Alpine flowers

Published September 7, 2016  ·  All posts on Sep 7

A selection of Alpine flowers taken from various hikes around Courchevel.

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Labor Day

Published September 5, 2016  ·  All posts on Sep 5  ·  

Post pool party and cook out with family, little scaf play… “couples who scaf together, laf’ together!” Fall is my favorite season :D

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Men “working”

Published September 3, 2016  ·  All posts on Sep 3  ·  

Back home, stripped scaf down and building in the lawn. Rails balance, a waterfall and some random angles. Lazy parkour Saturday!

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Longplayer

Published August 30, 2016  ·  All posts on Aug 30  ·  

While I was wandering around Trinity Buoy Wharf (where the Chainstore parkour facility is located) I discovered this sign. A musical instrument designed to play, without interruption or repetition, for ONE THOUSAND YEARS ?! Yes, seriously. Check out http://LongPlayer.org

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Now that we’re back…

Published August 30, 2016  ·  All posts on Aug 30

Now that we’re home and have offloaded all the photos, I’ll be sifting through the rest of the photography. I put up a good bit via Instagram in real time, but there are a few more albums (and perhaps some stories) I want to post.

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U.S. weight, lifestyle and diet trends, 1970- 2007

Published August 30, 2016  ·  All posts on Aug 30  ·  

This entry is part 3 of 12 in the series Stephan Guyenet's "Whole Health Source"

Between 1970 and 1980, something changed in the U.S. that caused a massive increase in obesity and other health problems. Some combination of factors reached a critical mass that our metabolism could no longer tolerate.

~ Stephan Guyenet from, Whole Health Source: U.S. Weight, Lifestyle and Diet Trends, 1970- 2007

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Lessons in manliness from Atticus Finch

Published August 30, 2016  ·  All posts on Aug 30  ·  

If Atticus had one dominating virtue, it was his nearly superhuman empathy. Whenever his children felt angry at the misbehavior or ignorance of the individuals in their town, he would encourage their tolerance and respect by urging them to see the other person’s side of things:

“If you can learn a simple trick, Scout, you’ll get along a lot better with all kinds of folks. You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view—until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.”

Atticus understood that people could only be held responsible for what they knew, that not everyone had an ideal upbringing, that folks were doing they best they could in the circumstances in which they found themselves. Atticus strove above all to see the good in folks and to figure out why they did the things they did.

~ Brett McKay from, Life Lessons From Atticus Finch | The Art of Manliness

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Night bus tour of Paris (3/6)

Published August 29, 2016  ·  All posts on Aug 29  ·  

Looking across the Pont des Arts (the famous bridges where lovers lock padlocks and toss the keys into theSeine) towards the Institut de France. An astounding feat of snap-photography from a moving bus with a tiny phone camera!

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