What do you want to want? A short primer on the power of philosophical self-development.

In ethical philosophy, the study of what people should do, there’s this notion of first- and second-order desires. A first-order desire happens when a person wants something, whether explicitly (out loud) or implicitly (by their action): a person wants the pleasure and nutrition from eating a blueberry muffin. A person wants a paycheck. Needs that new first […]

The protein mist(e)ak(e).

I’m here to talk about one question: Why is the governmental Recommended Daily Allowance for protein so freaking low if you want to build muscle? And why are the following answers so different? http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/maki1.htm https://www.verywell.com/protein-how-much-do-you-need-2242226 http://www.webmd.com/food-recipes/protein https://www.bing.com/search?q=How+Much+Protein+to+Build+Muscle&FORM=QSRE1 Background: I fix the diet, then I go to the gym. Every time. […]

cousins of hanger.

By now, I hope everyone knows what hangry means. It’s the anger one has when people are being idiots, or otherwise being people, and one is hungry. I’ve been tinkering with some additions: Dehydrangered/dehydrangry: the anger brought on when people are frustrating and one is thirsty. Sexually deprangered: the anger one gets when one is teased by […]

Calories are calories people.

Put in the wrong kind of gas, and the car would die or putter sluggishly.

Train friends, sweet potato pancakes, and other alternatives to wheat and white flour.

I’ve been on finals/vacation for the past few weeks. Vacation involved 4-wheeling, writing, 34 hours of train riding and five friends, and also swimming, hot tubbing, drinking, chicanery, and conversation. Just the kind of vacation I needed. I just ate a gigantic plate of sweet potato flour pancakes. They were spongy and delicious even […]

Clarity Falls

ambling toward stability.

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