Feb 17, 2021What they Don’t Tell You about Mardi GrasI loved Mardi Gras before I was old enough to appreciate the beads. We don’t really have street festivals where I grew up. The best we had was an annual craft-fair across from a country club parking lot. …Mardi Gras3 min readMardi Gras3 min read
Feb 11, 2021Why I Hate LOTR & GOTConfession: I don’t do a ton of reading. Maybe that’s what screwed me out of becoming a cosplay fanatic or LARPer. Poor me, right? Though it’s not for a lack of trying. In a round-about way, I blame J.K. Rowling. See, I’d been a voracious youth fiction reader up until…Harry Potter3 min readHarry Potter3 min read
Jan 30, 2021Buy and Hold (or Else)Do you buy-in or miss the bus? It couldn’t be easier this time. Honestly. Just log-in to your app and dial in exactly how much you want to win. Don’t miss it. You’ll look silly if you do. Read the above again. It has nothing to do with the stock…Stocks3 min readStocks3 min read
Jan 26, 2021Why “Protein” is UnhealthyI can’t believe I’m actually saying this… But — for reasons we’ve covered before — we now need to realize the risk built into “Protein”. Not protein, but “Protein”. Make sense? We know about the Culture of Consumption (COC) and how it’s constantly creating new ways to get food into…Protein2 min readProtein2 min read
Jan 20, 2021The Physics of Triumph in One LessonName something massive. An elephant. A plane. A skyscraper. The Grand Canyon. What do we mean by “massive”? From physics, we learned that mass is a fundamental property of matter. If something is, it has mass. …Physics2 min readPhysics2 min read
Jan 19, 2021The Easy Way to Find What You’re Looking ForRemember Miss Cleo? She was the Psychic Reader’s Network pay-per-call service host from 1997–2003. She had many thousands of viewers and callers into her live show every night where she’d perform live fortune-telling & Tarot Card readings. Her no-nonsense delivery and exotic Jamaican accent made her a star very quickly…Weight Loss3 min readWeight Loss3 min read
Jan 7, 2021Anyone Can Build You a Bridge…I have a tendency to assume the worst. It’s a byproduct of my education as a civil engineer — (1) take into account the worst-case scenario, (2) then build-in some factors of safety, (3) then design for these new “impossible” scenarios. Whether it’s sheering wind-loads, or historical rain events, everything…Engineer4 min readEngineer4 min read
Jan 2, 2021Set a Resolution, Then Fail on PurposeSounds jaded, right? Listen I won’t say the R-word again; I hate it too. While everyone’s setting…“Shoe Beer Distributions” as we enter January, the collective eye-rolling of dispassionate John-Doe’s moves us into 2021. I failed my 2020 health goal by so, so much — I’m over it dude. Spare me…Resolution2 min readResolution2 min read
Dec 23, 2020How Bruce Willis Got Me DrunkIf anything, I’m the opposite of a “movie guy”. I realized it only after years of frustrating virtually everyone who’s ever tried to talk about any movie with me. It floored me when I heard about people who plan movie-watching around holidays or even weather, like watching Halloween on Halloween…Feast3 min readFeast3 min read
Dec 17, 2020Hunting for GoodiesWhere do you hide the goodies when Christmas comes around? Better yet, where did you LOOK for presents from Santa as a kid? When I was between 7 and 10, I looked in my parent’s closet, in the attic, and on top of the highest shelves feverishly. I’d be EXTRA…Weight Loss Tips3 min readWeight Loss Tips3 min read
