Denise and I have eaten out for lunch most weekends since the mid-1990s. I remember well the moment in mid-March 2020 while sitting at lunch,
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I have noted elsewhere that the average male between 18-35 years has 40-44% muscle. This drops to 32-35% for the 56-75 year cohort. A 170-pound
3/30/2021 Tuesday: 150.8 lb. Particularly groggy wake up this morning. In gym by 4:30 AM. Completed upper body barbell compound movements. Mildly weaker this morning.
Trump’s monumental ego, driven by proportional insecurity, prevents him from acknowledging that he was an incumbent president who lost to a rival he called “sleepy”.
It really is beginning to look like there is light at the end of the tunnel…..barring a really virulent COVID variant.
So Republicans were catatonic at the thought of paying the middle and lower classes $24,000 during this time of financial calamity for so many. They’ve
Again. I do it because it offers me the opportunity to be a measurably better person in eight months than I am now. I do
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.
I prefer to call it sitting or sitting meditation, stripped of cultural nuances. Its root is zazen or zen, sitting meditation in Japanese. But there
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.
Photos are moments in frozen moments in time. Old photos show us how transient, and eventually meaningless, life is. There comes a time when everyone
A coworker of mine recently remarked about the inevitability of weight gain as we age. She was commenting on her partner’s loss of 20-30 pounds
I’ve noticed two logical arguments that are repeatedly used by Trumpists, both flawed. To America’s discredit, they seem to be gaining more general use. In
Incredibly naive? Or profoundly stupid?
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.
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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I wrote a fair amount during the George W. and Obama administrations, particularly the former’s. Incensed by the stupidity of squandering the 2000 budget surplus
Tu. 1/5 5.0 miles @ 12:51.
Local control of schools is a failure. People have lost, if they ever had, any ability to think analytically. Being able to posit an alternative
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.
Update to this article. The Economist distilled my thinking on 12/5/2020: Two factors tied to the pandemic help account for Taiwan’s relative success this year.
An hour’s exercise a day is magical.
I’ve written in the past that Zen was the religion of the samurai and Stoicism was the philosophy of the centurion. As with most generalizations,
We drove through Denali National Park.
Git her done.
I don’t believe in the supernatural. I do believe in the power of symbols.
The NYT is reporting that while the deaths attributable to corona virus is 303,963, the death rate has been higher than they would be in
A treadmill beats not running at all. Two miles beats zero miles. A cute advertising slogan for running shoes a few years ago went ”
Facebook is, of course, the most highly integrated. It exists primarily as an advertising platform but also allows its company to harvest extensive data about
Someone stopped by for breakfast.
We had a heavy fog this morning. Normally, I go out of my way to get out there at dawn in fog. But I lingered
I came across a study recently….and I need to put a link to it here……about emphasizing the eccentric portion of my repetitions. I haven’t experienced
Trump’s voter fraud lawsuits have all failed. This underscores one fundamental fact about Trump. While his misinformation and lies can sway the gullible and the
I feel for those who struggle, whose numbers have grown so much in 2020.