You are not yourself today. In fact, you are not yourself any day. Neither am I. We are collectives of trillions of selves, and most of these selves are not our selves: of the 130 trillion or so cells that make up our bodies, about 30 trillion are human and the other 100 trillion are bacteria,... Continue Reading →

If you'll recall from the timeless post How to Be Happy, one of the steps to achieve happiness is to Be Healthy. As it happens, Poppa's been working on just that (with occasional lapses*). One of the primary barometers of health is girth, of which most of us in the U.S. could stand to lose a little. We... Continue Reading →