My Review of "Born to Run"

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Mar 072010

Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen by Christopher McDougall

My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Reading this book made me want to go out and run… every single day. Ok, I must admit that I already am somewhat of a runner, but this book changed my perspective on why we run, how humans are built, and most of all changed my attitude about running. I now smile when I run, and notice the beauty of the world around me much more. Great stuff, great book.

Oh, and don’t worry. This book is not just for runners. It has an engaging storyline, colorful characters, and plot twists. Highly recommended.

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Diet, Health, and the US

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Mar 062010

Sometimes I run across videos that I have to embed here because I find them so profound or so important. This is one of them. Check it out.

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Updating my Motorcycle Site

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Mar 032010
Updating my Motorcycle Site

I’m finally putting some effort back into updating MotorcycleNewsGuy (my motorcycle news site) because, despite what seems to be a difficult economy for motorcycles, there really is a lot of innovation going on out there. I especially love what we’re seeing in alternative-fuel motorcycles, which don’t get nearly as much love here in the US [...]

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Algae Has Some Amazing Potential for Making Biofuel

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Feb 252010

Scientists are making progress in developing biofuels with a range of methods and an assortment of feedstocks. (From bioenergy.checkbiotech.org) Among the promising clean energy alternatives is an algae photo-bioreactor that grows algae in municipal wastewater to produce biofuel. Developed by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the bioreactor consists of large plastic bags made [...]

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Facebook vs. Email for Brick and Mortar Businesses

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Feb 232010
Facebook vs. Email for Brick and Mortar Businesses

Here’s a question that has been plaguing me recently: how does a Facebook page compare in reach and effectiveness to a traditional email list in generating business and loyal customers for a small brick and mortar business? To be more specific, I am not talking about the corporate headquarters for a chain corporation – I [...]

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A Passion Sandwich

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Feb 042010

No, no, get your filthy mind out of the gutter. I’m not talking about that boy-girl stuff. I’m talking about what happens when you see an opportunity for multiple things you’re passionate about to come together. When you have that “holy crap!” moment and realize that it not just a possibility, but there exists a [...]

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Like Sifting Grains of Sand

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Dec 082009

It’s become clear to me recently that one of the more useful skills a person can posses in these times is the ability to sift through the wealth of information strewn about everywhere to find the best and most useful piece of information at that particular moment. It’s true that google has done a wonderful [...]

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Movember, start to finish

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Dec 052009
Movember, start to finish

Movember. Wow, who would have thought growing a mustache would be so frickin hard? About halfway through I was seriously wishing that I was training for a marathon. I mean, I got a lot of grief from women. Maybe they would be been nicer if I was raising money for breast cancer research instead of [...]

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How Physics and Business are the Same

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Dec 032009
How Physics and Business are the Same

Back in my junior year of high school I was first introduced to the kind of Newtonian Mechanics physics that can be both incredibly useful in real life use (looking at the where forces are applied in a system, calculating collisions and projectile flight paths) and can also be a total pain in the ass. [...]

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Oh Maslow, Why Do You Trouble Me So?

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Dec 022009
Oh Maslow, Why Do You Trouble Me So?

As humans, it seems that we are genetically programmed to always want more. And I suppose there is an excellent reason for the desire to always want more, to always feel that more is necessary in order to be happy and fulfilled. As much as it sucks to lose a job and then have to [...]

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