The world is a dangerous place to live; Not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don’t do anything about it.
~ Albert Einstein
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Dangerous Place →
US fructose consumption trends →
1970: 42.5 lb/year of added fructose.
~ Stephan Guyenet from, Whole Health Source: US Fructose Consumption Trends
2007: 50.6 lb/year of added fructose.
At 19%, it’s not a staggering increase, but it’s definitely significant. I also think it’s an underestimate, because it doesn’t include fruit juice or total fruit consumption, both of which have increased. Other notable findings: grain intake has increased 41% between 1970 and 2005, due chiefly to rising consumption of processed wheat products. Added fats and oils have increased 63% in the same time period, with the increase coming exclusively from vegetable fats. The use of hydrogenated shortening has more than doubled.
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And the amount of average exercise has INCREASED as well since the 70s. We [Americans] have not become sedentary… our diets is killing us, and we’ve been partly stemming the tide through exercise. Reduce your added sugar intake, reduce your processed grains intake. You don’t have to go to extremes… just make small changes. ‘Big ship, small rudder’ but you are still at the helm.
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Pioneering scientist Erwin Chargaff on the power of being an outsider and what makes a great teacher →
If there is such a thing as a great scientist … that greatness can certainly not be transferred by what is commonly called teaching. What the disciples learn are the mannerisms, tricks of the trade, ways to make a career, or perhaps, in the rarest cases, a critical view of the meaning of scientific evidence and its interpretation. A real teacher can teach through his example — this is what the ducklings get from their mothers — or, most infrequently, through the intensity and the originality of his view or vision of nature.
~ Erwin Chargaff from, Pioneering Scientist Erwin Chargaff on the Power of Being an Outsider and What Makes a Great Teacher – The Marginalian
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The Seine at dawn →
This one’s for Jesse (who’s currently on an expidition sharing Parkour in South Africa) who asked for more photos. This is a shot of the Seine near dawn as we were walking to Notre Dame (in Paris, in case that’s not obvious.)
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I surrender! →
‘cavalier’ leg-swing qm box-jump repeat repeat repeat *gasp* shady and not quite as hot, but eventually I had to lay down. Done for the day. All of tomorrow’s options apparently include ‘some running’. “Hello? US Embassy? …yes, I need asylum.” #stoopidLifeChoices #soakedInSweat #happyAsAclam
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THE Cathedral in Èvry →
Spent all day here… push bend jump qm run vault parkour all the things!!! One more ‘section’ to go as soon as our training partner returns from a coffee run.
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I spy Tracy! →
She spent today in Evry chasing a familiar face!
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Mom, calm down… →
It’s only a splinter! I usually only show the rosy side of travelling and jumping on stuff. Well, seems I picked up a wee sliver of England at RDV XI. (ask me about the barefoot bail into thorns) Yes my tetanus immunization is up to date. THIS is why you should always travel with your personalized med kit… #DIY Tracy trained all day while I did my “wimpy lion with a thorn in its paw” imitation. Hopefully good to go tomorrow #famousLastWords (PSA: early symptoms of Tetanus include jaw spasms, drooling, excessive sweating and irritability? …oh i’ve had that for 45 years then :P
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Familiar faces at the Louvre →
Liberty leads the people of France to victory; The Mona Lisa and her famous smile; The raft of the Medusa (a famous shipwreck); Venus sans her arms
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Sizzling hot in Paris →
We spent most of the day wandering around the Louvre which is sorta mostly kinda no not really climate controlled. Today I learned the French are straight-up allergic to air conditioning.
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