Eclectic Living
I'm in my fourth month of time-restricted intermittent fasting - primarily eating in a six-hour window between 2 and 8 p.m. Along the way, I've been getting my cholesterol tested (results forthcoming). In addition to intermittent fasting, I've instituted three different diet phases. After the initial whatever/whenever diet (not so good for my cholesterol or... Continue Reading →
A few years ago I embarked on a three-day fast after reading a Harper's article by Steve Hendricks, Starving your way to vigor (sorry, you have to subscribe to Harper's to read it), about the many potential health benefits of fasting. I wrote about my experience on the Mr. Money Mustache blog. It was a fun challenge; enough... Continue Reading →
I like me some Dutch people. I lived in Holland for half a year back in the '90s for a "study" abroad during college. Mostly I just drank beer and played soccer and ate Chinese food with my Dutch roommate Huub ("Wil je chinees" he would ask me: "Do you want to Chinese?" I always... Continue Reading →
Dylan Thomas pleaded with his father: “Do not go gentle into that good night. Rage, rage against the dying of the light.” But the light will go out for all of us eventually. Still, whether we’re defiant or sanguine about the end, our final act doesn’t have to be an extravagant, expensive affair. For most... Continue Reading →
Poppa's Cottage 