If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Okay, so here’s a little known fact about me. I used to be a competitive swimmer. Not exactly Mr Phelps et al., but I did spend 9 hours a week training in the water, I did smell of chlorine [...]

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I have started to use baking soda to brush my teeth (again). I don’t do this to save money on toothpaste, which is cheap and often free thanks to the lunacy of coupon clipping (this is the only place where we do this). Rather, I do it to save money on the dentist, who is [...]

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One possible way of spending retirement is to enroll in marathons, ironmen (or is that ironmans?), ultracycling, etc. all over the country or planet depending on ambition. Last Sunday I completed my first century (actually it turned into 123 miles (197km) since I took a wrong turn at some point) which was quite fun [...]

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Not relying on a car (other than the occasional lift from DW), one of the things I have to worry about is overtraining(*) especially given that I’m not 20 anymore. The fact that I’m mostly moved by muscle power means that I have a rather real sense of how far I can go and how [...]

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The American health care system is broken. The reason is not that employer group plans makes insurance more expensive for those who don’t have an employer. No, the reason that the American health care system is broken is because Americans universally tend to believe that

Technology can solve all problems.
If you spend enough, you can get [...]

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I just rediscovered the simple living network thanks to a blog by Fred Ecks(*). As far as I have been able to understand he decided to quit his job as a programmer at age 35 and adopt a simple lifestyle. He now spends time renovating a sail boat and doing ultra-marathons.
Sounds eerily familiar. Here’s [...]

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The following is a list of the things I’ve learned during my first 30 years about how to live a good life.
Take it for what it’s worth.
1) Decide what your priorities are
Your main priorities are your health, food, shelter, and who/if you marry in that order.
Your other priorities are your children, your friends and your [...]

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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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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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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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