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It's been a while since I've updated. Probably three months or so. When last we met, I was faced with some medical challenges that threw me for a loop or so. A lot
Brian Mars
By day I'm a Principal Architect at Nike. By night, I'm a vampire. Or is that a werewolf?
August - The Good and The Bad
We spent a week at the start of the month at the in-laws. It was right when the Delta surge was making news in Los Angeles. Due to my father-in-law's age and general
Hot Take Time - Delta Edition
It's easy to be pissed off at the unvaccinated and resent this return to indoor masking requirements. To be honest, I am pretty pissed off myself. But let's acknowledge the new science that
Your body is a business not an engine
Interesting piece on how metabolism adjusts to how we eat as much or more than what we eat. This is something that I have intuitively been landing on but seeing real research is
The Nuts and Bolts
The other day I wrote about the pre-game training I did to tackle my health issues. Today, I'm going to write about the day in and day out practices that I used to
Half Year Progress Report
For this check-in, I wanted to take some time to acknowledge the progress I've made and document the changes that went into it. Not so much for other people (although the beauty of
An Early Check-In
I'll have my monthly health check in later this week, but wanted to post a link to an article on Stoicism. Yeah, it's from Vice, so caveat emptor, but it does bring up
Long Month
Wow - that month sure seemed to take forever. What? It's been two months, and change? No way... Yeah. I missed my monthly check-in post for May. But hear me out. We left
Well, that certainly was a month
We are now in week 5 of living with the in-laws. Despite a few set backs, Teresa's mom is on her way to a full recovery from her surgery and we are now
Monthly Check In
Not a lot to report this month other than to acknowledge that I am on track with my health goals and things are trending in the right direction and the right slope. More
Intention and Attention
One month into the Year of the Body. I plan to have these monthly "accountability" posts if for no other reason than documenting this journey has intrinsic value. This post is also a
Thinking about Thinking and Art
This past week, a few things that happened to me that caused me to notice the synchronicities between them and dig a little deeper into what meaning they might hold. One of my