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Back to the Gym Update: This whole running thing is going to take longer to build up to than I thought, but that’s okay

October 3, 2011

Well, this is the beginning of Week 3 of my Back to the Gym adventures, and today was rough. Last week, my knees (specifically, the area just below my knees) started feeling really achy and sore, and I thought I might have damaged them by overdoing “the running”. I have to use quotation marks with [...]

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Taking it one-tenth of a mile at a time

September 21, 2011

Last month, after Cindy and I finished the juice fast, I wrote “I got to where I am by making lots of small negative changes over an extended period of time that felt good in the short-term but resulted in negative long-terms consequences. I’m not talking about just my weight here, either. So, the only [...]

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The 10-Day juice fast: The End

August 18, 2011

Yesterday, Cindy and I finished our 10-day juice fast, and now we’re heading back into eating solid foods. We broke the fast with what started out as a simple cabbage and broth but morphed into a full-blown (and extremely satisfying) vegetable soup. Tonight, we had veggie pizza. Losing 10 lbs. as a result of being [...]

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Being better for no reason

May 8, 2011

I’m going to be better for no good reason. I’m not going to lose weight because I’d feel better, or because, if I lose enough, I’d promised myself I’d get a tattoo, or anything like that. The truth is there is no one reason why I would want to do something like lose 50 lbs. [...]

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Fight or Flight

May 6, 2011

There’s this scene in Serenity where Malcolm Reynolds is making a deal with two “businessmen”, Mingo and Fanty. And one of them tells Mal that he’s too unpredictable. “You run when you ought to fight; fight when you ought to deal.” It’s not a pivotal moment, but sometimes I think about that line because I’m [...]

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May The 4th Be With You!

May 4, 2011

Happy Star Wars Day, everybody! Some of you have heard this before, but some of you haven’t. And this being Star Wars Day, I thought it’d be the perfect opportunity to write it down. Those of us who grew up wanting to create for a living — writer, actor, artist, etc. — were often encouraged…right [...]

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L’enfer, c’est les autres

May 3, 2011

Hell is other people. — Jean-Paul Sartre “There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.” – from Hamlet , Act II, scene ii I’m usually game for a good argument…but holy hell, it’s hard to find one. It’s much easier to find people spouting off a bunch of nonsensical ramblings, backed [...]

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Fool Mettle Alchemist

June 23, 2009

I was reading Seth Godin’s blog last week and he had posted this video: Here’s what he said about it: My favorite part happens just before the first minute mark. That’s when guy #3 joins the group. Before him, it was just a crazy dancing guy and then maybe one other crazy guy. But it’s [...]

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We’re In The Club Now

June 17, 2009

I took the idea of the grape soda Ellie Badge (if you’ve seen Up, you know what I’m talking about. If you haven’t seen Up, go see it…take tissue) and changed it to better suit me and Cindy. I think Moxie is more fitting for us. Not only is it one of our favorite drinks [...]

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Give Yourself One Hour A Day…Or, At Least, 60 Minutes

June 14, 2009

Last month, Todd and I ran across this article (via Consumerist) about how Charlie Munger, the Vice-Chairman of Warren Buffett’s investment company Berkshire Hathaway, used to set aside one hour each day to work on personal side-projects for himself. I like this idea for a couple of reasons: One hour is about all the time [...]

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