There was a "Ancestral Health Symposium" described as the "Woodstock of evolutionary medicine" in CA a couple weeks ago. A bunch of "Primal" and "Paleo" people as well as PhD's MD's and a vast variety medical practitioners got together to talk about health.
Thankfully, someone brought a camera and recorded the lectures. The quality isn't the best, and they only have the slides for some of the lectures, but it's better than nothing. There's a lot of really good information from some very well respected people in their fields. The lectures vary from food, to movement, to gut health and anything health related. Most defies conventional wisdom and how most of us think about health.
Check it out: http://ancestryfoundation.org/ Click on the vimeo link, or one of the videos at the bottom right.
8/25/11
Vacation!
Everyone loves a good vacation! And so do I. I was fortunate enough to spend a week in Eagle Nest, NM at a cabin with good friends. We did some hiking over 12k feet and got to go downhill mountain biking at Angle Fire ski resort. Lots of soda cans were destroyed from hours of b-b-gun fun.
We visited Toas for some shopping and a little emergency room visit after the downhilling. Oops! He ended up okay, just a little bruised and sore. I then spent a few days in CO springs with my parents where we went to the new Ikea, indoor skydiving, and eating. Ikea can only be defined as an iota away from total chaos. Indoor skydiving was awesome and I'd totally recommend it if you're in Denver, CO. Dinner was eaten at Texas de Brazil where we stuffed ourselves silly.
Now it's back to the grind. But there's more adventures on the near horizon. Here's a video of the indoor skydiving and some pictures of the view from the cabin. Picture Link
Thanks to all those that made it such a great vacation!
We visited Toas for some shopping and a little emergency room visit after the downhilling. Oops! He ended up okay, just a little bruised and sore. I then spent a few days in CO springs with my parents where we went to the new Ikea, indoor skydiving, and eating. Ikea can only be defined as an iota away from total chaos. Indoor skydiving was awesome and I'd totally recommend it if you're in Denver, CO. Dinner was eaten at Texas de Brazil where we stuffed ourselves silly.
Now it's back to the grind. But there's more adventures on the near horizon. Here's a video of the indoor skydiving and some pictures of the view from the cabin. Picture Link
Thanks to all those that made it such a great vacation!
8/8/11
night life
This weekend was pretty fun filled. Of course Maddog and I played disc golf friday morning. No surprise there. Didn't score quite as well as last week, but that's okay. Friday night I went with a few people to a place called gallery5 which used to be an old firestation, turned night life hang out. They had a few local bands play, beer tasting, which I did not partake in, and a good crowd of people you had to shuffle through to get anywhere.
We then headed to a restaurant called CousCous which has music and dancing after 10 or so. On our way to CousCous, we were overwhelmed by a giant mob of mostly highschool or early college age kids. When I say giant mob, I mean there must've been a couple thousand people on the sidewalks and streets. We had no idea what was going on, but there were cops everywhere, in cars, on bikes, and on horses. It really was utter chaos. It was ripe for bad things to happen, so we got off that street and headed a different way. After scanning the online Richmond paper today, I guess there were some fights going on, or about to happen, so I'm glad we got out of there.
There was a German exchange student at CousCous that I ended up talking to, which only fueled the memories of highschool that were coming back to me as the dancing and music went on. It was still going strong when we left a little before 2am. I got up far too early following a late night and went bike riding with Carter and 3 other guys. Unfortunately, this ride was also quite long since the 3 other guys liked to stop and rest and chit-chat for 10 minutes every mile or so. Then Carter busted his back wheel so we had to walk the last mile back to the car.
On Sunday, there was a "watermelon" festival I was taken to. It was really hot out so we didn't stay long, but it was your standard fair of clothing vendors and food. To wrap up the night, I played a card game called Spades with some of my neighbors while our dogs wrestled around. All in all, it was a good weekend. I'll try and ride the trails one more time this week and ride to work, so I'll be ready to hit NM well prepared. Can't wait for vacation!
We then headed to a restaurant called CousCous which has music and dancing after 10 or so. On our way to CousCous, we were overwhelmed by a giant mob of mostly highschool or early college age kids. When I say giant mob, I mean there must've been a couple thousand people on the sidewalks and streets. We had no idea what was going on, but there were cops everywhere, in cars, on bikes, and on horses. It really was utter chaos. It was ripe for bad things to happen, so we got off that street and headed a different way. After scanning the online Richmond paper today, I guess there were some fights going on, or about to happen, so I'm glad we got out of there.
There was a German exchange student at CousCous that I ended up talking to, which only fueled the memories of highschool that were coming back to me as the dancing and music went on. It was still going strong when we left a little before 2am. I got up far too early following a late night and went bike riding with Carter and 3 other guys. Unfortunately, this ride was also quite long since the 3 other guys liked to stop and rest and chit-chat for 10 minutes every mile or so. Then Carter busted his back wheel so we had to walk the last mile back to the car.
On Sunday, there was a "watermelon" festival I was taken to. It was really hot out so we didn't stay long, but it was your standard fair of clothing vendors and food. To wrap up the night, I played a card game called Spades with some of my neighbors while our dogs wrestled around. All in all, it was a good weekend. I'll try and ride the trails one more time this week and ride to work, so I'll be ready to hit NM well prepared. Can't wait for vacation!
8/3/11
Back on the horse
The proverbial horse of course. I've never fallen off a real horse thank goodness. I went to play disc golf Friday morning and I shot 1 under par at Bryan Park from the long tees. That was the best score I've gotten, ever, really. I was 3 under until the second to last hole where I botched a couple puts since I was pleasantly mentally distracted. I'll just say it was a good day that ended with dinner and ice cream and drinks.
Sunday I went to Busch Gardens with my dad and a couple he knows. It rained a little bit in the morning which was great for the waiting lines to rides. I think we waited 5 min in the longest line. The Griffon is probably my favorite, for the thrill factor, but the Apollo's Chariot ride is right up there with it's long smooth drops and turns.
Went for a ride after work last night with what turned into 5 people. One of my new neighbors wanted to try out the trails, so he borrowed a bike and came along. Unfortunately, the bike was a pretty poor fit for him and as the trails are really rough. It was difficult and slow going. We didn't make it back until after dark unfortunately which made things even more difficult. Next time I will definitely throw the headlamp in my backpack.
Tonight, the Richmond Squirrels are playing and I will be one of the spectators if the weather holds out. My fingers are crossed. Back up plans will be made just in case though.
Sunday I went to Busch Gardens with my dad and a couple he knows. It rained a little bit in the morning which was great for the waiting lines to rides. I think we waited 5 min in the longest line. The Griffon is probably my favorite, for the thrill factor, but the Apollo's Chariot ride is right up there with it's long smooth drops and turns.
Went for a ride after work last night with what turned into 5 people. One of my new neighbors wanted to try out the trails, so he borrowed a bike and came along. Unfortunately, the bike was a pretty poor fit for him and as the trails are really rough. It was difficult and slow going. We didn't make it back until after dark unfortunately which made things even more difficult. Next time I will definitely throw the headlamp in my backpack.
Tonight, the Richmond Squirrels are playing and I will be one of the spectators if the weather holds out. My fingers are crossed. Back up plans will be made just in case though.
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