Is age 19 too old to learn how to box? Deontay Wilder didn't think so. Deontay describes himself as having been a quiet kid who got into fights with bullies - fights that sent him to a school for at-risk kids when he was in 7th grade. Fortunately, that turned Deontay's life around and he later went to college on a basketball scholarship. However, when Deontay's daughter was born with a spinal defect, he had to drop out of college and get a job to pay her medical expenses. That's when he started to fight again - but this time in a ring. When Deontay was 22 he won the bronze medal for heavyweight boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics. He didn't think he was too old to learn and the boys who work out at the same gym aren't too old to learn from his example.
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Last Thursday was one of those "daze" I should have stayed in bed. The day began with me, my family and my job in balance. By the end of the day I had trouble balancing toothpaste on my toothbrush.
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I've come to the conclusion (and it's only taken me 50 years) that Opposites DO Attract!
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Ever since Seinfeld went off the air in 1998, fans have been mourning the absence of comedian Jerry Seinfeld from network television. That all changed, however, on Feb. 28, when NBC offered a sneak peak at his new show The Marriage Ref after the closing ceremonies of the Winter Olympics.
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I'm an in-house manager for a non-profit that's dedicated to furthering the understanding of human development in the 21st century - or at least that's what I tell strangers at social functions. It's party-speak for saying I'm a wife and mother. If I'm asked, I explain I qualified for my position by getting a bachelor in public affairs - and then I married the bachelor.
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One of my grandmother's favorite sayings was don't borrow trouble. A rain cancellation, a bad medical report, an unwelcome guest - she didn't believe in worrying about something that might not happen. According to Grandmother, when you borrow trouble, it's hard to return.
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How did the iconic Rice-A-Roni become "The San Francisco Treat"? In 1946 a Canadian woman married an Italian immigrant, who worked in his father's, San Francisco, pasta factory. Because housing was scarce after WWII, the couple rented a room from an Armenian woman, who taught the Canadian woman how to make Armenian pilaf. When the couple had their own home, the Canadian woman made the pilaf for her brother-in-law. Inspired by the 1950's interest in convenience food, the brother-in-law suggested putting the pilaf in a box. After four years of experimenting in the pasta factory's test kitchen, the pilaf was turned into a one-pot, convenience food. Rice plus macaroni became Rice-A-Roni, the (made in) San Francisco treat.
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When I read package labels in the supermarket, am I the only one who thinks I'm reading about "hellth" food? A food manufacturer makes his products low fat. That sounds healthy, right? Wrong. The products have so much sugar I could serve them for dessert.
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The world of projector installation has kept me busy for some time now. Not a vocation as such but I do like to take a pride in my work. I've seen the inside of all manner of schools and teaching institutions during this job. From the upper class private schools who use projector installation for inbuilt cinema entertainment to the local comprehensives who have just discovered technology.
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Fake diplomas can be a great way to fool your friends and relatives at a party! Who would have guessed you went to such and such school, or graduated from what, and where! Fake diplomas have become a booming industry for start up companies and a fun way to liven up your home office or study!
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