Friday, April 09, 2010
Saturday, February 13, 2010
My .02 on the surge of foodie issues I've been posting
In general, I do find many of the ideas agreeable, but, in typical American fashion, I do believe there is a consensus that this is all a cure all, magic bullet. It really makes me sick to hear people argue that a change in diet is going to solve a laundry list of problems. These views often seem over simplified and naive. Yes, a change to our relationship with food on a massive scale is important and necessary. We should not just stop there. Much more of the typical lifestyle needs to be adjusted in order to get closer to truly excellent results.
Thursday, February 11, 2010
A couple great videos about our relationship with food.
Pollan
Bittman
So, what are my thoughts on all this; or, rather, am I going to become a vegetarian or raw vegan? I'm not convinced I'd be able to give up meat. I enjoy, too much, a great steak, corn beef hash, fresh oysters, most seafood; I also like cheese in most cases, and some other dairy. I am interested in getting closer to some of the practices of a raw diet. Taking the approach that I'm getting from Mark Bittman, more fresh vegetables and a smaller amount of meat. Maybe make it more of a treat than a staple...truth is I'm somewhat like this as it is, I'm not eating much meat, and when I do it's not a 16 oz steak; that does sound good though!! Anyway, some intelligent people here, talking about a key to our survival.
Bittman
So, what are my thoughts on all this; or, rather, am I going to become a vegetarian or raw vegan? I'm not convinced I'd be able to give up meat. I enjoy, too much, a great steak, corn beef hash, fresh oysters, most seafood; I also like cheese in most cases, and some other dairy. I am interested in getting closer to some of the practices of a raw diet. Taking the approach that I'm getting from Mark Bittman, more fresh vegetables and a smaller amount of meat. Maybe make it more of a treat than a staple...truth is I'm somewhat like this as it is, I'm not eating much meat, and when I do it's not a 16 oz steak; that does sound good though!! Anyway, some intelligent people here, talking about a key to our survival.
Saturday, February 06, 2010
Wednesday, February 03, 2010
Art Projects; a list by me
1. Collage 1 (self)
2. Collage 2 (skulls)
3. Self Portrait - thanks Kleo!
4. 'chocolate sause' - you know you want to!
5. Faux Fash
2. Collage 2 (skulls)
3. Self Portrait - thanks Kleo!
4. 'chocolate sause' - you know you want to!
5. Faux Fash
Monday, February 01, 2010
Friday, January 29, 2010
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Mongol Rally
Basically Ever since I first discovered the little adventure called Mongol Rally, I've held it high on my bucket list. With that in mind, I'd also like to do the Sahara Rally and, to be quite honest, make somewhat of a habit of a nomadic lifestyle. If you're savvy!?!? Here are a few of my favourite playlists I created in youtube.
Driving Rich Crazy 2006 Two guys named Richard, drive a Fiat Uno almost to Ulan Baatar. Well produced and the conclusion is perfect!
Nick & Barnaby This was my first introduction to the rally, expedia sponsored these two guy to drive it in a classic mini. They release the videos about 2 a week or so and it was good fun keeping up with it.
Saharan Rally These guys did both rally's so far. I'm impressed!
Driving Rich Crazy 2006 Two guys named Richard, drive a Fiat Uno almost to Ulan Baatar. Well produced and the conclusion is perfect!
Nick & Barnaby This was my first introduction to the rally, expedia sponsored these two guy to drive it in a classic mini. They release the videos about 2 a week or so and it was good fun keeping up with it.
Saharan Rally These guys did both rally's so far. I'm impressed!
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Thursday, January 07, 2010
Lessons from 2009
To begin with...
You better blow your money, otherwise someone else (some thief) is going to spend it for you! Thanks to the government, the financial industry, and the insurance industry...
You better blow your money, otherwise someone else (some thief) is going to spend it for you! Thanks to the government, the financial industry, and the insurance industry...
Saturday, December 26, 2009
Friday, December 18, 2009
Learning
It is one thing to learn from your/the past. Something entirely different to let go of what taught those lessons.
Monday, December 14, 2009
Sunday, December 13, 2009
Sunday, December 06, 2009
Old Question
A friend posed the following question to me, a while ago:
Living in a realm where anything is possible, if you were now living in the city of your choice and you earned enough money where your bills were paid with extra spending money, what kind of activities would you be doing? I’m not talking about shopping for Prada b/c I know that’s a given. How would you spend your time?
First let me clarify, do you mean I have a job I like/love and freedom to come and go as I please and the extra spending money was significant?
Yes!
Sorry, this is all kinds of scatter brain.
Ok, well, I’d definitely try to get a lot of culture, ie theatre and the arts. I really do enjoy being active, so that would be a big part of my life. I realize I gravitate toward more counter culture activities, so I’d do things like that, but I’m also interested in traditional sports so I’d like to do those. In addition to theatre and arts I’d go to sporting events, but mostly with friends as a social activity. Music of course is a given, I’d try to stay as on top of music as I do now and go to shows, but still remain selective and not just go for the sake of going, as in, I like the Rolling stones, but I don’t need to see them. I would travel for any of the activities mentioned above. I would celebrate birthdays in grand style. I would drive fast all the time, not reckless, but you know. I guess I would really try to be a “renaissance man,” and try my best at many things, concentrating on a few. Being a gentleman is important to me so I’d do my best at that. Ultimately I’d be at home as little as possible but have as much fun as possible. Along the travel lines, I’d definitely try to do epic type of trips, like snowboard vacations to Russia, scuba in the Caribbean, etc etc.
This all makes me think about a phrase that’s been circling my head for ages now: “everything, all the time” as in I’d like to do everything all the time, but it’d best be stated as “anything, anytime.” This is of course within certain constraints, I’d don’t want to engage in anything base or morose. I also wrote a blog about how I want to do many things but not get mired down in all the politics/lifestyle that seems to come with them, and that is speaking to me now, as in I’d want to do many of these things, but don’t want to make it a constant. If that makes sense.
Living in a realm where anything is possible, if you were now living in the city of your choice and you earned enough money where your bills were paid with extra spending money, what kind of activities would you be doing? I’m not talking about shopping for Prada b/c I know that’s a given. How would you spend your time?
First let me clarify, do you mean I have a job I like/love and freedom to come and go as I please and the extra spending money was significant?
Yes!
Sorry, this is all kinds of scatter brain.
Ok, well, I’d definitely try to get a lot of culture, ie theatre and the arts. I really do enjoy being active, so that would be a big part of my life. I realize I gravitate toward more counter culture activities, so I’d do things like that, but I’m also interested in traditional sports so I’d like to do those. In addition to theatre and arts I’d go to sporting events, but mostly with friends as a social activity. Music of course is a given, I’d try to stay as on top of music as I do now and go to shows, but still remain selective and not just go for the sake of going, as in, I like the Rolling stones, but I don’t need to see them. I would travel for any of the activities mentioned above. I would celebrate birthdays in grand style. I would drive fast all the time, not reckless, but you know. I guess I would really try to be a “renaissance man,” and try my best at many things, concentrating on a few. Being a gentleman is important to me so I’d do my best at that. Ultimately I’d be at home as little as possible but have as much fun as possible. Along the travel lines, I’d definitely try to do epic type of trips, like snowboard vacations to Russia, scuba in the Caribbean, etc etc.
This all makes me think about a phrase that’s been circling my head for ages now: “everything, all the time” as in I’d like to do everything all the time, but it’d best be stated as “anything, anytime.” This is of course within certain constraints, I’d don’t want to engage in anything base or morose. I also wrote a blog about how I want to do many things but not get mired down in all the politics/lifestyle that seems to come with them, and that is speaking to me now, as in I’d want to do many of these things, but don’t want to make it a constant. If that makes sense.
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