• After 4 Weeks of the Keto Diet

    I’ve now completed 4 weeks of the keto diet. I’m impressed, I’m fascinated, and I’m feeling good. Oh, and I’m accomplishing my goals, too. Week over week, the biggest difference…


  • 3 Weeks on Keto: I’m Not Hungry, and I’m Also Not Losing Weight Quickly

    I’m now through 3 full weeks of the keto diet, and I’m getting less hungry by the day. For me, the first week garnered the biggest weight loss, which is…


  • Keto for One Week – No Signs of Ketosis Yet

    I started my keto diet on January 9, so I’ve been doing it for just over a week. Here are some notes on it so far. From my understanding, being…


  • Transitioning to Keto…the slow and sometimes painful way

    Around July 2021, I decided I wanted to drastically cut carbs and possibly try the keto diet. Only 16 months later, and I’m finally doing it! It’s been a journey…


  • 2022, A Year of Sharing More

    We’re now a few weeks into 2022, and I have to say, it could have started better without the omicron variant of COVID. At least it’s not 2021 or 2020…


  • ACF Illegal String Offset

    When using Advanced Custom Fields in WordPress, I often get and use a custom link field like this: When doing this, PHP will gently remind me with a notice that…


  • A Few Words on New Year’s Resolutions

    It’s January 2, 2020. Have you broken your New Year’s resolutions yet? I’d bet about half the people who make resolutions don’t even make it to Day 3. And that’s…


  • Happy 50th Birthday to Chess Great Vishy Anand!

    It’s Day 7 of my #500DaysTo50 project, and right on time, Vishy Anand, one of my chess heroes, turns 50 years old today. I’m sure I first heard of Anand…


  • A Career Path Defined by a Few Embarrassing Incidents

    Here we are on Day 3 of #500DaysTo50. I’ve been trying at this “career thing” for over 25 years now. If I’m asked the “what do you do” question now,…


  • Acetylcholine + Common Cold = Extra Miserable

    It’s Day 3 of #500Daysto50. I started this on Day 1, even though I’ve been suffering with a cold for around 10 days now. Honestly, it’s been getting me down…