Oh, six-pack. I was happy with my abs after about four months of consistent working out. More than happy. I was embracing them and high-fiving them and generally getting all up in their space. I was thrilled with my abs after seven months of consistent working out. More than thrilled. Ecstatic. Euphoric. Rhapsodic. My abs… Read More »
I visited Chicago earlier this month. The first few nights I stayed at my cousin’s place in the city proper. She has a house with four bathrooms and I had my own bedroom. They have an outdoor patio with a fireplace that will make you drool. After Chicago, I went to visit my parents in… Read More »
I have a lot of beautiful people staring at me from my desk this month. They’re all books designed to motivate and educate on fitness. If I’m honest, I’m rather sick of self help books and it seems my reading list is brimming with mostly those. Any suggestions for good fiction thrillers? Or memoirs? Maybe… Read More »
Some people can separate their home lives from their work lives cleanly and efficiently. They get up and go to work and do their work and chat with their work friends and they appreciate the work day and the working paycheck and I imagine them whistling as they go about their working morning. Then, after… Read More »
More than a year ago, I started a project I called the Year of the Body. If my math is correct, my year has been over for more than six months. I never finished this project because I think it might be the greatest thing I’ve ever done. I liked it so much that I… Read More »
There was one day after I saved my first $100,000 and before I retired where I stopped worrying about money. I don’t remember when it was exactly, but overnight, my perception shifted and not having enough money to do what I want stopped nagging me. The biggest protection against devastation is building in a lot… Read More »
I’m still writing these recipe articles, but publishing them as pages on my blog and not as posts on the front page and emails out to everyone. Starting now! This is the last one in your inbox. It’s time for another saga from Operation Recipes! Pronounced bope-lah, this Italian Squash might look innocuous, but it… Read More »
From a comment on one of my fitness articles: “If you want a certain physique, you’ll have to need it for some reason. I, for instance, love to sail. But to lift those halyards, I NEED to build muscles. I enjoy playing tennis, so I NEED to build endurance and explosive speed. I enjoy hiking,… Read More »
The Mist by Stephen King This is an old Stephen King book about one misty afternoon when giant octopi, spiders, bugs and birds appear out of…the mist. We start with a town full of people and end with only a car-full of people, driving down the eastern seaboard of the United States trying to stay… Read More »
I’ve been doing a lot of dating since renting an apartment. Dating apps, friends of friends, strangers I meet while out and about. There are so many ways to funnel new people into your world. This much dating and putting oneself out there leads to a lot of rejection. Now, no side of the rejection… Read More »