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Adventures in Fauxnuts
Unfortunately for you, I was a whole huge drama queen about making paleo donuts, and so you’ll have to scroll through all my rantings and ravings before you get to the technical details that most people actually care about. All of this started because of my enthusiasm for the gypsy donut shop & espresso bar that will be opening in Nyack soon. Yes, we Nyackers have Art Cafe (my long-time favorite latte vendor) and Didier Dumas (oh. my. … Read entire article »
Tracking! Part II – WODClub
I both understand and mis-understand WODClub.com. And not just because they’re THE THE member management solution for CrossFit Gyms (does that make it superior to or more official than THE member management solution?). I included it in my considerations for tracking because the super-great coaches down at Crossfit Nyack are all tracking their workouts on it – they even pimped it a little on a blog/WOD post one day. Where Fitocracy very specifically tracks individual exercises (Jump rope, box jumps, … Read entire article »
Spaghetti Squash!
Let’s be clear on one thing before we start this: spaghetti squash does not taste like spaghetti, nor does it quite have the mouthfeel. That being said, It’s no reason why any person, paleo or not, should be avoiding it. It’s yummy, and I’m happy that my strangeish diet plan has introduced me to it. Bunches of paleo forums and cooking sites suggested trying this in place of spaghetti, and one night, when I had a yearning … Read entire article »
Progress (someone has to make it)
I’ll be honest – although it’s probably pretty evident – that I’m still not quite sure what I’m doing with this blog thing, except organizing myself a little. The other night, Coach Pete asked me why I started doing this – this, meaning CrossFit, as opposed to just joining another gym. But it’s a bigger question for me. It’s been…well, let’s check my e-mail….It’s been 104 days (according to Wolfram Alpha) since I ran a brand-new personal slowness record of a 12 minute mile (thanks, RunKeeper…) and proceeded from the end of my regular running trail straight into Nyack Fitness and gasped like a crazy person at Coach Matt about scheduling an on-ramp. Since then, I’ve finished my last required graduate class with an A and lost 10 of the 30 … Read entire article »
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Shrimp Tacos! Or: Cabbage, tomatos and other stuffs
The most ridiculous thing I ever did to see a concert was, on a Friday afternoon in November at 5PM, leave work in New York City, fly to Phoenix, AZ from Laguardia, rent a car, sleep in a Motel 6 with 5 other people, get up Saturday morning, drive 7 hours over the border to Puerto Penasco, Mexico (with only mariachi music available on the radio), play in the warm water of the Sea of … Read entire article »
So Give Me Coffee & TV
I made this picture big on purpose, because this is the elephant in the proverbial diet room. Before I start, I really want to preface this with a little personal background. You’re welcome to skip this part if you just want the nuts and bolts. <BLAH BLAH>For reasons that I would never begin to know how to replicate if I were to rear my own children (would I even want to replicate this??), disinterest in alcohol was … Read entire article »
Bacon Buffalo Wings
Note: The following post contains cursing. Yep. In honor of the Super Bowl, I decided to tackle one of my most favorite American foods: Buffalo Wings. But, before we start, I need you all to know that I’m a purist. Always will be. Buffalo wings are chicken wings, original Frank’s Red Hot and butter. You can’t say “But…” or “Well…”, because there is simply no argument. In 19fucking64, The fucking Anchor Bar in fucking Buffalo, New York made … Read entire article »
Roasted Brussel Sprouts
Bear with me here: Brussel Sprouts. In my other posts, I kind of like to link to a bunch of different sites so folks can see my thought process and see the other options, but this Ina Garten recipe is perfect. No other links necessary. Now, when I found this recipe, dear Ina had a nice little comment on the bottom in which she says “(I like these salty like french fries)” which my strange collection of … Read entire article »
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Housekeeping
Just a few housekeeping notes: 1) Parts II and III of Tracking were delayed due to the Motaba Virus. I will work on them this coming week when I actually have workouts to track. 2) Because I was sick, out of work for four days, and couldn’t do much beyond lump around in my bed, catch up on The Wire and read The TCP/IP Guide, I had a lot of extra time to write and organize pictures. Subsequently, I … Read entire article »
OK, so maybe it’s a hobby
This is getting a little silly. I’ve not been to the gym since Saturday (Kelly, and something that resembled the Motaba Virus, beat me). I’ve spent the last week basically feeling like Renee Russo in her dying scene in Outbreak, which was my favorite movie when I was 12. Oddly enough, despite my memories of Outbreak as a great cinematic event, there are almost no stills from the movie, let alone good stills of Renee Russo or … Read entire article »
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