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Joe Weigant
May 7, 20234 min read
#48 Stretching Hurts
Pavel Tsatsuline has written many books, most of which I’ve read. Decades ago, he wrote “Relax Into Stretch.” In the first chapter of the...
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Joe Weigant
Apr 29, 20235 min read
#47 Increasing Your Emotional Clock Speed
Clock Speed is a measurement of how many times per second a CPU (the central processor of a computer – it’s brain) can execute commands....
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Joe Weigant
Apr 23, 20235 min read
#46 You Have the Right to Remain Silent
The right to remain silent. You have the right to remain silent. They say this all the time on police shows. It is usually said at the...
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Joe Weigant
Apr 16, 20236 min read
#45 Redemption
There I was, feverishly writing tonight’s blog with reckless abandon. As I saved my rough draft, I was warned by Microsoft Word that...
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Joe Weigant
Apr 9, 20235 min read
#44 The Fullness of Emptiness
In 1993 NASA made repairs and upgrades to the Hubble Telescope. This allowed NASA in Christmas 1995 to perform an experiment in...
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Joe Weigant
Apr 1, 20236 min read
#43 Chop Wood, Carry Water
The Buddha said. Before enlightenment, chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment, chop wood, carry water. I’m listening to a book about...
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Joe Weigant
Mar 25, 20236 min read
#42 What's Your Profession?
I love the 2006 movie “300.” Most people know the true story that inspired the film. When Frank Miller wrote the graphic novel, he...
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Joe Weigant
Mar 18, 20238 min read
#41 Quicksand
I’m not a big fan of sports. I never have been. I was always a skinny kid, so I could never play. My dad wouldn’t even let me be a...
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Joe Weigant
Mar 12, 20235 min read
#40 Overcorrecting: Hitting the Ditch
She gripped the wheel tightly, focused solely on the arduous task at hand. The snow was thick and coming down in fat, puffy blobs. The...
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Joe Weigant
Mar 5, 20233 min read
#39 The Toothpaste Man or the Water Faucet Man
A scene from the epic film “The Last Emperor” has remained with me. I haven’t seen the movie in over 20 years, but the sadness of the...
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Joe Weigant
Feb 27, 20232 min read
#38 The Cow and the Buffalo
There is an interesting allegory about the cow and the buffalo. The allegory involves how they each handle storms. When the cows see the...
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Joe Weigant
Feb 18, 20236 min read
Blog Post #37: The Easy Life
Oh boy how I love to watch those movies where the protagonist wakes each day, brushes his teeth, has a great day at work at his boring...
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Joe Weigant
Feb 11, 20234 min read
#36 Prove it Only to Yourself
Prove it only to yourself. My son and I were watching Rocky the other night. He’s an adult now and understands deeper concepts than when...
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Joe Weigant
Feb 5, 20234 min read
Rappelling Into Stress
When my wife and I started having kids, we made the decision to homeschool them. This meant my wife needed to stay home and maintain the...
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Joe Weigant
Jan 28, 20236 min read
Crisis and Opportunity
A book I recently listened to on Audible (if you aren’t listening to audiobooks or podcasts while driving are you even driving?? Lol) and...
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Joe Weigant
Jan 21, 20234 min read
Smash the Projector
Turn off the projector I’m sure some of you are too young to remember this. Back in the seventies we used to take photos with real...
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Joe Weigant
Jan 15, 20234 min read
Healing is Tough, but Worth it.
In August 2021, Hulu released an eight-part series called. “Nine Perfect Strangers.” Based on The New York Times best-selling book by...
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Joe Weigant
Jan 7, 20235 min read
No One is Coming to Save You
No one is coming to save you There is no Superman. Spiderman doesn’t exist. Batman is contrived. I’ve told my kids numerous times that no...
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Joe Weigant
Dec 31, 20226 min read
Small Moves
Small Moves, Ellie. “Contact” is a 1997 American science fiction drama film directed by Robert Zemeckis, based on the 1985 novel by Carl...
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