 – The Tomato Plant

I have tomatoes! But I’m trying to figure out why I only have two.

Happy 4th to all.

June 19, 2014June 19, 2014

Harvard Study – Why I’m Eating More Yogurt

Diet weight harvard study.

via Harvard Study – Why I’m Eating More Yogurt.

A little over three months ago I attended a wedding. When the pictures from a number of sources started showing up I noticed something that disturbed me.

“Who is that old fat guy?”

It was time to get serious, again. The last time I got serious the scales tipped over 370 pounds. I say “over” because I stopped weighing myself when the scale hit 370. I was twenty years old. So I got serious and lost over 200 pounds. After nine months of employing strict lifestyle changes I got down to 163.

Pictures don’t lie (unless they were Photoshopped). I needed to drop a few pounds.

At weigh-in this morning the scale showed 187. I’m 13 pounds lighter than I was at the wedding.

Must be the yogurt.

June 17, 2014June 17, 2014

The Tomato Plant 06.17.14

Tomato Plant 06.17.14

My little green tomato has a new little buddy. The leaves and stalks eaten by the flea beetles have wilted and died off the vine. Our friends from across the street have experience with garden tomatoes. I was warned about squirrels and birds.

Huh???

June 15, 2014June 15, 2014

The Tomato Plant 06.15.14

The tomato plant has been caged and sprayed with some environmentally friendly anti-flea beetle stuff. Look in the middle of the photo. TOMATO!

June 15, 2014June 15, 2014

Happy Father’s Day 2014

Someone gave my wife and several of her coworkers tomato plants. While some folks didn’t want to have anything to do with a tomato plant, the tiny, green six inch tall plant came home one night. It was re-gifted to me. I decided to stick it in a pot and see if I could grow tomatoes. The tomato plant got big real quick. Which brings me to Father’s Day. I never thought I would be out on Father’s Day buying a tomato cage and something to dissuade flea beetles from eating my plant.

Nothing in life is free. The bug stuff and cage cost over $15.00.

I have a classic case of the brown thumb and can kill any plant assigned to me for care. I hope I get some tomatoes out of this.

June 15, 2014June 15, 2014

The Tomato Plant

My first tomato plant.

More Random Thoughts on Retirement – 03.28.26

We plan for the money. We don’t plan for the Monday morning when no one needs you to be anywhere. Julianne Holt-Lunstad, a professor of psychology and neuroscience at Brigham Young University, published a landmark meta-analysis in 2015 involving over 3.4 million participants. Her finding: social isolation increases the risk of premature death by 26%, […]

Benefits of Physical Activity in Older Adults

Benefits of physical activity in older adults. Longevity The association between physical activity and mortality and morbidity is well established. A 2023 meta-analysis of large prospective studies that examined dose–response found that physical activity levels equivalent to the recommended 150 minutes per week of moderate physical activity reduced all-cause mortality by 31% compared with no […]

The Best Resistance Training Program

A key takeaway from the updated guidelines is that the biggest benefits often come from a simple starting point. Transitioning from no resistance training to any regular activity can lead to meaningful improvements. While factors such as load, volume, and frequency can be adjusted, experts say the main priority for most adults should be building […]

America’s Next Epidemic is Happening in Canada

Sports betting is being marketed to young Americans as an investment. Social media has perpetuated the idea that betting on sports is a profitable venture, leading to the normalization of unsafe and risky behavior. The legalization of prediction markets like Kalshi and Polymarket have only reinforced that messaging. America’s next epidemic – https://www.bettoroff.org/about-6-1 Nearly one […]

GLP-1s (it’s kind of a mess)

“But the real question is what is the quality of the weight regain and what is the shift in people’s metabolism, and it seems to be very bad,” she said. “Ongoing studies that haven’t been published yet suggest that hypertension comes back. All the inflammatory markers come back, and lipids go up. And if you […]