The late, great Los Angeles Lakers superstar Kobe Bryant once said that his experience in the Olympics felt special because of the respect he had for other athletes. “I understand what they put their body through to get there, and so there’s so much mutual respect and admiration.” (Source: What the Olympics Meant to Kobe
Are you ever too old to have fun? (Photo above of Andy MacDonald courtesy of The Guardian/Tom Jenkins)In a previous blog we’ve already talked about never being too old to chase your dreams like record-holding distance swimmer Diana Nyad. But the 2024 Paris Olympics that ended a few weeks ago, inspired me to double down on
The Paris Olympics has always served as a special backdrop to women’s sporting history. (Infographic above from the International Olympics Committee website Olympics.com.)When the first Olympics was held in Athens, Greece, in 1896 — women were not given the opportunity to participate. Women were eventually able to compete for the first time at the next
Inside Out 2 is not the heartwarming, emotional processing exercise that its predecessor was, it’s still entertaining and could be somewhat educational if you have tweens or teenagers.In 2020, due to the world shuttering abruptly and disrupting life as we knew it, a global mental health pandemic was the next wave projected to follow COVID —
This summer has been quite cruel (thanks, Taylor Swift) because of the heat index, and we must take appropriate precautions to protect ourselves from heat stroke.On the flip side, we still need Vitamin D from the sun, and our mental wellbeing also benefits from nature.A growing body of research supports that exposure to nature improves
Gina Rodriguez once again charms as an everywoman in “Not Dead Yet,” a sitcom about an obituary writer, Nell, who sees the dead people she writes about.Image: IMDB/Not Dead YetTalk about a dead-end job if there was one (no pun intended).She didn’t sign up for having to see and interact with dead people. Doesn’t exactly
As faith-based films go, “Redeeming Love” is not your usual family-friendly fare, as it is rated R16 and for good reason. It is a period romance between a bright-eyed, faithful farmer and the town’s most famous prostitute.Forget “Pretty Woman.”Forget “An Officer and A Gentleman.” This is a love story for the ages.Image: IMDB/Redeeming LoveOur heroine
I wanted to like this supposedly empowering twist on the token damsel in distress more than I actually did, but you can still squeeze some valuable Women’s Month lessons out of it.Image: IMDB/Damsel (2024)This International Women’s Day, Netflix dropped its latest offering, “Damsel,” starring Millie Bobby Brown of “Stranger Things” and “Enola” fame, one of
SPOILER ALERT: ElementalBased on its initial box office returns, Elemental didn’t immediately find its footing, compared to previous Pixar blockbusters. But a few weeks in and it was considered a sleeper hit. While it received a slow-burn reception and mixed reviews (some harsher than others, given the stellar track record and sky-high expectations of Pixar), it
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