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Darren Raymond's Blog – July 2010 Archive (5)

The Hot Button: It's Time to Take a Stand

You might want to read this standing up. A new study published in the American Journal of Epidemiology informs us that sitting down for too much of the day can be hazardous to your health. In fact, the more you sit, the more you shorten your life span. The study's authors found that women who sat down for six hours a day or more (and who did not get regular exercise) increased their mortality by 94%, while… Continue

Added by Darren Raymond on July 28, 2010 at 6:00am — 2 Comments

The Hot Button: Just Don't Hold It That Way

You know an issue in the news has reached the media saturation point when it gets the dreaded "gate" suffix attached to it. The latest would-be scandal to attain that dubious status is the "Antennagate" debacle that has arisen in the wake of Apple releasing the coveted iPhone 4. For the last week or so, it's been hard to escape references to this alleged design flaw in Apple's latest must-have gizmo. As you've probably heard, the iPhone 4, despite all its highly marketable features, suffers… Continue

Added by Darren Raymond on July 21, 2010 at 6:00am — 4 Comments

The Strengths Cynic

Dear Moon-Faced TMBC Dreamers:…



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Added by Darren Raymond on July 19, 2010 at 11:30am — No Comments

Monday Motivator

“The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.” –Oscar Wilde…



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Added by Darren Raymond on July 19, 2010 at 6:00am — No Comments

The Hot Button: LeBron, Laundry, and Loyalty

“I feel like part of what I'm getting paid for here is my loyalty. But, if there were somewhere else that valued that loyalty more highly, I'm going wherever they value loyalty the most.”

~Dwight Schrute, “The Office”



By now, the LeBron James-leaves-Cleveland debacle has been rehashed so many times that the only…

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Added by Darren Raymond on July 14, 2010 at 10:30am — No Comments

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