December 2009 & January 2009 was a particularly bad snow year in the Greater Vancouver Area of British Columbia, Canada. As the snow was melting, I found quite a bit of loose change as I went about my business around town. If I recall correctly, I found between $12.00 – $18.00. I [...]
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Your Monday Smile: “Darth Vader Feels the Blues” by Billy Faithfull and Oli Beale
I hope this “touching” moment between Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker provides you with a nice Monday smile to help get you through your work week
It’s amazing how a small change of perception (and some nice music and video editing skills) can take such a serious moment from Star Wars into one that’s [...]
The Chest Expander from LifeLine USA for Your Strength Workout
I recently added the chest expander from LifeLine USA to my fitness equipment arsenal and I’ve been very happy with the results. In the following YouTube video, Mike Gillette gives a quick demonstration of the chest expander from LifeLine USA and how he uses it to help gain (functional) strength:
Mike’s point about timed [...]
Body-Weight Exercises For Strength-Endurance and Hindu Pushups
Several weeks ago I came across the Matt Furey, author of “Combat Conditioning: Functional Exercises for Fitness and Combat Sports”. He advocates almost exclusive use of body-weight exercises in order to achieve strength-endurance and flexibility. After investigating some, I decided that undertaking a regime of body-weight exercises was the best path for me [...]
Tears Well Up: “Hurt” by Johnny Cash with a Commentary by Trent Reznor
This past week I was talking about depressing songs with a friend. I played one track for him that I consider depressing, Morrissey’s “Everyday is Like Sunday” (which can be found on Morrissey’s Bona Drag album). The track is mostly depressing because of the lyrics — the music is not particularly [...]
