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Evil Genius Chronicles Podcast for January 26 2024 - Clangy Clangy Phone Rings
Evil Genius Chronicles Podcast for January 26 2024 - Clangy Clangy Phone Rings Download audio In this episode I play a song by The Gentle Readers; I am back on the Eat To Live plan after almost two years away; retirement also leads to engineering what the rest of your life looks like;...
read articleEvil Genius Chronicles Podcast for Dec 26 2020 - Fiddle Vector
In this episode, I play a song by Casper and the Cookies; a listener asks about Eat to Live and protein; no one asks about your protein intake when you are fat; Project 100 is alive and well; I have been trying to sell out with no one buying; our love of organic neighborhoods has changed to a love...
read articleEvil Genius Chronicles Podcast for Dec 13 2020 - Fighting Fiddliness
In this episode, I play a song for the season that is a tradition on this show - the Flexapleasers Xmas song; I ruined the previous show and this is a redo; I am getting fiddliness fatigue with the various gizmos in my life; we are slowly adopting the Alexa ecosystem; I am grudgingly accepting a...
read articleEvil Genius Chronicles Podcast for Oct 11 2020 - Bad Day Resilience
In this episode, I play a song from Muslimgauze; I give an Eat to Live update on my weight loss status; I digress into my love of chocolate with peanut butter; I am able to wear some of my skinnier jeans; I am writing letters for Vote Forward encouraging ballot casting; finding a thing after you...
read articleEvil Genius Chronicles Podcast for September 13 2020 - A Skinner Box with No Treat
In this episode, I play a song from Against Me; Judy Gold rubbed me the wrong way on Penn's Sunday School; I don't believe in Cancel Culture as a thing - it's bearing consequences for actual bad behavior; social media makes the wrong things twitch and not for your own benefit; I am doing a weird...
read articleEvil Genius Chronicles Podcast for September 4 2018 - Aching to 14
In this episode, I play a song from the Joe Perry Project; I discuss my 14th anniversary as a podcaster, why podcasting was inevitable and why most of history is accidental; I talk about why your 40th is the last realistic birthday to be a big deal and the aches of getting older; I discuss the...
read articleEvil Genius Chronicles Podcast for December 28 2016 - Unsatisfied
In this show, we start off with the Flexapleasers Xmas song; moving from the Fitbit to the Garmin Vivosmart HR+ has issues; 2016 was a weird year but is just the beginning; being a skeptic can make you a buzzkill; resolutions are a horrible way to create new habits; I still struggle with my weight...
read articleEvil Genius Chronicles Podcast for October 6 2016 - Start with Compassion
In this episode, I play a song from Southern Culture on the Skids; I discuss a hurricane heading my way and being a jerk about the tragedy of others; don't try to honor a thing by taking a dump on something else; begin with compassion and alter if necessary; I have first world problems; most...
read articleEvil Genius Chronicles Podcast for May 5 2016 - The Problems of Others are Easy
In this episode, I play a traditional springtime song from Jonathan Coulton; grieving Prince; kids today should do current kid stuff without shame; I discuss how the problems of others are always easier than your own; I recommend the Alfred app for OS X; I discuss the Alfred app for Mac; I will see...
read articleLunch, Eat to Live Style
For those curious about what it is like on the Eat to Live plan, this is my typical lunch. I can't actually eat the whole thing, it usually takes two sittings to consume all that and sometimes three. It is spinach, roma tomatoes, cucumbers, bell peppers, avocados, carrots, mushrooms, raw sunflowers...
read articleEvil Genius Chronicles Podcast for December 31 2015 - Happy from Happy Things
In this episode, I play a song by The End Men; I note some accolades that Mad at Dad has received; I talk about "social media envy"; I discuss end of year rituals and resolutions and my new working in public productivity goals Here is the direct MP3 download for the Evil Genius Chronicles...
read articleEvil Genius Chronicles Podcast for December 1 2015 - Risks and Rewards
In this episode, I play a song by Valley Lodge; I discuss my current state of weight loss; I talk about worry and action, risk vs reward; I tell a story about a bad handling of a situation; I talk about WTF and his "big announcement" on a show; I discuss the notion of "finding...
read articleEat to Live Before and After Pictures
Here is some photographic example of what I've been talking about with Eat To Live. The left picture was taken the day I started, the one on the right this week. There is about a 34 pound difference between the two. I note that I don't look that radically different, but I'm more generally concave...
read articleTwo Months on Eat To Live
I've now been on the Eat to Live plan for two months and a day. Total tally: I have lost 33 pounds so far. I started at 211 pounds in late June, I weighed 178 pounds this morning. At the 5 week mark when the plan loosened up and allowed me to eat some meat and other things prohibited in the first...
read articleEvil Genius Chronicles Podcast for Aug 23 2015 - DDOP 20
In this episode, I answer a few questions: Have I ever played role playing games? What does my family think of the podcast? Am I exercising? What is the deal with the Church of the Subgenius? Here is the direct MP3 download for the Evil Genius Chronicles podcast, Aug 23, 2015 Links mentioned in...
read articleEvil Genius Chronicles Podcast for August 13 2015 - Hip Hop Family Home
In this episode, I play a song by Five Eight; I update progress on my weight loss; I give my final word on the "end of days" debate with Steve Webb; I talk about WREK, the Beatbox, Jerald Dotson and being one of the few white kids at early rap shows; I let the cat out of the bag...
read articleMore on Eat To Live
I received a question in email asking if I felt energetic over the past 5 weeks. The short answer is yes, I do go the gym -- which isn't necessarily part of the diet. Some versions of this ask you to not exercise while you recalibrate your body's relationship with food. Exercise makes you hungrier...
read article5 Weeks on Eat to Live
This will be the last of these weekly updates, as I go from the first phase of Eat to Live to the sustaining part. I'm doing it a week early because of several life occasions in the next few days for which I want to consume some calories that aren't leafy greens. The goal I set in fall of 2013 was...
read article4 Weeks on Eat to Live
Not much to say this time, but just to point out that I'm down three more pounds from last week and five pounds from my first big post about my eating. The downward trajectory has leveled off but is still downward. I'm now in the high 180s and very close to reaching the 185 pound goal that I never...
read article3 Weeks on Eat to Live
As of today, I am down exactly 20 pounds in 21...
read articleEat to Live
I started a serious push to get my weight under control in spring of 2014. I focused then on mostly avoiding processed sweets and eating mostly high protein, low carb foods for two meals of the day. I would have eggs for breakfast and sausage for lunch then a fairly normal dinner with the family....
read articleEvil Genius Chronicles Podcast for July 12 2015 - Queues of Leafy Greens
In this episode, I play a song from Thacker Dairy Road and tell the story of how I ended up with their CD at ConvergeSouth one year; I talk about the inaugural EGC Patreon Hangout; I talk about how much weight I am losing via Eat to Live; I talk more about my entertainment queues and how Marvel...
read articleEvil Genius Chronicles Podcast for July 3 2015 - Win Like a Champion
In this episode, I play a song by Valley Lodge; I talk about gay marriage and how I think the victory should be celebrated; I talk about my recent weight loss and how I am achieving it; I discuss my enjoyment of MMove Bluetooth earbuds and call it a show. Here is the direct MP3 download for the...
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