Ever notice how some friends you have for life, while others you have just for a period of your life? I’ve often wondered why. Also, why is that boys and girls go from playing with each other and hardly noticing their gender differences, to being repelled by one another to desiring each other? All of… Continue Reading
Author Archives: Jeff Price
The Education of John Pistole
The TSA announced they are reversing their earlier policy that would have allowed small pocket knives, hockey sticks and a few other items back in the cabin of the aircraft. Regardless of the right or wrong’ness of this step, it seems Pistole is learning that TSA is not like the FBI. Industry participation in policy… Continue Reading
Bullies, Hazing and Cliques
I remember Columbine High School. I was on site the following day. At the time, I was the public information officer for Jefferson County Airport, which sits at the northern end of the county. Columbine sits at the southern end. The next day, all county PIO’s volunteered to go to the public library near Columbine… Continue Reading
When do I need to start worrying about my kids friends?
When I was around 12-years-old my best friend at the time, and I, got into a fist fight while on a joint family vacation to Lake Powell. Jeff (same name and coincidentally same birthdate and same middle name as mine) and I met through our mom’s who worked together and we were the best of… Continue Reading
Besties?
The one thing that I’ve learned in the short span of time that I’ve been a parent is that being a parent means feeling helpless a lot of the time – in fact, these are the exact words used by Michael Thompson, Catherine O’Neill Grace and Lawrence Cohen, authors of Best Friends, Worst Enemies: Understanding the… Continue Reading
Snake Oil or Elixir of Life?
I know that I’m working from Jillian Michaels’ book, Slim for Life, this week, but I need to mention one of the newest diet books that just hit the streets, and why you should focus more on lifestyle changes, rather than quick fixes and yo-yo dieting. The 100: Count ONLY Sugar Calories and Lose Up… Continue Reading
The Washington Generals Always Lose
The airport industry is finding out what it’s like to be the Washington Generals, the perennial opponent of the Harlem Globetrotters, forever destined to play their hearts out but ultimately lose. In the latest round, the Globetrotters (TSA), and the airport industry (the Generals) are facing off over the issue of exit lane security. TSA… Continue Reading
I already exercise, and I’m still overweight, so now what?
No weight loss program would be complete without exercise. The research on exercise is voluminous and overwhelming. Our bodies and our minds need it. Period. However, even for those of us that have exercised for much of our life, there is still a right way and a wrong way to do things. There are also… Continue Reading
Do this all add up?
Jillian Michaels’ take on weight loss is to give you a ton of options – each option is worth a certain amount of points. She lets you select the options that seem to work for you with the goal of adding up enough points to get you into a weight loss zone. So, here we… Continue Reading
The Battle of the Bulging Midsection
American’s eat too damn much. American food companies put too much crap in their food that doesn’t fill you up, but makes you feel like you’re still hungry even after you’ve consumed it – so you eat more! American’s put so much on a plate that a small family in a third-world country could feed… Continue Reading