“The man who achieves makes many mistakes, but he never makes the biggest mistake of all - doing nothing.”

- Benjamin Franklin
Entering the weight room is the first step to building muscle but it’s not the last. What you do before, during and after a workout can either annihilate your hard work or elevate your growth […]

“An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.”
- Henry de Bracton
The flu season is just around the corner. And while those flus won’t kill you, they can weaken your immune system to the point that other, more dangerous, germs can take hold in your body. Just think how many times your cold turned […]

“Work is a rubber ball. If you drop it, it will bounce back. But the other four balls - family, health, friends, and spirit are made of glass. If you drop one of these, they will be irrevocably scuffed, marked, nicked, damaged, or even shattered. They will never be the same. You must understand that […]

“Treat your password like your toothbrush. Don’t let anybody else use it, and get a new one every six months.”
- Clifford Stoll
Passwords are the scourge of the digital age. Again and again, we are tortured by a multitude of passwords that force us to rack our brains for cryptic words like ch14zdo.
Get used to […]

“Don’t blow it - good planets are hard to find.”
- Quoted in Time
Note: This post is my contribution to Blog Action Day, joining thousands of other bloggers to write about one topic for a single day. This year’s topic is the environment.

The growing global warming crisis is turning most of us into cost-effective, energy-saving […]

“Education is learning what you didn’t even know you didn’t know.”
- Daniel J. Boorstin
A blocked airway can kill someone in four to five minutes, but it can take more than nine minutes for an ambulance to arrive. So a simple procedure such as opening someone’s airway can save their life while they’re waiting for emergency […]