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Ten Tips to Help You Live to be Drama Free at Midlife 10. Write a list of goals you'd like to achieve. Focus on what you know you can do well. Don’t try to be a “jack-of-all-trades-master-of-none. 9. Say “no” instead of “yes”. I had to learn this one. You can’t be all things to all people so instead of trying to please everybody—just do what you know you can do...

The other day, I was videotaping in Seminole County (Florida) when I stumbled upon this sign at a secluded spot near Lake Monroe. I climbed the old steps and looked around. Then, I realized I was standing on the graves of long dead Seminole Indians. I paid my respects and skedaddled. View from the mound Although, not the most exciting thing I've ever encountered, it is a piece...

Twenty years ago, medical experts began sounding the alarm about the rising incidence of adult obesity and the attendant medical problems, such as diabetes, stroke, cancer and heart disease. (Mom and Dad weighed too much.) Then the spotlight shifted downward as surprising numbers of teenagers packed on pounds. (Jennifer, their 13-year-old weighed too much.) Alarmed pediatricians then focused...

1 - Favorite Color hard to say, I like purple,pink, and navy/light blue 2 - Worst Color I don't hate any color 3 - Favorite Number not sure 4 - Favorite Animal kitten 5 - Least Favorite Animal bull dog 6 -...

Have you ever lost your balance? You know, you are walking along, singing the few words you actually know from the song you just heard on the radio when, suddenly, a clever square of sidewalk instantly raises its corner, catches your shoe, and hurtles you forward, out of control! You desperately try to regain your equilibrium or, at least, try to catch yourself as you skid onto the unforgiving...

Bennie is 92 years old and grew up during some tough times in upstate New York. When I asked...

When I quit the seven-day-a-week job that I had held for 21 years as manager of a retail operation, I decided to lose weight and get fit. In retrospect, I wonder if the stress of that unrelenting schedule contributed significantly to my obesity. Perhaps so, because look at this article about a report that Zofia Zukowska of Georgetown University and her colleagues recently published in the Journal...

Several months ago, I had x-rays done on my lungs. When I went to the counter to pay, there was a sign on the wall that said something like this, if my memory is correct: NO CAROTIDS I think it meant that they either weren't a facility that provided the test or it wasn't covered by health insurance. Always maintaining a certain wit and good humor, I quipped, "No karotids?" only, I...