All Narfed Up photography and words by Bryan Villarin

Health

Thumbs are for grasping

In Gadgets, Health on 25 April 2005 with 2 comments

Seriously, if you think about it the thumb allows us to grasp things. The muscles never evolved for fine motor dexterity.

I never thought about thumbs in this way. Makes me think about all that gaming I used to do when I played on my Nintendo and Super Nintendo. And what about text messaging? I don’t do that heavily, but I’m sure there’s some people that use their cell phones in conjunction with AOL Instant Messenger. Don’t mess up your hands.

Drinking tea, day 4

In Asides, Health on 21 March 2005 with 3 comments

After some inspiration (or fright), I’ve been drinking tea for the past four days. How am I liking it? After the first two times of weirdness, with the help of my friend Pete, I should probably add sugar or honey to it. I felt dumb ordering tea for the first time at Starbucks, but now I’m fine with it. I’m going to start making it at home, though, because I think I found a flavor I like at work (where there’s a bunch of tea bags and coffee variations). Fortunately for me, I haven’t had any headaches or anything. Green tea and honey, good stuff!

Workout funniness

In Asides, Health on 8 March 2005 with no comments

Lifting some weights with a good friend of mine, Dan, and it was fun. He was feeling sick, definitely not 100%. Andy has PowerBlocks, so Dan and I would alternate sets. Every time I increased the weight, and he was struggling and grunting, he’d say “You did this, Bryan.” Sorry if that wasn’t funny, I suppose you had to be there.