Archive | August, 2010

The Best TV Show You’ve Never Seen: John Adams

by on 29. Aug, 2010 in Independent Thinking, Miscellaneous

The amount of live television I’ve watched over the past 12 months is so tiny, it’s probably best measured in minutes. That said, I do see movies from time to time, and on occasion, watch shows on my computer.

One I heard about recently at the Florida Liberty Summit where I had the chance to see Ron Paul speak live, was an HBO series titled “John Adams”.

A few weeks have passed, but I finally got around to watching it … wow.

For a TV series made to entertain, this show is provides a more accurate depiction of the founding of these states united than 99% of currently elected and appointed officials could piece together over the next decade – that’s how far our nation has drifted from the intent of the founders and the original constitution.

It’s not perfect, but it is definitely worth your time. The ideas presented, the main actors, the quotes, the scenes, the supporting…

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Fat is the Regulating Nutrient for Body Composition, Not Protein

Fat is the Regulating Nutrient for Body Composition, Not Protein

by on 27. Aug, 2010 in Independent Thinking, Nutrition

I’ve had this on my mind since the Spring of 2010. I even wrote a rough draft of what follows before my travels to Europe.

I have since scrapped that, and have decided to begin anew.

As the title suggests, my working hypothesis is this: fat intake is the defining factor for body composition.

Now, for those neck deep in conventional wisdom, this makes a lot of sense – if taken to mean that fat intake will determine whether or not one is “fat”.

“Eat fat get fat.”

“Eat less fat get skinny.”

Yikes.

Well, for those that are long time readers of this blog, or otherwise aware that fat is a gift from Zeus himself, you know very well that this is not the idea I am supporting or looking to perpetuate in any way.

What I am suggesting more literally is this: (proper) fat intake determines body composition in all senses of the term.

Not only body fat levels, but muscle mass as well – contrary to popular opinion that excessive protein…

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It Only Takes One Man

It Only Takes One Man

by on 25. Aug, 2010 in Independent Thinking

What follows is a quote from The Fountainhead (more specifically, a quote from the latter part of the 25th anniversary edition introduction). I quote the following today – the day of my 22nd birth day – because this passage strikes me like few other collections of ink on paper ever have.

As such, rather than ask for something on the anniversary day of my birth, this is my gift to all those that read my blog and follow my work.

I have not modified it in any way, other than the bolding of specific parts that I found especially moving.

From The Fountainhead

It is this highest level of man’s emotions that has to be redeemed from the murk of mysticism and redirected at its proper object: man.

It is in this sense, with this meaning and intention, that I would identify the sense of life dramatized in The Fountainhead as man-worship.

It is an emotion that a few – a very few – men experience consistently; some men experience it in rare…

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Great Men of Our Time (Part 1)

Great Men of Our Time (Part 1)

by on 05. Aug, 2010 in Exercise, Independent Thinking, Meeting Cool People, Nutrition, The 21 Convention

It’s been said that there are three types of men in this world – men who wish to rule over others, men who seek to obey, and men who pursue freedom, independence, and their own visions and dreams with unmeasurable vigor.

The third type of man – the passionate men who shape the world we live in, the men who live their lives as they see fit (without intruding on the right of others to do the same), and accomplish great things in the face of all odds (often to our benefit) – is an increasingly rare breed.

Yet, not all hope is lost, as those men do indeed still exist. In fact, you are looking at three of them above as you read.

Pictured from left to right are Doug McGuff MD, Mark Sisson, and Bill DeSimone – men who’s work I was very familiar with and had a lot of respect for, before meeting them just this past July at The 21 Convention 2010 of Orlando…

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Dream Vitality Is Nearly Here, Are You Ready?

Dream Vitality Is Nearly Here, Are You Ready?

by on 01. Aug, 2010 in Exercise, Lifestyle Design, Nutrition

Compliments of Dj Fuji

To my pleasant surprise there has been a lot of interest in the Dream Vitality CYL program. Considering the massive comment history on TDL with regards to exercise and nutrition posts, I suppose this shouldn’t be a surprise, but no biggie. I always welcome comments and suggestions, and indeed there has been a ton.

Which is pretty exciting. I really had no idea how you guys would respond to me offering a 12 week phone and e-mail coaching program, but here we are, only days away from it beginning.

So what does Dream Vitality come down to exactly?

It boils down to this – I have spent an enormous amount of time and effort researching exercise, nutrition, and healthy living over the past few years.

While my research pales in comparsion to people like Doug McGuff, Mark Sisson, Kurt Harris, Drew Baye, and so on, I feel that I have learned an immense amount, and really dug through a lot of outright nonsense in industries neck…

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