From epic New Zealand back home to Bendigo
I always love visiting my wife’s homeland of New Zealand. We just returned to Bendigo today (via a neat little business class upgrade, very nice!) and although NZ is “just over the ditch,” it really is a far different sort of place to Australia. We usually even notice a sudden change in people’s attitudes as […]
Fascia
I have read many times that fascia is like any protein, whereby at cold temeratures it stiffens, and in warmer temperatures it becomes pliable. This explains why sufferers of arthritic conditions that make joint capsules fibrose tend to be worse in the winter. The following video made me think of the elasticity of a childs […]
Bill Nye dubunking Creationism
A neat little exerpt from Bill Nye “The Science Guy” talking about (read: Debunking) Creationism
The Origins of Posture (pt 1)
This blog entry will be part 1 of a 2 part series, with part 2 written by Mark McGrath. I recently had a conversation over breakfast with Mark about culturally ingrained ideas on what is aesthetically pleasing in the human form, and the implications of what is perceived to be “good,” versus what we […]
Causes and Cures
“It is in vain to speak of cures, or think of remedies, until such time as we have considered of the causes . . . cures must be imperfect, lame, and to no purpose, wherein the causes have not first been searched.” – Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, 1893