Published in March 6th, 2008
If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!The title of this post is “Fit Dad Fat Dad” partially in honor of Rich Dad Poor Dad and partially to stir up some controversy in exactly the same way as RDPD does.
RDPD has a fairly poor reputation [...]
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Published in February 15th, 2008
Lately I have been lusting for some winter/fall season cycling clothes so I have been trying to invent all sorts of excuses to justify my sudden need(*). I need a jacket because my tex jacket has this thick collar that makes it hard to see around, also it flaps a bit in the wind. I [...]
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Published in February 8th, 2008
Thanks to the Superbowl there has been a lot of comparison between football and personal finance. Now whereas football is a game where a bunch of girls wear protective padding and slap each others’ butts, cycling is a sport for real men who shave their legs and wear spandex. All this is besides the point [...]
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Published in January 27th, 2008
First a note on safety! When ordinary people starts telling me that what I’m doing looks “unsafe”, I just know that I am doing the right thing . Forsooth, something is only unsafe if you don’t know what you are doing. Actually, from a risk management perspective, I think it is less safe to [...]
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Published in January 13th, 2008
Using body weight and leverage is possible to put stresses on the body that would correspond to a couple of hundred pounds in the gym. For strength, there is the one-armed push up and the one-legged squat as described in The Naked Warrior. The best thing about these exercises is that they can be done [...]
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Published in January 10th, 2008
The Million Dollar Journey had an article on building a home gym that consisted of a power rack with a bench and barbell and a treadmill. While I am positively convinced that treadmills are useless, the power rack combo is one of the best solutions if one desires to focus on the three power lifts. [...]
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Published in January 5th, 2008
Currently a little windy drizzlemajor storm is moving a few leaveswrecking havoc on the bay area. Alright, I haven’t checked out the entire bay area, but in my opinion around here it’s just rainy and windy. Weather is to a large extend all about perception and the right clothes and I grew up in a [...]
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Published in January 4th, 2008
The past year I have been commuting by bike on most work days. The distance is about 6.2 miles and my odomoter shows 1736 miles for the year. Granted, I have done some recreational riding as well including a half-century, that is 50 miles, on some particularly crazy Saturday, but I doubt that totals more [...]
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Published in December 29th, 2007
Recently Lazy man illustrated the keys to financial success by comparing it to the Patriot’s success on the football field. I don’t know much about playing football, but if it is anything like hockey, it is less easy than it looks and requires tremendous skill. Not only do these athletes need to have a high [...]
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Published in December 16th, 2007
“Do not seek illumination unless you seek it as a man whose hair is on fire seeks a pond.” — Sri Ramakrishna
I really like this quote. It provides a visual image of a very important point. The point is that you must be passionate to succeed. Being passionate centers every action and every choice around [...]
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