Next Draft - This is Your Brain on Brawn
During a doctor's appointment when my wife was pregnant with our first child, her gynecologist walked into the office, pointed to my head, and remarked, "Oh, you're gonna hate this guy by the time this is over." That was one of the more memorable times I've been reminded that I have a large noggin. Don't get me wrong. It's not Bruce Bochy big; he wears a 8 1/4 hat size. But it's apparently big enough to attract attention and to strike fear into any affiliated birth canal. The size of my skull, as longtime subscribers will surely attest, leaves plenty of room for brain growth—which it turns out can be achieved through exercise. And if that weren't enough to turn heads, it takes very little work to realize significant gains. And there's no need to bang your head against a wall. At least not for long. A recent study found that "men and women, of any age, who exercised for at least 25 minutes a week showed mostly greater brain volume than those who didn’t. The differences weren’t huge but were significant." And, "bigger brains typically mean healthier brains." You'd have to be a dumbbell not to hit the dumbbells. WaPo (Gift Article): How exercise increases brain volume — and may slow memory decline. (I've been trying this for a few weeks and my hippocampus can already bench 250.) 2And Then There Were None"They aren't all anti-religious. Most Nones say religion does some harm, but many also think it does some good. Most have more positive views of science than those who are religiously affiliated; however, they reject the idea that science can explain everything." NPR: Religious 'Nones' are now the largest single group in the US. (Let's hope they vote in November, or the size of their cohort will leave us none the wiser.) 3A Real Choodunnit"What made Victor Llamas memorable wasn’t his criminality so much as his giddy enthusiasm for trespassing. He was a self-taught expert of the supply chain, a connoisseur of shipping containers. Even in custody, as the detectives interrogated him numerous times, after multiple arrests, in a windowless police-station room in the spring of 2022, a kind of nostalgia would sweep over the man. 'He said that was the best feeling he’d ever had, jumping on the train while it was moving,' Joe Chavez, who supervised the task force’s detectives, told me. 'It was euphoric for him.'" Train robberies may bring up visions of black and white movies, but ecommerce transport has brought the crime into our technicolor times. NYT (Gift Article): A Strange 21st-Century Revival: The Train Robbery. 4The CoachSteve Kerr has led the Warriors to four championships. So he knows how to coach. But he's never had a challenge quite like helping his team mourn the loss of an assistant coach who died in front of many of them at a team dinner. "He’s been hit as hard as anyone with this ... And he’s had to take on the burden for all. He’s helped with the family, and with our team, with our staff, with our entire family along with Deki’s immediate family. There’s no one better in moments like this. … He’s an elite leader with a compassionate heart. His approach is meaningful and honest, and I don’t know if you get that from all leaders. But there is a heavy weight on him. I have thought more than once about how he’s going to get through this while he’s picking everybody else up." Marcus Thompson II in The Athletic: As Warriors mourn a terrible loss, Steve Kerr’s leadership lights a hard road ahead. (Here's an archived version if you're not a subscriber to The Athletic. It takes a little while to load.) 5Extra, ExtraDrug Test: "Voters passed the pioneering decriminalization law, Measure 110, with 58% support in 2020. But Democratic legislators who championed it as a way to treat addiction as a public health matter, not a crime, are now contending with one of the nation’s largest spikes in overdose deaths, along with intensifying pressure from Republicans and growing calls from a well-funded campaign group to overhaul it." Our crazy drug laws have been wreaking havoc for decades. Trying to undo that with law changes isn't going to happen overnight. With Oregon facing rampant public drug use, lawmakers backpedal on pioneering decriminalization law. 6Bottom of the News"Some bucket-listers summit Kilimanjaro, camp out for Springsteen tickets or travel to Arkansas to see the eclipse. Fried, 35, is among a different breed: fast-food superfans who go to extreme lengths to be the first served when a popular new chain opens up in their town." WSJ (Gift Article): There Are Superfans. Then There Are Fast-Food Superfans. These people make the Stanley bottle fans seem downright healthy. Police arrest California woman for allegedly stealing 65 Stanley cups. (If she has a teen daughter, then this was a crime of passion.) Read my 📕, Please Scream Inside Your Heart, or grab a 👕 in the Store. |
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