Recess with Janet

I hate logging my food and exercise.   It’s time consuming.   It’s boring.   It’s repetitive.   And that is just the paper kind of logg...

“Civilization” comes from surplus.   I believe that is a reasonable summary of one of the premises of grade school social science as I ...

The last few days, getting enough sweat has really not been an issue since the weather has been so, well, summery.   Unfortunately, bre...

“I broke my leg,” is a good reason to skip a workout.   “I’d rather watch all nine seasons of Star Trek Next Generation ,” is, well, le...

It is renovation season in the neighborhood.   Houses sport new colors, yards display new drought-resistant flowers, roofs fly off and ...

One of the reasons I exercise is that I have depression.   While I don’t keep my depression a secret, I don’t talk about it a lot eithe...

Last week I had to sit for hours, in a car, in a classroom, and in a car again.   It was more exhausting than the longest bike ride eve...