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Three months ago, I got a total ankle replacement—specifically, a Stryker Inbone II. Here s what it looks like out of the package and inside my ankle: In addition to the new ankle, I have a plate and 16 screws in my clavicle from a skiing disagreement I had with a mountain ten years ago, and [ ] The post What Happens to Metal in Your Body When You Are Cremated? appeared first on John M Jennings .
This past March, we adopted a puppy from a canine rescue when he was about six months old. We named him Bowie—after David Bowie—because he has two different colored eyes and, honestly, he just felt like a Bowie. He’d been found as a stray in a rural Kansas town and spent over a month in [ ] The post We DNA Tested Our Rescue Dog. Turns Out He’s Not Who We Thought He Was appeared first on John M…
A Deadly Reminder in St. Louis On Friday, May 16, 2025, an EF-3 tornado struck St. Louis, cutting a devastating path through the city. It touched down near Clayton and roared through neighborhoods including Forest Park, DeBaliviere Place, Kingsway East, Penrose, Greater Ville, and O’Fallon Park before crossing the Mississippi River into Illinois. The storm [ ] The post Why Tornadoes Rarely Hit Big…
In hiring, it’s easy to focus on the tangible: skills, credentials, and experience. But according to organizational leadership expert Mark Murphy, that approach overlooks the real key to success—attitude. His research shows a stunning disconnect between why we think people fail in their roles and the actual reasons they do. Here are the hard truths: [ ] The post 89% of Job Failures Have Nothing to…
I ve published one book and am a bit over halfway through writing my second one (about wealth and happiness). For me, writing is deeply fulfilling and also complete torture. I get stuck a lot and can t figure out how to structure my thoughts or say what I want. I constantly beat my head against my [ ] The post Why We Do Our Best Thinking in the Shower appeared first on John M Jennings .
In 2024, I read 50 books: 11 non-fiction and 39 fiction. The heavier lean toward fiction was deliberate—I’m about halfway through writing my second book, Superwealth: How to Find Happiness in a World Obsessed with Money, and I’ve found that reading non-fiction disrupts my writing style. Fifty books is a bit below my usual count, [ ] The post The Best Books I Read in 2024 appeared first on John M…
The two cats pictured above are my daughter Claire s cats (Christopher Hunny). They are siblings and seem to genuinely enjoy each other s company, but they don t meow at each other. They only meow at people. It turns out that this is totally normal: Cornell University researchers have found that adult cats rarely meow at [ ] The post Why Cats Meow: A Feline’s Guide to Managing Humans appeared…
When you think of the Amish, chances are you imagine horse-drawn buggies, handmade furniture, and an unwavering commitment to avoiding all things modern. But here’s the twist: the Amish don’t reject technology outright. Instead, they have a surprisingly thoughtful and nuanced approach to deciding what tech gets a green light—and what doesn’t. The real question [ ] The post The Amish Guide to…
If you were alive in the 1980s, you probably remember the rise of the phrase shit happens it popped up seemingly out of nowhere, and within months, the phrase was everywhere. It was on bumper stickers, t-shirts, and graffiti. When something bad happened, you d say, shit happens, and others would nod knowingly, agreeing that, [ ] The post Shit Happens : The 1980s Phrase That Made Us All a Little…
It’s a quirky piece of trivia that feels almost too strange to be true: Stanley Milgram and Philip Zimbardo, two psychologists famous—or perhaps infamous—for their morally questionable experiments, both graduated from James Monroe High School in the Bronx. This public high school, a far cry from the ivy-covered halls of academia, somehow produced two men [ ] The post The High School That Produced…