I’m not a big fan of New Year’s resolutions. I like the idea of being reflective, and giving serious thought as to how one might be able to do better in the year ahead, but, as a rule, I think they’re counterproductive, as they’re rarely kept, and just leave people feeling like shit. Perhaps more […]
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On making myself a smaller target for illness
Posted in Food, Health, Mark's Life Also tagged aging, alcohol, anxiety, back pain, beer, beets, BMI, calories, cancer, cold turkey, colonoscopy, dietary reset, diets, elimination diet, fat, fat shaming, flour, GERD, gluten, Health, kale, losing weight, New Year's resolution, OCD, processed foods, smoothies, sugar, sweets, vegan, weight issues, Whole 30, wine 29 Comments
How I abused my blender and saved my life
A few weeks ago, as you may remember, I suggested that a particularly horrific dream that I’d had involving Ted Cruz may have come to me because, just a few hours before going to sleep, I’d broken a “self-imposed, month-long ban on sugar, wheat, dairy, alcohol, caffeine, processed foods, fried foods, and everything else that […]
Posted in Health, Mark's Life, Uncategorized Also tagged acid reflux, alcohol, antacid, beets, blenders, caffeine, chest pains, click bait, coughing, dairy, diet, elimination diet, fried foods, Huron River Drive, Mark's health, Ollie, post viral cough, processed foods, smoothies, stomach, sugar, vegetables, Whole 30 20 Comments
Detroit 2011 Maker Faire
I spent a good part of the day today stumbling around in the heat at the Detroit Maker Faire. Among other things, I did the following… I got to see an incredibly cool demonstration of a turn-of-the-century steam-powered threshing machine put on by the employees of Greenfield Village. I visited the HackPittsburgh yurt, and, while […]
Posted in Art and Culture, Detroit, entrepreneurism, Other, Uncategorized Also tagged Amelia marks, Backyard Brains, brain activity, chaff, Cheez Whiz, cockroaches, Electrophysiology, farming, Greenfield Village, high altitude balloons, invention, Maker Faire, neurons, Professor Frink, Ruth Marks, Science, SpikerBox, the brain, The Simpsons, thrashing 10 Comments