by SB Rawz | Jul 30, 2018 | Bigger Badder Life
Last week, I read the greater part of How We Decide by Jonah Lehrer, a gift from a friend. It confirmed a couple of things I’ve suspected for a while: Intuition is simply a subconscious processing of information we’ve been gathering all the while, not some... by SB Rawz | Jul 23, 2018 | Bigger Badder Life
I got it in my head that I had to do the ropes course at the Greensboro Science Center for my 40th birthday last month. You may recall that I’m afraid of heights. So, late that Saturday morning, Theresa and I, along with my oldest friend (in duration, not age)... by SB Rawz | Jul 9, 2018 | Bigger Badder Life
Saturday, I met up with a close friend for a little paddleboarding on Smith Mountain Lake. We went once a couple of years before and had a blast so, when she and her family were returning to the lake on a weekend I was available, we jumped on a reprise. After a couple... by SB Rawz | Jun 4, 2018 | Bigger Badder Life
Twenty years ago this month, I went on a month-long cross-country roadtrip with my then-girlfriend. Somewhere in New Mexico, we set our sights on Four Corners, the national monument where New Mexico meets up with Arizona, Colorado, and Utah in a neat little point. We... by SB Rawz | May 21, 2018 | Bigger Badder Life
If we did all the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves. – Thomas Edison This past Saturday morning at 11am, I was leaning backwards off the ledge circling the roof of the Patrick Henry Hotel in downtown Roanoke, Virginia, throwing... by SB Rawz | Apr 30, 2018 | Bigger Badder Life
One of the many things I loved about the movie Selma was a scene, no more than five minutes long, maybe only a couple of minutes, that alluded to Dr. King’s infidelities. He cheated on Coretta. Does that make his accomplishments less valuable? Less astonishing?...