learn from pain – Protective Arts

TAKING A HIT

I have the distinct disadvantage that my face is precisely level with my son’s elbow while guarding him playing basketball. In a two-on-one game, he passed me, boxed out his younger brother and while doing so, swung an elbow squarely into my chin. Fortunately for me it was aligned to drive my jaw nearly straightContinue reading “TAKING A HIT”

Covid-19

________________________ Information is Beautiful Covid-19 data presentation The Economist Excess Death Analysis ________________________ UPDATES 5/25/2020 Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it. Mark Twain [read the full context of this quip] A cloudy drizzle for Memorial Day. This day highlights the trope that we are at warContinue reading “Covid-19”

HUMAN FRAILTY

The human body has numerous design flaws. Poor eyesight (40% of Europeans and 75% of Asians need corrective lenses), an optic blind spot, choking remains a problem (air and food enter via the same tube), etc.; simply stated, humans could be better engineered. But our big brains and the division of labor allowed us to become theContinue reading “HUMAN FRAILTY”