There is plenty of information in the mediasphere on how you can donate to help the victim’s of the Haitian earthquake, though there is little discussion that I have seen on practical solutions for implementing the financial aid that is pouring in. But then this morning, I noticed the Dangerous Mind’s post on Chicago’s Vinay [...]
Monthly Archives: January 2010
Hexayurt’s for Haiti
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Chicago’s Polar Plunge On Saturday January 30th, 2010
This year’s Lake View Polar Club “Celebration of Shrinkage” will be on Saturday January 30th at high noon at the Oak Street beach. I mean to do this every year, but flake on it for one reason or another. There’s a good chance I’m going to be in Tahoe that weekend snowboarding, but if I’m [...]
Let the Detox Begin… but first!
Today is day one of what will be a 1.75 day fast. I’ll eat some dinner tomorrow night, something light, but after not eating all day today and tomorrow it will taste amazing. After tomorrow then I’ll be eating macrobiotic food until Friday and organic fruit if I want a snack between meals. Instead of [...]
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Track & Strategize Diet & Exercise with Diet Controller
As I mentioned in a post last week, I start my 7 Day Detox today. 2 days of fasting followed by at least 5 days of macrobiotic foods and increased supplementation working together to flush my system, re-establish positive bacteria in my guts, and recalibrate my appetites. I’m pretty excited, these fasts are typically an [...]
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Mr. Malty Yeast Pitching Rate Calculator
We attempted to brew a Marzen a couple weeks ago. Everything seemed to go very well: we had a decent starch conversion, we sparged with 8 gallons of water that boiled down to a gorgeous brown/burgundy of 5.5 gallons of sweet liquor, and seemed to be ready to have a successful lager on our hands. [...]
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Kevin Pearce Recovering
From TransWorld Snowboarding: SALT LAKE CITY, UT (January 13, 2010) Snowboarder Kevin Pearce (Norwich, VT) is continuing to recover at the University of Utah Hospital. He consistently encourages his doctors and family with the strides he is making. Elaine Skalabrin, MD, Medical Director, Neuro Critical Care, and one of Kevin’s doctors, states, “Kevin continues to [...]
Full Outsider’s Almanac Website Still Coming
Don’t lose hope dear internetting ones, we still have every intention of launching the full Outsider’s Almanac website in the near future, it just won’t be quite as soon as we had hoped. We’re pretty insanely busy these days, between writing projects, client needs, body/mind/spirit rehabbing and the pursuit of winter in it’s many splendered [...]
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Urban Caveman Movement Taking Hold
Film maker, OA Woody Creek correspondent and all around American Hero Wayne Ewing sent me an article today about a new movement taking foot in the shadows of New York City. Self-proclaimed urban cavemen sustain themselves solely on red meat and some vegetables and fruits. In addition, they eat in a manner that would mimic [...]
Posted in Fishing, Grilling, Hiking Tagged Arthur De Vany, Evolutionary Fitness, John Durant, Joseph Goldstein, New York Times, Paleos, Urban Cavement, Wayne Ewing Leave a comment
2010 Olympic Snowboard Schedule
Here’s the schedule of the Olympic Snowboarding events that I pulled from the official site of the Winter Olympics. I’m not sure why it starts with Day 4 or skips to Day 15 abruptly. Maybe that’s Day N of the Vancouver Olympics? Day 4 Vancouver Date / Time Event Status Mon, Feb 15 – 10:30 [...]
Proof of the Existence of God
If you look close I think you can see god there towards the bottom. If the Vatican knows what’s good for them they’ll follow the lead of Michael Jackson and Burning Man among others and hire Mark Ryden to update their iconography.