Physical Therapy

Physical Therapy

In my younger days, I had my share of sports injuries, the most severe being destroying my right knee at the age of fifteen. Future gymnastic prospects ended there, as I had ruptured the ACL, MCL, and torn the meniscus. At the time, knee reconstruction was reserved...
And the story continues 

And the story continues 

A European railway tunnel under the Alps is just over 35 miles long. Trains zip through it at approx. 120 mph, completing the journey in about 20 minutes. Emerging in the daytime, to bright sunshine, travelers wince as their assaulted pupils attempt to constrict to...
Making the flipside a chart topper

Making the flipside a chart topper

This may show your age, but who remembers 45’s? Those cute, 7” records with one song on each side? Who had a sizable collection of these ‘modern’ recordings? (still has?) If so. You likely remember every Side A, but do you remember any of the songs on Side B? Poor...
The stories are all true!

The stories are all true!

The much-told story, as I remember it, goes like this: an employee made a mistake which cost the company $10,000.00. When this was related to one of the VPs of the company, he immediately responded that that employee was surely terminated. The response from the...
Who wants to be free?

Who wants to be free?

Freedom is sweetest to those who’ve known some type of confinement. All across northern France, for example, countless towns and villages have streets re-named with the date of their liberation by Allied Forces in WWII (i.e. Rue du 22 novembre, Mulhouse, Alsace). Such...