As the years pass, I notice how the holidays have begun to line up like a string of Christmas lights.
The holidays have always been festive times for me, bright and happy moments so much different than the rest of life. I remember when all the cousins used to gather at my grandmother’s trailer, a trailer that smelled a bit like cinnamon and a bit like your favorite stuffed animal. The kitchen radiated heat and laughter while us kids sat on the lone couch or leaned up against it and …

Christmas starts earlier every year.
We know that. As technology improves and competition increases, businesses have pushed Christmas up. This year, for the first time that I have seen, Christmas was pushed up before Thanksgiving. I can’t remember how many stores had Christmas items for sale, and nothing promoting Thanksgiving, but I do remember it was at least half of those I visited. Maybe it was the economy. Maybe they were just trying to beat their competition to the early sales. Maybe Christmas sells better than Thanksgiving.
I find it disappointing that …

By Jason M. Ivarson
Want to know how to lose fat by running? Then take a couple of minutes to read this article. There are a few things you can implement right away to sky rocket your weight loss success with running. Here they are.
1. Bursts
This is what you do. When you run, you are probably going at about 40-60%, correct?
After you have been doing some light running, burst into a hard run (100%) for 15 seconds straight. Feel free to go longer if you feel this is too short. …

In recent years, I get terribly excited as summer ends. I love summer, the long days, the warm weather, the relaxed, vacation feel the days have. But summer is just an appetizer to the time of year that really excites me. Hunting season.
For me, hunting season starts at the beginning of September and lasts nearly to Christmas. It is four glorious months, not because I love killing things (quite the contrary – I often pass up quite a few shots because I just enjoy seeing the game and want to …