Jason Reynolds Life and Times

RAGBRAI or Bust

// April 17th, 2007 // 5 Comments » // Health, Outdoors, Personal, Travel

Blake has pointed me to Ragamuffin a few times before, but today was the first time I lurked around very long. Viewing Ragamuffins video about a new goal to climb Mt. Whitney (and not just lose weight for the sake of it) reminded me of something I have committed to do but have not yet blogged about.

Four years ago in the summer of 2003 I road RAGBRAI XXXI on my sweet Colnago road bike. Don’t let the nice language on that site fool you:

One Bold Take on the Virginia Tech Shootings

// April 16th, 2007 // 5 Comments » // Community, Environment, Government, Health, Leadership, Miscellaneous, News, Personal, Theology

We don’t yet know the stories of heroism or bravery which happened today at Virginia Tech during the shootings. We may never know. In that classroom full of kids, there may not have been any brave souls who ventured to take on the lone shooter without a weapon of their own. There may *have* been. We simply don’t know.

On Mercenary Killings and the Love of Hunting

// September 22nd, 2006 // 1 Comment » // Economy, Environment, Health, Hunting, Outdoors, Theology

If you know me, you know it is time for the beard. The beard is the annual signal to friends and family that it is now hunting season. This is that time of year when men, women, and children all over the US prepare to hunt the warm-blooded beauty of God’s creation, the white-tailed deer. For real hunters, which I would arbitrarily define as someone who thinks about hunting at-least weekly, hunting isn’t only a hobby, a pastime, or a sport, but a lifestyle choice.

Didn’t need a reason for a nap, but now I have one

// July 27th, 2006 // No Comments » // Design, Health, Learning, Personal

NIMH: “Power Nap” Prevents Burnout; Morning Sleep Perfects a Skill

New experiments by NIMH grantee Alan Hobson, M.D., Robert Stickgold, Ph.D., and colleagues at Harvard University show that a midday snooze reverses information overload and that a 20 percent overnight improvement in learning a motor skill is largely traceable to a late stage of sleep that some early risers might be missing.

Conformity

// January 28th, 2006 // No Comments » // Business, Career, Community, Family, Health, Parenting

Where I work we have a day care. Children as young as two begin coming to day care twice a weak for “child development”. Yesterday I noticed again how the teachers are constantly instructing the 2-4 year olds to “stay in line”, “don’t talk… everyone needs to be quiet”, and “let’s all hold hands”.