Did you know that weight lifting can reduce your chance of getting diabetes? It turns out that muscle mass interacts on the insulin pathway in some intricate way. By engaging and strengthening your muscles, you actually reduce your chance of getting diabetes. This probably sounds like incredible new information. Actually, scientists have known that weight…
Monthly Archives: October 2006
Bored?
In case you haven’t seen this game, check out the Halloween Hangman. It’s sure to fill your time with loads of mindless joy. The truly scary thing about this game is that someone played it long enough to get over 30,000 points. I am wondering if it might have been my bored friend Moobs….
Lorax day
Today, according to my new Dr. Suess calendar, is Lorax day.? What is a Lorax?? The Lorax was the guy who was willing to speak for the trees, the birds and animals.? He was willing to risk speaking the truth to the greedy entitled person who took all the resources for himself.? And when all…
Pondering Alternative medicine
Robert Bazell, NBC Chief science and health correspondent, released a commentary about Alternative medicine this morning. His premise is that the NIH spent millions of dollars testing Alternative Medicine and most of it doesn’t work. Yet, the lack of medical research does not deter people from taking these medications. Read: people are stupid; scientists are…
Walking the mid-line
Everyone knows that I don’t like war. It’s not a big secret. I don’t like it, never have. It was a bone of contention between my father and I for most of his life. I don’t like war… any war… all the wars currently going on in the world… and I don’t think that’s going…
Beautiful distractions….
Read the news and it feels like the entire planet is falling apart. If you are having one of those Mondays, take a moment to visit this site : Beautiful Planet and get a beautiful and refreshing look at terra firma. There’s no place like home.
What to do?
Last weekend, I went to hang out and help my friend Steve at Cider Days in Lakewood. Steve is the owner of Ela Family Farms, a family owned organic apple farm on the Western Slope. While I was working on Saturday, I bashed my thumb between a box of apples and the big rig refrigerated…
Lesson in Public Relations
Here’s a free lesson in public relations. If you screw up: 1. Say your sorry and look like you really mean it. 2. Take responsibility. No “booze made me do it” or “I was so in love I jumped on the couches” or “the pressures of being famous destroyed our relationship”. Just say, “you know,…
What do pedophiles deserve?
A number of years ago, I took the bodhisattva vow. I would try to ease the suffering of all sentient beings. I was only 30 at the time and starting my psychotherapy practice. It seemed straight forward – ease suffering thought loving kindness. I founded my business and the Open Grove out of those principles….
Harry Potter's Aunt Petunia says:
“I was the only one who could see her for the freak she actually was.” That’s pretty close to what Georgia mom, Laura Mallory (Georgia mom seeks to ban Harry Potter) had to say at the Gwinnett County Board of Education in Georgia last Tuesday.? She is concerned that the books are “an “evil” attempt…