OK, so I figured I'd go ahead and use this thing which I spent so much time installing. Doesn't so much matter whether or not people read… I just ran out of other fun things to do on the interweb, so here I am.
So,
As you should be able to see on the left, I've started using Flickr to store some of my photos… some of them were taken by Cyn.
And, while I am at it, I might as well use this as a good place to tell the one or two people who visit this site per year about the Paleo diet. Short of it is that you eat foods that your body is designed to eat. A lot of the crap in today's diet (grains, sugar, additives) are what's causing a multitude of diseases… even some that you wouldn't normally attribute to diet. I won't be able to do the subject justice, so go pick up a book… my favorite is Ray Audette's Neanderthin. (And, at only $6.99 new why the hell wouldn't you? Aren't you, of all people, worth it?) Another decent book, although I don't agree with his low fat approach, is The Paleo Diet by Loren Cordain. Oh, and following this way of life eating plan, I have lost 52 pounds in a very short amount of time. (2.5 months and, yes, I know it's probably way too fast, but I am not starving nor depriving myself. I'm simply eating evolutionarily appropriate foods when I get hungry.)
To supplement the diet, I recently (today) [re]started going to kung fu class*. I used to go 2-3 times per week, but mandatory employment modification put the kibosh on that. So, after an almost 2 year long hiatus, I have returned to the kwoon… and damn it if I didn't get my ass kicked. But it feels great… I may change my mind in the morning when I can't stand up, but right now I feel awesome. If you are interested and live in or around Cary, NC, the school is called Way of the Dragon Martial Arts. It's more about self-defense than pretty belts. And, as an added bonus, you get to play with some long, pointy weapons.
Fin.
-dan
* – "class" really doesn't feel like the right word, but I'm tired of thinking for today, so "class" will have to do.
