Monthly Archives: August 2012
Fitness 101: Why You Should Train in MMA and How to Get Started
With all sorts of options like yoga, CrossFit and Zumba out there, why should you dedicate your time and money to MMA? Continue reading
Working Out Your Budget: How to Find Cheap Exercise in a City
Congratulations — you’ve done it! You’ve got the right job. You live in the right city. You don’t want for weekend plans, and you’re beginning to see yourself as a true adult. But, you’re getting fat. Don’t be so hard on yourself. Fat happens. It’s a blessing to have booked up weekends, and there’s lots [...] Continue reading
Charter School Success Stories Don’t Happen Without Teachers
It’s been estimated that between 30% and 50% of teachers don’t make it to their fifth year of teaching. This is hardly ever because they’re fired or laid off. They leave the teaching profession by choice. Many of them have bachelor’s and master’s degrees in education. Teaching, for many of them, was their dream, their [...] Continue reading
Fixies Come Into Their Own on Houston’s Streets
Houston’s fixed gear bike scene brings together two subjects often stigmatized by people who don’t know any better. First, you have the outsider’s perspective of Houston: any movement or remarkable occurrence that happens in this city is immediately qualified as being novel simply because it’s coming from Houston. In other words, something notable in Houston [...] Continue reading
Emergency Savings 101- 10 Expert Tips on Building Financial Security
It’s perhaps one of the most important practices American consumers can engage in, and arguably one of the hardest. A recent study by Bankrate.com found that 49% of Americans have not saved enough money to cover three months’ expenses should an emergency – job loss, unexpected medical expenses, or house or automotive disaster – occur. [...] Continue reading
The Rant: The Misery of Poison Ivy
It’s been misery this past week. Out of ignorance I made it worse. I don’t recall the last time I had poison ivy. It must have been quite some time because even when I noticed the redness on various parts of my body, I didn’t think of poison ivy. I woke up on a Tuesday [...] Continue reading
Consumers Willing to Work Their Way Toward a ‘Beach Body’
Americans have been known to carry around a few extra pounds – more than one-third of U.S. adults are overweight, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – but it’s not something they’re unaware of. Whether it be through conventional methods, such as exercise and dieting, or more extreme measures, Americans are always [...] Continue reading
The New Father: Social Media Sites for Parents
Parents love to talk about their kids, and social media sites are avenues for parents to tell stories and share pictures with everyone they know. For most people, Facebook is the first thing that comes to mind when talking about social media. The problem is that many parents on Facebook tend to overdo it, dumping [...] Continue reading
The Frugal Health Nut: How to Eat Well on a Budget
Ten years ago, I was an overweight teenager who didn’t pay much attention to the kind of food I ate. However, in the process of losing the weight, healthy eating became something of a passion of mine. Whereas before I wouldn’t think twice about chowing down on a burger and fries at a fast-food restaurant, [...] Continue reading
Making the Luxury of Crash Avoidance Systems Commonplace
My experience with collision avoidance safety equipment first began when I had the opportunity to drive a 2012 Infiniti M56S. Being a certifiable car nut since birth, I was thrilled to drive it, though for reasons other than its safety technology. For me, the car’s appeal was its DOHC, direct-injection, 5.6 liter V8 that churned [...] Continue reading