Last Updated on April 16, 2021 by dgvause Photos are moments in frozen moments in time. Old photos show us how transient, and eventually meaningless,
Last Updated on April 3, 2021 by dgvause I have noted elsewhere that the average male between 18-35 years has 40-44% muscle. This drops to
Last Updated on March 30, 2021 by dgvause 3/30/2021 Tuesday: 150.8 lb. Particularly groggy wake up this morning. In gym by 4:30 AM. Completed upper
Last Updated on March 28, 2021 by dgvause Trump’s monumental ego, driven by proportional insecurity, prevents him from acknowledging that he was an incumbent president
It really is beginning to look like there is light at the end of the tunnel…..barring a really virulent COVID variant.
Last Updated on March 7, 2021 by dgvause So Republicans were catatonic at the thought of paying the middle and lower classes $24,000 during this
Last Updated on February 27, 2021 by dgvause Again. I do it because it offers me the opportunity to be a measurably better person in
A singular feature of NOVA is its identification of ultra-processed food and drink products. These are not modified foods, but formulations mostly of cheap industrial sources of dietary energy and nutrients plus additives, using a series of processes (hence ‘ultra-processed’). All together, they are energy-dense, high in unhealthy types of fat, refined starches, free sugars and salt, and poor sources of protein, dietary fibre and micronutrients. Ultra-processed products are made to be hyper-palatable and attractive, with long shelf-life, and able to be consumed anywhere, any time. Their formulation, presentation and marketing often promote overconsumption.
I can’t believe the special stories that have been made up about our relationship to the universe at large because they seem to me to be too local, too provincial.
Last Updated on February 14, 2021 by dgvause I prefer to call it sitting or sitting meditation, stripped of cultural nuances. Its root is zazen
When JFK spoke the words “Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country.” an entire nation understood.
Last Updated on February 8, 2021 by dgvause A coworker of mine recently remarked about the inevitability of weight gain as we age. She was
Last Updated on January 25, 2021 by dgvause I’ve noticed two logical arguments that are repeatedly used by Trumpists, both flawed. To America’s discredit, they
After the rape of Capitol Hill by a Trumpian mob, I wonder if this is the act of hubris that I have long instinctively expected.
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Last Updated on January 9, 2021 by dgvause I wrote a fair amount during the George W. and Obama administrations, particularly the former’s. Incensed by
Incredibly naive? Or profoundly stupid?
Last Updated on January 9, 2021 by dgvause Update to this article. The Economist distilled my thinking on 12/5/2020: Two factors tied to the pandemic
The people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same way in any country.
Tu. 1/5 5.0 miles @ 12:51.
Last Updated on January 4, 2021 by dgvause Local control of schools is a failure. People have lost, if they ever had, any ability to
Never let more than 72 hours pass between your last strength or cardiovascular work out.
Was reading somewhere about an author’s disappointment that something didn’t happen at the very end of 2020 to bring more closure. The sentiment is entirely silly.
I don’t believe in the supernatural. I do believe in the power of symbols.
Git her done.
Last Updated on January 1, 2021 by dgvause We drove through Denali National Park.
Last Updated on January 1, 2021 by dgvause I’ve written in the past that Zen was the religion of the samurai and Stoicism was the
An hour’s exercise a day is magical.
Last Updated on January 1, 2021 by dgvause Facebook is, of course, the most highly integrated. It exists primarily as an advertising platform but also
Last Updated on January 1, 2021 by dgvause I came across a study recently….and I need to put a link to it here……about emphasizing the
Last Updated on January 1, 2021 by dgvause Someone stopped by for breakfast.
Last Updated on January 1, 2021 by dgvause Trump’s voter fraud lawsuits have all failed. This underscores one fundamental fact about Trump. While his misinformation
I feel for those who struggle, whose numbers have grown so much in 2020.
Last Updated on January 1, 2021 by dgvause The NYT is reporting that while the deaths attributable to corona virus is 303,963, the death rate
Last Updated on December 16, 2020 by dgvause We had a heavy fog this morning. Normally, I go out of my way to get out
Last Updated on December 16, 2020 by dgvause
Last Updated on December 16, 2020 by dgvause A treadmill beats not running at all. Two miles beats zero miles. A cute advertising slogan for