Guiding light
I’ve become a big fan of California painter Thomas Kinkade, also known as the painter of light. This lighthouse photo is one of my favourite’s and I use it to relax when my anxiety gets the best of me....
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Hello and welcome! Thanks for visiting my blog. You can also visit my more theologically-oritented blog at The Lonely Disciple.
View ArticleHot app: Due
I have a new favourite app – Due. I found it on a list of recommended apps from Michael Schechter of A Better Mess. I asked Michael why he used Due over the native iOS app Reminders. His reason is now...
View ArticleMiracle Landing:: Movie
Reblogged from The Lonely Disciple: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83Ognz8SCKE This doesn't really have anything to do with anything, but I found this movie on YouTube. I remember when it first aired...
View ArticleOlympus has Fallen [review]
My immediate thought after leaving the theatre after watching Olympus has Fallen was “wow”. I haven’t see an action flick this good in a very long time. In fact, I think the last time was the 2002...
View ArticleLucasArt shuts down
I’m not a big gamer, but this strikes me as sad news… Staff were informed of the shutdown this morning, according to a reliable Kotaku source. Some 150 people were laid off, and both of the studio’s...
View ArticleCultivating a talent
Reblogged from The Lonely Disciple: I have a friend who discovered last year that he could paint. I don't mean he can draw cute stick figures, I mean the dude can paint beautiful, awe inspiring...
View ArticleThe Boy in the Striped Pajama's [movie review]
Reblogged from The Lonely Disciple: This is a movie review with no direct spoilers, but some pretty well inferred ones. Some stories are so large that they are nearly impossible to tell and do them...
View ArticleTake it off, baby!
This is my at my wedding August of 2010. I weighed 292lbs – that’s 8 away from 300 in case you didn’t make the connection. It wasn’t always this way. I was never into sports, preferring the arts such...
View ArticlePics so far
The blurry photo (black shirt) is 263lbs. The next photo (blue shirt is at 9.5lbs down. Boom! I can definitely see the difference around the stomach. I can also feel the difference in my jawbone – as...
View ArticleFitness is not just a number
Tour for Kids – 350kms in 4 days (should have been 400, but I hit a wall part way through day 3). When we talk about weight loss, I often think that’s the wrong word to use. Yes, I am trying to loose...
View ArticleGetting started: The food
A picture says a 1000 words apparently, so here: Step one: PURGE the bad stuff. Get rid of it, eliminate it, trash or give it away – it must not be in the house at all! This is what happened when we...
View ArticleSelf-sabotage
I actually don’t have a problem with chocolate, as long as its dark – that darker the better. It takes some getting used to, but it’s actually quite good once you do. As I noted in my first blog...
View ArticleHow to cheat properly
In my last post I talked about the dangers of sabotaging your efforts. Now I want to discuss how to do it properly, buy which I mean, how do you cheat. What’s the difference? Cheating is...
View ArticleLog: I didn’t want to work out today
I woke up this morning not in the best of moods. I wasn’t angry, just feeling sad and not really sure why. I messed up dinner last and because I didn’t have an adequate backup meal I could take out of...
View ArticleTool: Weightbot
Tools – Weightbot – $1.99 (CDN) – iOS only I use Weightbot everyday to record my weight. It tells me how far I have come and far I have to go. It also tries to estimate how long it will take to reach...
View ArticleMy real motivation
My wife and are expecting our first child. This was taking a couple days ago at 12 weeks.
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