The world thinks you’re a moron. A superficial fool. An insecure, overgrown adolescent. All because you want to be lean and muscular as you get older. What you “should” be doing, they say, is eat and exercise to “be healthy.” Presumably to maintain your ability to pee straight and not require a motorized scooter to cruise thru Costco. While I exaggerate of course, it’s the underlying “trade the...

I was tired of the question. How was Haiti? Either that or my answer was wearing on me. I don’t know. I recently joined a small team of Canadian and American dental professionals for a seven-day outreach in Port au Prince, Haiti. As a “non-doc,” I was to be one of a few support staff. As in sterilizing instruments and carrying anything heavy. “Sounds like job creation for meatheads?” I asked the...

I don't run guest blogs often. But I will make an exception when the writer is someone I like and has a message that I think needs to be heard. (A folder of inappropriate pictures and an ultimatum has nothing to do with it.) With that in mind, the following is a guest article from Slyvon Blanco, owner of Von Blanco Fitness, his blog where he writes about fitness stuff for busy men & women...

I have some love-hate relationships. I love travelling but hate packing. I love working out but hate the laundry. And I really love good whiskey, but hate fumbling out of bed and peeing in the laundry hamper. I also love writing popular blog posts, but hate the mercenary approach required. Suppose you want your writing to “go viral” –- to get shared by so many of your friends and colleagues that...