the JI

The Biggest Loser (nationwide) is full of challenges where contestants are asked to build structures that hold their weight while they climb for a flag, sometimes bike a marathon in front of their friends and families, or my personal favorite, eat every meal standing in a room full of cakes, cookies, pizza, and chocolate, in [...]

If you watch tv, or know someone who does, you’ve heard of a reality contest show. They sing, dance, lose weight, travel around the world eating bugs, and one show has a billionaire telling a successful celebrity “you’re fired, ” when in reality (no pun intended) that celebrity really doesn’t need his money or approval. [...]

Many have heard the adage, “The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak.” Well, that may as well have been my nickname today while training. Yesterday Eric and I ran through the Last Chance Workout, hitting the gym harder than I have since my illness. I was tired (really tired), but glad that he [...]

I teach English in a small community college. We are a “tight-knit” group; everyone knows everyone. It’s like the “Cheers” of colleges (remember that show where “Everybody knows your name?”). Days where I meet former students in the halls are common. Administration “hangs out” in the main halls. I love it, the students do too. [...]