A New Friend

It took the 11 years and four treks, but I’ve made friends with the North Shore of Minnesota – a stretch of Lake Superior shoreline, highway, infamous landmarks, and seasonal resorts. Up until now, my travels that direction epitomized the word miserable. Few other places in the country boast about bad weather to attract tourists, [...]

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Health Care “On Us”

It’s an upward spiral that seemingly will not end any time soon. I’m talking about the cost of health insurance and specifically the cost that you and I – Joe and Jane consumer – get to bear to have adequate health plans that take care of our families. In this Wall Street Journal story, reporter [...]

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Hand Washing

All news outlets are covering the H1N1 Flu outbreak that is upon us. In my morning commute I listened to NPR coverage about this very topic. Clearly, it is the end of the world as we know it. Hundreds are dead in Mexico (only 20, actually), and state by state, cases (mild though they may [...]

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Working with the Uber Smart

My career in medical device technology began a scant three years ago. But since Feb. 2006, I feel I’ve learned more than I did in my first 18 years in the workforce. And the kicker is I’m learning from some of the smartest people on the planet. When I joined The Company, I often drove [...]

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Bold and a Post Script

It’s heeeeeeeeeere: 2009. Well almost here. It’ll be here when we’re all kissing our sweethearts on New Year’s Eve and falling into bed at 12:06 a.m. I’m not a resolution guy.  Perhaps it’s because resolutions like, “I will exercise more,” only focus on the “do” in our lives and not on the “be.”  And the [...]

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What You Shouldn’t Know About Exercise

This article in The New York Times does an injustice to all practical thinkers when it comes to exercise and living  a healthy lifestyle. Since forever we’ve known regular exercise, even a little, will deliver a multitude of benefits. So today, in the midst of the obesity epidemic – when the average Cinnabon is roughly [...]

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To Good Health

We fail to appreciate good physical health until it’s no longer our shadow.  Or, until we quit a habit like smoking and discover what a deep and true breath of fresh Minnesota air really tastes like. And yeah, it’s unbelievably fresh, with a hint of pine. For the past several days, my take-it-for-granted good health [...]

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A Shot in The Arm to Vote

On Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2008, I’ll do all of the following: Vote Get a flu shot Sit through an entire day of HR training (not necessarily in this order) I wonder if my vote will make a difference – effect change if you will? I wonder if the flu shot will keep me healthy through [...]

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Day 4 of 30 Days – Curing Cancer

It’s the “c” word: Cancer. With the Susan G. Komen Foundation’s Mother’s Day Race for the Cure at the Mall of America, coupled with other fine foundations like Lance Armstrong’s LiveStrong organization, visibility and awareness about cancer and the continuing need for ALL kinds of cancer research is at an all-time high. Yet cures seem [...]

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Having Your Nachos And Eating Them Too

I’m 195 pounds of flesh, bone, muscle and…sadly…a tad bit too much body fat hanging off my 6’2″ frame.  I’m also 42, which is not an excuse, but an explanation. You see, at 39 and 40 I worked hard and built myself into really good shape. A proper combination of height, weight and musculature. It [...]

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