Category: Health + Fitness

  • First Doctor Visit in Five Years

    First Doctor Visit in Five Years

    I went to the doctor today. It was just the intake appointment for One Medical, which is like a Genius Bar for medicine, and is included in my health plan (membership is normally $199/yr). But even before my first appointment I’m already spiraling… I started by looking up how to prepare for a doctor visit…

  • Biking 50 States in Los Angeles

    Biking 50 States in Los Angeles

    During the Stay-At-Home order I’ve been banned from going to the gym, so I’ve been biking more. Pre-pandemic I was only biking around 40 miles a week but in making it my primary form of exercise I’m doing over a hundred. To try to explore new parts of Los Angeles I created the 50 States…

  • 13 Drugs I Have Tried and What I Think About Them

    13 Drugs I Have Tried and What I Think About Them

    A list of the drugs I have tried listed in order of my preference for doing them. As a capitalist I tend to like uppers for productivity, alcohol for negotiations and team building, and psychedelics for thinking of innovative new business strategies (the blue ocean strategy was originally conceived of by W. Chan Kim and…

  • Capitalism Weight Loss Program

    Capitalism Weight Loss Program

    Based on a shareholder proposal to incentivize my weight loss using a share buyback program as a financial penalty here is the plan to manage my weight and health. There is old adage that “abs are make in the kitchen, not the gym.” The CDC says that effective long term weight loss though happens at…