When I was in my mid-30s I played soccer for an adult recreational team. Like a few other sports, I am a little better than average but what I lack in skill, I make up for by being a pest on defense. In one particular game, I was being aggressive on defense which turned outContinue reading “That time I was accused of being 55 yrs old”
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New Balance’s new “Impatient” ad, and how it offers up misleading real-world advice
New Balance has a new ad out featuring moderately famous celebrities Jaden Smith, Coco Gauff, Sadio Mane, and Sydney McLaughlin. Take a look… The catchphrase New Balance builds this commercial around, Impatience is a Virtue, is a play off the well-known proverb: “Patience is a virtue.” The point of the ad is to say thatContinue reading “New Balance’s new “Impatient” ad, and how it offers up misleading real-world advice”
A lesson from the bench
Hi there! You might think the title of this post is something related to a judge’s bench. Or a work bench. Wouldn’t that be so clever? Well, no. I’m not a judge and I don’t make things out of wood. This goes all the way back to middle school basketball. Yep, I was one ofContinue reading “A lesson from the bench”
Nike “Play New” Commercial – The music, the voice, and more!
Nike’s “Play New” ad is one I’d categorize as being for the rest of us. The non-professional athletes. The non-good athletes. The ones that, like the commercial says, try something new and find out we kind of stink at it. Here’s the ad… Getting personal. For me it’s golf. Well, golf and skateboarding. Oh, andContinue reading “Nike “Play New” Commercial – The music, the voice, and more!”
Treat People With Kindness
I was chatting with a few teammates on my adult league softball team recently about how players sometimes get so mad on the field. Whether their anger is aimed at an opponent or an umpire, it happens all the time and all over the country (and the world?), and I couldn’t help but acknowledge thatContinue reading “Treat People With Kindness”
Out of the Wilderness 