Final Day of Movember 2012

The ‘stache! Here it is in all its glory! What do you think? While it was fun to grow out, the point of cultivating my sweet ‘stache is to raise awareness for men’s health issues, specifically prostate and testicular cancer. I had no idea how...

Day 26 of Movember

The homestretch! Where my ‘stache didn’t bother me at all before, I’m starting to become more aware of this hairy thing on my upper lip now. I trimmed my chin and sides last week, but they’ve grown back to about where they were before....

Day 15 of Movember

Halfway through! This is about the longest I’ve ever let my facial hair grow. I’m sure you can see why. I’ll probably start trimming my chin and sides soon. Fortunately, it doesn’t itch or bother me much at all. Though, it’s a different...

Clean Shaven for Day 1 of Movember

I hate shaving! I haven’t been clean-shaven in years… maybe almost a decade! I’ve also never grown my facial hair out for more than maybe 10 or so days… and it isn’t pretty. My girlfriend isn’t thrilled about it, but I will be...

Learn How to Run Properly with the 100-Up Exercise

Christopher McDougal, the author of Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Super Athletes and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen, wrote another piece about barefoot running in the New York Times yesterday. There is a lot of background about barefoot running in the...

Over a Week Into Intermittent Fasting

I had always related fasting with religion. I had never thought about it as a lifestyle or in terms of nutritional science. That is until my girlfriend chose not to eat for an entire day. Obviously, I was curious why she was fasting. That is when she introduced me to...