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By Mark Posted on October 12, 2012October 21, 2012

What cut of meat is pizza?

We were watching Anthony Bourdain’s travel show the other day, and I was really hit by a comment that he said. The show was a tour through the Burgundy region … Continue reading What cut of meat is pizza?

Categories: Fitness, Food, HealthTags: anthony bourdain, burgundy region, chicken breasts, flu shot, food, health, low carb, natural, organic, paleo, restaurants
By Mark Posted on October 5, 2012July 19, 2014

Contractual Obligation Posting

Goddammit. I have a deadline… and I can do deadlines. I have set myself a new goal this year of writing up an article on my Blog by each Friday. … Continue reading Contractual Obligation Posting

Categories: Books, Life, WritingTags: ereader, Kindle, mental focus, Meta, normal books, random points, writing
By Mark Posted on September 21, 2012July 17, 2014

Tag, you’re it!

As usual, I am reading far too many things at once. Yulia and I are signed up for a class on Sunday. This particular class is Primal Move, which comes … Continue reading Tag, you’re it!

Categories: HealthTags: dragondoor, gaming, health, Kettlebells, mental-health, paleo, Pavel Tsatsouline, Play, Primal Move
By Mark Posted on September 15, 2012September 15, 2012

A Renewable Resource

It has struck me recently, how a diminishing resource in our world has begun to seriously impact our lives. Everything runs through shortages at some point, perhaps with the shortage … Continue reading A Renewable Resource

Categories: LifeTags: compassion, dog eat dog, layoff, lord of the flies, stable place, stress, taxi ride
By Mark Posted on September 7, 2012September 7, 2012

Downhill from here

I had a great discussion with Yulia this evening about exercise, health and food. anyone who has read anything that I write or post knows that I am obsessive about … Continue reading Downhill from here

Categories: Fitness, Food, HealthTags: B Reactor, Dieting, Enrico Fermi, exercise health, gaining muscle, health, healthy-living, insulin resistant, skinny kid, workout
By Mark Posted on February 18, 2012June 21, 2018

Fear of a Book Planet

I have a bookshelf with several of my favorite authors. When I was more more organized, the top two shelves were dedicated to two writers exclusively. Hunter Thompson and Douglas … Continue reading Fear of a Book Planet

Categories: BooksTags: Books, Douglas Adams, Hunter S. Thompson, writing
By Mark Posted on February 11, 2012February 11, 2012

Rock around the Block

So I completed my Deadlifting cycle for a bit. That was a ton of fun. (Actually, if you add all the pounds moved, it was well over a ton, but … Continue reading Rock around the Block

Categories: FitnessTags: Dan John, deadlifts, kettlebell, Pavel Tsatsouline, weightlifting
By Mark Posted on January 27, 2012January 27, 2012

On Pain and Suffering (the good kind)

When I first got the bug up my ass to quit killing myself slowly with the couch, and actually try to get in some kind of shape, I was not … Continue reading On Pain and Suffering (the good kind)

Categories: Fitness, LifeTags: Kettlebells, livestrong, pain, Pavel Tsatsouline, suffering
By Mark Posted on December 31, 2011December 31, 2011

Ours goes to ’11

I suppose that the end of the year is a time for reflection. Sadly, since I do not actually wear a tinfoil hat, I am not that reflective. This year, … Continue reading Ours goes to ’11

Categories: LifeTags: mayans, New year, paleo, Thoughts, tinfoil hat
By Mark Posted on December 22, 2011December 22, 2011

Ringside at the BULLfight

One of the things that I really like about social media is the exposure you get to large groups of people normally you wouldn’t be able to interact with. In … Continue reading Ringside at the BULLfight

Categories: Fitness, Health, InternetTags: BS, kettlebell, paleo
By Mark Posted on November 25, 2011November 25, 2011

Za Chem!

When I was living in Moscow, We had a post Soviet Chess Grandmaster that would hang out upstairs in the hotel bar, and you could sit down and play chess … Continue reading Za Chem!

Categories: LifeTags: chess, moscow, vodka
By Mark Posted on October 5, 2011

You said it.

“It’s more fun to be a pirate than to join the navy.”   -Steve Jobs 1955-2011

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