> Permanent results only come from permanent changes in diet and lifestyle. — Joe Cross A friend suggested I check-out a site about a juice challenge, and that led me down a white rabbit hole. I explored his site, discovered he had a documentary, watched it, and decided to make a big change in my life. The documentary was Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004V4ASGC/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B004V4ASGC&linkCode=as2&tag=four0b-20...
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Run The Jewels - Free Album
> Throw your hands in the air And wave ‘em like you just don’t care Keep ‘em there Run the jewels, run the jewels, run the jewels. LL Cool J, Cheesy Rat Blues [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwx6pLz21gE&spfreload=10] Rap is one of the few music genres that I don’t really care for. When I heard that a group called Run The Jewels had released a new album that was available for free, and that people were raving about it, I had to check out just to hear for myself whether it was that...
Asimov on Creativity
My feeling is that as far as creativity is concerned, isolation is required. The creative person is, in any case, continually working at it. His mind is shuffling his information at all times, even when he is not conscious of it. (The famous example of Kekule working out the structure of benzene in his sleep is well-known.) > The presence of others can only inhibit this process, since creation is embarrassing. For every new good idea you have, there are a hundred, ten thousand foolish ones, whi...
Bury Yourself — Day Four
Part of the Bury Yourself [https://www.foursides.ca/bury] writing project. > The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living. — Cicero Talking with the dead is much a fantasy for me as time travel. The number of people I would love the opportunity to talk with are endless and could go in many different directions. Do I speak with my ancestors to learn about family history? Favourite authors of mine to learn more about their processes and inspirations? Or I do reach further back in...
Bury Yourself — Day Three
Part of the Bury Yourself [https://www.foursides.ca/bury] writing project. > When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive – to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love. — Marcus Aurelius No one wants to think about what happens when they die. How will it feel? What happens to you? What will the people around you feel? The questions are endless if you allow yourself to think a lot about death. The strange thing about living life is that you never truly thi...
Bury Yourself — Day Two
Part of the Bury Yourself [https://www.foursides.ca/bury] writing project 35 years is both a long time to live and a short amount of time. It is relative those surrounding you. Whether I am looking at my daughter (nearly 5 years old) or my grandma (90) who lives in Kelowna, I think about how much that has happened or will happen for me. I consider myself lucky enough to be able to say those words. Death is always a possibility these days, robbing life way too young or prolonging it for an excor...
Bury Yourself Day One
Part of the Bury Yourself [https://www.foursides.ca/bury] writing project > Then I heard a voice from heaven say, “Write: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.” “Yes,” says the Spirit, “they will rest from their labor, for their deeds will follow them.” Revelation 14:13 [http://www.biblestudytools.com/revelation/14.html] Death has not been a common experience for me through my lifetime. There have been many family pets that have passed on. There has also been people in the co...
Bury Yourself -- Writing Project
> We’re coming up on the end of the year. The Earth gives us an opportunity to wake up earlier and go to sleep earlier. The Earth isn’t getting an operating system upgrade; it’s doing what it has always done. It’s preparing itself for a new year by shaking off the old one. — Gwen Bell Writing has always been a therapeutic experience for me since I started scribbling in journals during University. Sitting down in front of a blank screen or empty journal page can be frightening for me when I...
Tomorrow's Modern Boxes - Thom Yorke
Thom Yorke, of RadioHead, has released a new album via BitTorrent. There are four tracks for download that are free, the remainder cost $6.00 to purchase. It’s a creative way to distribute an album and has been downloading nearly 50,000 times already. Likely a better way to get the album out after the debacle that occured with U2’s album release via iTunes [http://www.fastcompany.com/3035787/fast-feed/u2-haters-rejoice-new-album-can-be-deleted-from-itunes-with-one-click] . RadioHead [http://www...
Naomi Klein - This Changes Everything
> Then about three years ago, I started to notice that green energy programs – the strong ones that are needed to lower global emissions fast – were increasingly being challenged under international trade agreements, particularly the World Trade Organization’s rules. In 2010, for instance, the United States challenged one of China’s wind power subsidy programs on the grounds that it contained supports for local industry that were considered protectionist. China, in turn, threatened to bring a d...
