Yesterday my youngest child said something that brings tears to your eyes. “I would like to learn to make video games.” I said these exact words to my father. He had no idea what to do next. Honestly, neither do I. I went to The University of Illinois for Computer Science to learn how to… Continue reading Coding Life

One of my streaks is dancing for at least a minute daily. In a short time, I can change my mood and do something I love. Dancing can be done anywhere. I listen to a song and twist my hips. However, the best version of my dance experience is at a wedding. I don’t know… Continue reading The Wedding Dancer

I may have done more harm to my body by becoming a vegetarian than I would have guessed. It has been three months since I stopped taking B-Vitamin supplements, and my tingles are almost gone. As I enter the second half of my life, I should try to understand what I put into my body.… Continue reading Two Years as a Vegetarian

Today marks the seventh anniversary of my running streak. My old self continues to question what I am doing. At what point is this “healthy” streak just an exercise in stupidity? My longest-going streak is also my most demanding. A minimum of an hour of every day is dedicated to running. We’re looking at closer… Continue reading Seven Years of Running

I never considered myself a drinker. I didn’t have my first alcoholic drink until I was twenty. I would go out drinking with my roommates in college, but I was not drinking nightly. I remember drinking too much and throwing in sinks when I should have been throwing up in toilets. My worst experience was… Continue reading Abstain April

Since the 2016 World Series, I have seen maybe two games at Wrigley Field. I had 34 years of Cubs losing and I have been riding on a high ever since. F1 has been slowly replacing baseball in my heart, but the statistics and data keep me interested. I’m surprised every day that warningtrack.co still… Continue reading Baseball Is Back

Over the last few weeks, I have noticed tingling in my hands and feet. I’ll tell you an alarming symptom to Google, “tingling in hands in feet.” The first suggestion for Americans is diabetes because, well, we’re all fat. The options are fun things like liver or kidney damage, vitamin deficiency, cancer, hypothyroidism, Multiple sclerosis,… Continue reading The Tingles

I have a vivid memory as a husky fifth-grade kid being in school and being told; Fat equals fat. He showed us how you would get fat if you ate foods with fat, like whole milk. It made sense to me and helped me… gain more weight. So I would eat all the SnackWells my… Continue reading Not Enough Fat

I know how dangerous it is to add streaks to my current list. When too much is on my plate, I become consumed and overwhelmed. When thinking about what I might want to do for 2023, I realized that the same ideas I had at the end of 2021, I had at the end of… Continue reading 2023 Streaks: Out of Ideas

We conclude our three-part series in my current streaks. No Caffeine (324 days in 2022) I had quit caffeine for many years. I realized the amount of Coke and Mountain Dew I was having was contributing to my weight gain. I started losing weight and correlated the lack of caffeinated drinks to improving my health.… Continue reading 2022 Streaks in Review (Part 3)