More microbe than mammal
I know I’m supposed to be in hibernation, but something came up that was so good I just had to share it with you. You know by now that I am totally fascinated by the human microbiome, those trillions...
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Let the conversation begin
Wow. It looks like I should turn this into a running blog, if the number of page views I got from that last post is any indication. Thanks for stopping by! Or maybe people just liked the image of me as...
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Revolutions and Revelations
This body I’m inhabiting has now accompanied the Earth on fifty turns around the Sun. Yes, that’s right, fifty years ago my little eyes first encountered our star and I began my journey. Every summer,...
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The underpinnings
I’ve been doing some mindfulness meditation lately. It’s about the simplest “activity” you can imagine – you just sit on the floor, on a cushion, close your eyes, and breathe. And I’m not just doing...
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Reality check
Think for a minute: When was your last existential crisis? Who, me? you say. Existential crisis? I don’t have existential crises. I’m a rational thinker. I’m practically an engineer. I think everybody...
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The One-body Problem
Hello, December. What happened to November? All of October I was busy with the Yoga Project, happily scribing away my impressions, downward-dogging my way into a new yoga comfort zone. And then it...
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The Yoga Project
In my last post, I chronicled my (so far) unsuccessful attempt to find a yoga class that’s a good fit for me and my inflexible body. A number of friends have encouraged me to keep looking, and as I did...
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Holy hairballs, Batman! It’s not junk after all!
Greetings from hibernation nation. I did say I’d come out if something really big happened. Guess what? One of my current scientific obsessions was Big News today! No, don’t go away – it’s not the...
View ArticleIt’s not about you
A while ago a Major Thing happened in the life of a person very close to me. I only found out about it a week or so after it happened — when I called to verify plans we had made, and I learned...
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Listen up!
Arnold Lakhovsky, The Conversation (circa 1935) Have you ever been talking to someone and had the feeling that they were just waiting for a pause in your narrative so they could jump in and start...
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Superpowers
Remember when I first got my hearing aids? I had such a hard time with the harsh, brittle, crashing sounds they made. I was so disappointed – I had been expecting things to sound more beautiful and...
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Thanks!
Happy Thanksgiving, Gydle people! One of my favorite blogs, Gone Floatabout, written by friends with a serious sailing affliction and unparalleled wizardry with a camera, mentioned that some of the...
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Eat sh*t and … thrive!
It has been a while since I’ve used this space to educate you about the incredibleness of the microbiome and the looming bacterial takeover of the planet. But the mainstream media is fully on board...
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The 5 best reasons to go out for a run
… 0r a walk, this applies to both. In order of importance: Because you can. You have two legs and springy Achilles tendons for a reason: humans are built for running. If you don’t believe me, go read...
View Article10 reasons to get a good night’s sleep
Today is world sleep day. In celebration, I urge you all to drop everything and take a nap. As I mentioned back in April last year, research has shown that getting 8 hours of sleep a night is important...
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Fold It!
As I stand in the Lausanne train station holding a sign saying “Marcel,” the volume of passengers from platform 8 dwindles from a steady flow to a trickle to a stop. He probably exited the other end of...
View ArticleHow to Swiss kiss
Bonjour! (Kiss, kiss, kiss)* Hey! (hug) Hello. Nice to meet you. (right hand extended, waist level) * language and number of kisses may vary These appear to be the accepted Western greeting rituals....
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10 reasons not to wear a tie
I was chatting with Dave this morning, and he mentioned he had an important meeting at work. So you’ll be putting on a tie? I typed. Morning humor. I’ll wear a nice shirt, but no tie, he responded....
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Inspiration
“There’s someone in my head, but it’s not me.” – Pink Floyd Where do ideas come from? How many of us wake up in the morning and say, “Gee, I think I’m gonna to have myself a great idea today!”? Not me....
View ArticleCrowdsourcing, Part III
Saturday I wrote a post about how I wasn’t aware of what was going on in my body, and how unsettling that felt. So unsettling, in fact, that I wasn’t able to write the post I had been planning for...
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