What Venus Williams Taught Me in 1.5 Hours

By Chris Cochran

With the summertime North American hardcourt portion of the pro tennis tour now in full swing, I’m getting eyeballs deep in watching live tennis matches at what are reasonable times of the day for me — no having to get up at 3 a.m. Pacific to catch a live match from Europe or Australia. But the Tennis Channel calls to me throughout the workday, so I compromise by leaving the TV on mute and just checking in when I go to refill the coffee cup.

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Random Acts of Good Fortunes

By Chris Cochran

Opening a fortune cookie is sometimes akin to sitting down for a psychic reading. Fortune writers and psychics inhabit a world of truisms and the human experience. They both know what human beings want to hear – ultimately that everything will be all right and we’ll be just fine.

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