Jesse Announces a Reverse-Sabbatical
No daily feed, no cybercam that’s broadcasting my every move, no Facebook profile updates or Twitter tweets. I’ll be skulking around a little more mysteriously, like an occasionally-posting Where’s Waldo who pops up now and then in the darnedest places.
Handstanding Part 3: Progress and Pain
It’s been about two weeks since I’ve written, an unforgivable delay which in the blogosphere is about as unacceptable as vomiting in public – but I’ve got good news to report: Progress is good towards the crouch-to-handstand push. The concentrated shoulder exercises (one day on, one day off) is apparently working its magic, and at … Read more
Handstanding Part 2: Preparing for Life Upside-Down
Pretty much whenever I’ve been in a group of people doing stretching exercises, I’m always the low-achiever who can’t touch his toes, who screams out in pain when attempting the splits, who can’t apply sunscreen to his own back.
Handstanding at the Edge of a Plateau
Plateauing is easy. It’s as natural as it is awful. You get good at something, good enough that you draw compliments and maybe you’re even the best you know at it. Then your progress stops. Your clear goals become fuzzy, the urgency diminishes, and the models for advancement disappear.
Work Deadlines and Diet
Ever noticed how when you’re crashing on a deadline for work, you tend to throw whatever horrible crap catches your attention down your throat? I’m talking Taco Bell washed down with Red Bulls, Starbucks double-espressos with an obligatory croissant, maybe a handful of those client-mints on the office receptionist’s desk, ’cause you’re the only one … Read more
The Greatest Drug in Colombia
How do I reconcile coffee with raw foodism? This is a bit of a balancing act, and I encourage you to call me out on this and fill this post’s comments with obscenities and shouts of “hypocrite!”
Raw Smoothies: The Why and the How
I start almost every day with an all-raw, fresh fruit smoothie. It’s always fantastic and never gets old. (Why is it people don’t crave variety in our breakfasts the way we do in our dinners?) Of all the ways I can think of to start a transition towards a healthier diet, richer in raw foods, … Read more
Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Good Health: A What-if Story
Does anyone doubt that dollars spent increasing the amount of fresh fruits and vegetables in Americans’ diets would yield terrific savings in socialized health care expenses over the next 10, 20, 30 years? How many less diabetics would there be? How many less triple-bypass surgeries?
Subsidizing Diabetes
The oldest rule in government spending is: If you want more of something, subsidize it. Isn’t socialized health care – insofar as it applies to non-congenital health problems – subsidizing poor personal health and lifestyle choices?
Burning the Retina: Black Rock City, 2010
Here are dozens of photos from Burning Man, 2010. See my earlier post about Burning Man here if you don’t know what the heck this event is. Warning: Nothing here is too scandalous by Internet standards, but some photos do contain boobs and/or bottoms and may not be appropriate for all viewers. Parental Discretion is … Read more
