Subscribe to Blog via Email
Join 186 other subscribersQuote of the Day
more QuotesCategories
- Addiction (14)
- Advance Directives (11)
- Adventures (3)
- Advocacy (206)
- Aging Sites (171)
- Animals (133)
- Architecture (13)
- Art (145)
- Books (67)
- Business (109)
- Caregiving (14)
- CCRC Info (53)
- Civic Engagement Group (118)
- Climate (38)
- Communication (20)
- Community Engagement Group (6)
- Cooking (13)
- Crime (45)
- Dance (46)
- Dementia (76)
- Disabilities (17)
- drugs (2)
- Economics (15)
- Education (158)
- end of life (106)
- Entertainment (90)
- environment (276)
- Essays (447)
- Ethics (3)
- Finance (62)
- Fitness (30)
- Food (57)
- Gardening (19)
- Government (230)
- Grief (25)
- Guns (29)
- happiness (111)
- Health (891)
- History (286)
- Holidays (65)
- Homeless (22)
- Hospice (6)
- Housing (1)
- Humor (1,054)
- In the Neighborhood (515)
- Justice (32)
- Kindness (11)
- Law (93)
- literature (22)
- Media (39)
- Memory Loss (1)
- Mental Health (7)
- Military (24)
- Morality (3)
- Movies (14)
- Music (203)
- Nature (191)
- Obituaries (22)
- On Stage (9)
- Opera (28)
- Organ donation (1)
- Parks (26)
- Pets (13)
- Philanthropy (15)
- Philosophy (18)
- Photography (96)
- Plants (1)
- Poetry (35)
- Politics (507)
- Poverty (11)
- prayer (8)
- Race (79)
- Recipes (7)
- refugees (1)
- Religion (64)
- Remembrances (63)
- Retirement (14)
- Safety (57)
- Satire (18)
- Scams (31)
- Science and Technology (243)
- Shopping (9)
- Singing (1)
- Skyline Info (45)
- sleep (8)
- Social justice (178)
- Space (3)
- Spiritual (21)
- Sport (15)
- Sports (47)
- Taxes (3)
- technology (11)
- theater (12)
- Traffic (14)
- Transportation (67)
- Travel (35)
- Uncategorized (1,562)
- Volunteering (17)
- WACCRA (7)
- War (69)
- Winr (1)
Subscribe to Blog via Email
Join 186 other subscribers
Category Archives: Sports
Pete Carroll Wants to Change Your Life
Ed note: I think it’s fascinating that corporate America (like Microsoft) and major philanthropy (like the Gates Foundation) feel that they have lessons to learn from Pete. Perhaps we all do. Do you notice the absence of negative thinking and … Continue reading
UW seeks $13M to renovate the ‘Boys in the Boat’ shell house
The first city-sanctioned historic landmark on campus is going for a gold-medal makeover.by Knute Berger hile Seattle has struggled to save The Showbox on First Avenue, another even more storied landmark is being singled out for revival. Boosted by a bestselling book … Continue reading
Hope springs eternal
Below is from Alexander Pope’s An Essay on Man. Though Pope isn’t talking about the folly of Mariner’s Mania, he does remind us to “drop into thyself and be a fool.” Know then thyself, presume not God to scanThe proper … Continue reading
Posted in Essays, Philosophy, Sports
Comments Off on Hope springs eternal
Alysa Liu – the future of women’s figure skating has arrived
Posted in Sports
Comments Off on Alysa Liu – the future of women’s figure skating has arrived
Katelyn Ohashi’s perfect 10 reminded America life could be fun again
From The Guardian: ‘The gymnast’s unbridled exuberance and joy set off a floor routine that captivated millions around the world as a message of hope to all in the face of adversity There’s a reasonably good chance you’ve already seen … Continue reading
Posted in Sports
Comments Off on Katelyn Ohashi’s perfect 10 reminded America life could be fun again
Miu Suzaki competing with Ryuichi Kihara of Japan in pairs figure skating at the Winter Olympics.
Posted in Sports
Comments Off on Miu Suzaki competing with Ryuichi Kihara of Japan in pairs figure skating at the Winter Olympics.
Football is bad for the NFL
The Onion has posted this video on how to save the NFL by getting rid of football. Click here for their take.
He’s back!
He’s back. An example that despite back pain and aging, great things can still happen!
Posted in Aging Sites, Sports
Comments Off on He’s back!
Tennis and Blue Angels this weekend
This Friday, Saturday and Sunday you can enjoy high level tennis at the Washington State Open which is held at Seattle Tennis Club in Madison Park. The grounds and stands are open to the public. There is no entrance fee. It’s … Continue reading
Posted in In the Neighborhood, Sports
Comments Off on Tennis and Blue Angels this weekend
Football and brain injuries – ESPN sportscaster resigns
It’s now being called the guilty pleasure of watching. Personally I loved playing football and still watch. But like Ed Cunningham, I’m feeling more queasy about brain injuries. From Salon: “Ed Cunningham, a college football analyst and prominent color commentator … Continue reading
A tainted scene at the final four
March madness is extending into April. It’s “so American!” But in reality it’s big business, bonuses, and school reputations so unfortunately tainted with blurred lines of crime and delayed expulsions. From Mark Zeigler: “The student sections at the Final Four … Continue reading
Baseball and life – lessons from Coach John Scolinos and the metaphor of the 17″ home plate
From Tom Gibbs – this is worth reading: In Nashville , Tennessee , during the first week of January, 1996, more than 4,000 baseball coaches descended upon the Opryland Hotel for the 52nd annual ABCA’s convention. While I waited … Continue reading
85 years old and setting world records
No, Ed Whitlock isn’t a resident in a CCRC. This 85 year old is nowhere near retiring from his running career which includes world records in almost every distance age rated category from the mile to the marathon. He’s has … Continue reading
Posted in Aging Sites, Sports
Comments Off on 85 years old and setting world records
Pakistan’s National Baseball Team Arrives, Improbably, in Brooklyn
Just when we’re agonizing over the Mariners, a story pops up in the New Yorker about a Pakistani baseball team. What, baseball in the former British Empire? I once drove a VW Beetle from Peshawar to Lahore and saw several cricket … Continue reading
Posted in Sports
Comments Off on Pakistan’s National Baseball Team Arrives, Improbably, in Brooklyn
Why Is Penn State Celebrating Joe Paterno?
Is it right? Is Penn State still Penn State without Joe Paterno? A lot of negative comments were received when a critical article of the celebration of Joe Paterno was published. “Before Lauren Davis finished writing her editorial about Joe … Continue reading
Cupping – placebo or not? It works!
Have you noticed the weird circular skin marks at the Olympics. No, it’s not a rare skin condition. It’s the cupping craze. But does it work? And if so, how? It’s hard to do a controlled scientific experiment with cupping. … Continue reading
Remembering Freddy Brown, DJ, JJ, Slick et al. – Is there a future for the Sonics?
From Crosscut: “When the Seattle City Council rejected a proposal to sell off a section of Occidental Avenue to make way for a new sports arena, no one seemed more surprised than the people than the people who had urged … Continue reading
Posted in Sports
Comments Off on Remembering Freddy Brown, DJ, JJ, Slick et al. – Is there a future for the Sonics?
At Mariners games, it’s baseballs and dangerous trains
It’s bad enough to be losing games, but are we also risking lives? There has been a running controversy about having oil laden trains running by Safeco Field during Mariner’s home games. It’s been reported by Crosscut: “Burlington Northern Santa … Continue reading
Posted in In the Neighborhood, Politics, Sports
Comments Off on At Mariners games, it’s baseballs and dangerous trains
See Football as it Should be Played
October 31st at 9AM on NBC (5 or 105). See football as it really should be played. (from Doug Clarke)
Posted in Sports
Comments Off on See Football as it Should be Played
8.3% Chance of Making the Playoffs
The mania in Seattle is more than mildly muted this year as the Seahawks go 2-4. Very few teams have made the playoffs with that record. Since there’s nothing wrong with the 12th man, perhaps it’s the other 11 on … Continue reading
Posted in Sports
Comments Off on 8.3% Chance of Making the Playoffs