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Nick Cave has taken over my life for the past month. Mr. Cave has been putting out music since the mid 1980s with his band Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. He’s also a writer, screenwriter, poet, and all-around interesting dude. His band’s most famous song, “​Red Right Hand​,” serves as the theme song for…

About a year ago, I decided to make a big change to this very newsletter you’re reading. You see, from 2020-2023 I was pretty unmotivated to do my job. Which is kind of amazing, when you realize that I have complete autonomy, created Nerd Fitness, and essentially built my own job. I had spent years…

In 1992, a study was conducted on weight loss resistant individuals. In this study, the lab specifically studied people who reported eating less than 1200 calories daily and had bodies that were resistant to losing weight. Researchers set out to explore this phenomenon: Were their bodies kicking into starvation mode? Did their bodies process calories…

For disastrous humans like myself, routines are pretty damn important. I’m easily distracted, impacted by my environment, and strongly influenced by ​the people around me​. A predictable routine gives me the best chance to still get stuff done while being human. Unfortunately, while traveling, plenty of things slip by the wayside. And this past week…

At the turn of the 20th century, cities around the world had a crappy problem that was getting worse by the day. Literally. Metropolises were rapidly growing in population, and thus so did the number of horse-drawn carriages to transport people from place to place. The problem? Horses generate a lot of waste. At this…

I spent the past week in The Land of Shadow. It was miserable. I loved almost every minute of it. I recently finished playing Shadow of the Erd Tree, the expansion for 2022’s game of the year, Elden Ring. In case you’re unfamiliar, Elden Ring is an action-adventure game where you play as an undead…

Last week, one of the world’s most popular shows finally made its way to Netflix: LOST. I’m excited for more people to discover this show. Because from 2004 to 2010, I tuned into ABC each week to find out what happened to the passengers of Oceanic Flight 815. Although it didn’t quite land the plane…

Last week, Wells Fargo fired a bunch of their remote employees. It turns out that these employees were “simulating keyboard activity” (with a program/device that automatically typed keys or jiggled their mouse when they weren’t at their computer). Why? Because that’s how these employees were evaluated: Not by how many clients they brought in, nor…

A few weeks ago, I got a parking ticket. I went to meet up with a group of friends at a bar in Nashville, and forgot to pay the $5 for parking at the parking terminal on my way in. After about 45 minutes, while sitting in the restaurant, I remembered. Oh crap. I ran…

I don’t really like to exercise. Okay, I kind of like picking up heavy weights and doing handstands. But I certainly don’t love “cardio.” Rather than nerd out about biomechanics, I’m more interested in anthropology and human behavior. Rather than going to run a 5K, I’d rather sit on my couch and play Fallout 4…