Since c*vid sucks and we were kept from our loved ones, friends, and hobbies we enjoy doing (like jiu jitsu), Gracie Barra Online offered their members free access to their online courses. If you couldn't go to your gym mats, or if you didn't own your own set of mats at home, then online videos... Continue Reading →
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoNw0aq5Gu8 Enough already, it’s time to… Open the fitness gyms Open the jiu jitsu gyms Open the kickboxing schools Open the MMA schools Open the college campuses Open the Public schools Open the private schools Open the middle schools Open the high schools Open the daycares Open the camps Open the pools Open the bowling... Continue Reading →
If we accomplish things that are hard, we should give ourselves credit. And share it with others. Since quitting booze (for two years) and pot (four months), I often think about the positive effects its had on my life. Here are 30 of those thoughts… It’s been over four months since I quit pot, after... Continue Reading →
Last September I got the urge to go back to freestyle wrestling. The no-pot and no-booze has helped with my health a fitness, I wondered if I could do it. So I reached out to an older wrestling mentor of mine via Facebook. He went 197-0 in high school. I asked if the local wrestling... Continue Reading →
Last week I was in the shower reminiscing about the psychological commentary by Carl Jung on the Tibetan Book of The Dead. When all of a sudden, I got an urge and inspiration for a prologue to a story I came up with that's completely unrelated to CJ's commentary (or maybe it will be?). Goes... Continue Reading →
Imagine yourself in 2049. You live on the top floor of a seven hundred story apartment complex in the downtown core of a neon lit rainy mega city. You're about to do a load of laundry. "Computer: select cycle, heavy. Water type, hot."Suggestion: cold water is best for dark colours and delicate fabrics.Selecting Cycle: delicate.... Continue Reading →
Brought back the podcast! Here are 6 new episodes for you Episode 1 - Probable Impossibilities by Alan Lightman I was first introduced to the wonderful writing of physicist, Alan Lightman, about five years ago. I found his book during one of my many autodidact adventures into science. In that book, Alan Lightman takes his... Continue Reading →
Twenty years ago I sneaked into the garage and stole three of my father’s home brew. High alcohol content, low flavor profile. But at the time I didn’t know what that was. I just knew it made me feel good for a few hours. At fifteen years old, that experience shaped my life in ways... Continue Reading →
Audio version here: https://youtu.be/apLKvbQMGxs I was first introduced to the wonderful writing of physicist, Alan Lightman, about five years ago. I found his book during one of my many autodidact adventures into science. In that book (The Accidental Universe), Alan Lightman takes his expertise in science and the humanities, and weaves it together with a... Continue Reading →
Ever since I stopped following major news outlets and reading the news everyday, I feel so much better. What is "the news"? To me, at its core, most of the news is basically information shared about local or world events. That would be great if that's all the news was. But most of the airtime... Continue Reading →
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