Athalonz Blog

Stop Abusing Kids

It’s only in the last few years where I’ve overcome my fears and started speaking out. Silence is what abusers want and they often get it with fear and shame. Abusers have a talent for making the abuse seem to be the fault of the abused.

Pursuing Dreams

The dream kept a spark alive in me. Baseball was my salvation; it gave me a place to escape the rest of my life. While I lived in constant fear, on the baseball field and in my baseball dream, I was not alone, I was not worthless; I mattered and people cared about me.

Gaps in the Science of Sports

When it comes to athletic movement, it is done by athletes, who are living things. So, athletic movement is primarily studied by life scientists. Life scientists apply a kinematic approach to the study of athletic movement, which the study of a body in motion without regard as to how the body was put into motion or how the motion is stopped.

Ball Speed: There’s More to be Had

To begin, distance is a function of ball speed, launch angle, and spin rate. For this discussion, let’s focus on ball speed and assume launch angle and spin rate remain constant. So, how do we increase ball speed without compromising control?

Future Visioning

Now that I’m a grandfather with many years under my belt, I like to think about big picture types of things. For instance, what type of future do I want for my granddaughter, her children, and beyond? What kind of opportunities do I want for my granddaughter, her children, and beyond?

Thinking About Thinking

Why are there so few creative thinkers? I have been pondering this question for years. Here’s my thinking about thinking.

What the Tech?

Anything humans have created includes technology. As such, there’s technology in everything from rags to dish soap to paint to medicine to cell phones to computers to cars to spaceships and on and on.

Being Fired Sucks, Then Not So Much

So, being fired sucks, then not so much. It opened a door that I didn’t even think was possible three weeks into law school. But for being fired, who knows where my patent law career would have gone.

My YoYo Weight

When I graduated high school in 1979, I weighed 160 pounds. Five years later when I graduated from college, I weight 235 pounds. Two and half years later, when my second daughter was born, I weighed 150 pounds.

Insoles, Just the Facts

So, we’ve been wearing shoes for a long time. It is unclear, however, when shoes began including insoles. The first insoles were creating by innkeepers in response to their customers complaining of sore feet. The innkeepers created little mattresses filled with animal hair.

My Four Rules

My various work experiences helped shape the work environment I want to work in and strive to provide for the law firm and for Athalonz. I have four fundamental rules that I follow and expect all who work with me to follow as well.

Dealing with My Back Injury

As I mentioned in a few previous blogs, I injured by my back when I was seventeen and kept reinjuring it to the point that it ended my dream of becoming a professional baseball player. Even when not playing baseball, my back would “go out”. I could be doing just about anything and bam, my back would go out and I’d be in excruciating pain, one or both of my legs would almost stop working, and I couldn’t move.

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