These are musings/artifacts from the wanderings of a distracted visionary developing his trigger finger. Think of them not as the dictations of a man with it all together, but rather, communications tapped out in half-remembered morse code, from a Jonah in a whale, not sure where he is headed, but assuming there's a destination. Hence, like a Jonah, I send out a nice mix of insights from the inside and cries for help. andrewmwhaley@gmail.com.

Gary Vaynerchuk is Braveheart!!

I am going to replace my bathroom mirror with a giant monitor and pace back and forth with this on every morning. I love people who are themselves and that means I Iove Gary.

I am starting to really love this guy. I’m thinking Jindal/Christie in 2012 or Christie/Jindal in 2012. It is time that the Right gets to be known as the Politics of Clarity. It can take the Sopranos-esque beautiful Jerseyness of Christie or a more refined intellectual form, but as my friend T. Garten Dougherty always tells me, “Clarity is Charity.”

This little guy rocks! File this under things Mom would not be cool with & under Top 10 Father/Son moments. Love it!

Nasa reveals most-detailed images of Earth | Mail Online Wow. That’s amazing. A little needed perspective for my Tuesday afternoon.

Nasa reveals most-detailed images of Earth | Mail Online

Wow. That’s amazing. A little needed perspective for my Tuesday afternoon.

Espresso, Intelligentsia on Vimeo (via Vimeo)

Great video about espresso w/ Kyle from Intelli Venice.

Observations: Running barefoot is better, researchers find

Chalk up one more win for the cavemen vs. the moderns.

Your bacon is in my caramel! Your caramel is in my bacon! Two great tastes that taste great together!

Your bacon is in my caramel! Your caramel is in my bacon! Two great tastes that taste great together!

Pope John Paul II - Batting practice

This is awesome! Viva Il Papa!!!

Modern man a wimp says anthropologist | U.S. | Reuters Really interesting article about the physical prowess of our more “primitive” ancestors, even those still among us. I haven’t read the book yet, but if the article portrays it well, the author has avoided one of the primary reasons for the difference in performance- diet. Ancient man and modern hunter/gatherers like the Aborigine eat in a way ergonomic to their evolution. We fill up on dairy and grains & they eat every part of a kangaroo. Just what is health food? If you want the other half of the story to why this is so, read Cordain and Cordain with Friel. While you’re at it, check out Taubes. I am currently reading the bombshell indictment of modern nutrition research & it’s dark alliance with ideological government agenda- very very interesting. Larger review coming later when I’m done with that. And on the note of exercise, I eavesdropped on a beginners swim lesson at the local lap pool last night and the snippet of advice fixed a hitch in my crawl stroke that has dogged me for over two years. I should have got a coach a long time ago. Now, I can’t get enough of the pool. 40 is going to be much lighter and more flexible than 39!

Modern man a wimp says anthropologist | U.S. | Reuters

Really interesting article about the physical prowess of our more “primitive” ancestors, even those still among us. I haven’t read the book yet, but if the article portrays it well, the author has avoided one of the primary reasons for the difference in performance- diet. Ancient man and modern hunter/gatherers like the Aborigine eat in a way ergonomic to their evolution. We fill up on dairy and grains & they eat every part of a kangaroo. Just what is health food? If you want the other half of the story to why this is so, read Cordain and Cordain with Friel. While you’re at it, check out Taubes. I am currently reading the bombshell indictment of modern nutrition research & it’s dark alliance with ideological government agenda- very very interesting. Larger review coming later when I’m done with that.

And on the note of exercise, I eavesdropped on a beginners swim lesson at the local lap pool last night and the snippet of advice fixed a hitch in my crawl stroke that has dogged me for over two years. I should have got a coach a long time ago. Now, I can’t get enough of the pool. 40 is going to be much lighter and more flexible than 39!