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Minimalist Shoes (Barefoot Shoes) and Where to Buy Them

April 30, 2017 by Chris Mower 11 Comments

I’m a minimalist shoes guy, plain and simple. We have a shoe rack with four rows in our closet. It’s simple and does the job. Out of the four rows, my shoes take up two, plus some space off to the side and in the back closet. Maybe I have a problem. A few years ago I started wearing 0 mm heel-to-toe drop shoes with wide toe boxes. You may have heard them called zero-drop shoes. I loved them, and have slowly graduated from standard zero-drop shoes to minimalist shoes, and sometimes barefoot shoes.

Converse and I have always had a love affair. Their shoes get me, and I get their shoes. Way too many of them, ahem. They’re flat and comfortable; we’ve been inseparable for years. The only time I didn’t wear Converse is when I worked out. So… pretty much never. For those purposes, I wore Altra Instincts. Altra’s were my first wide toe box shoe. I loved them. From them on, it was me, Converse, and Altra taking on the world.
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Filed Under: Lifestyle Tagged With: 0 mm Drop, Altra, Barefoot, Barefoot Shoes, Lems, Minimalist, Minimalist Shoes, Sandals, Shoes, Shoes in the Nude, Vibram, Vibram Fivefingers, Zero-Drop

10 Social Media Rules for Healthier Communication

December 8, 2015 by Chris Mower Leave a Comment

Social media revolves around communicating with each other. At the same time it shows us how inept at it we are. Social sites range from blogs with comment sections like this one, to platforms like Facebook and Twitter, to media-sharing sites like YouTube and Pinterest. Mastering each of these is an art form, and there have been plenty of posts written about it.

But not this one. Instead of the “10 Things to Do if You Wanna’ Be Big” routine, I’ve decided on another approach. This article focuses on finding our humanity in and adding value to social media. I’ve written some guidelines that, after years of online shenanigans, have proven helpful to me. I don’t consider myself a master (or even close to one) of social media, so feel free to add your own insights in the comments below.Continue Reading

Filed Under: Lifestyle Tagged With: Discussion, Facebook, Instagram, Kindness, Logical Fallacy, Opinions, People, Pinterest, Rules, Social Media, Twitter

Is Beeswax the Cure for Allergy Suffering?

October 8, 2011 by Chris Mower 6 Comments

AAACHOOOO!!! My conversation was cut short as I hastily whipped my head to the left and brought up my arm just in time to block my sneeze before covering the lady two feet in front of me with a goobery barrage of Chris germs. “¡Perdóneme!” I said while fervently searching my pockets for anything to wipe my nose with. I had inconveniently used the last of my tissue paper just minutes before. The only option was to keep my arm up in front of my face; to bring it down would mean displaying to the world the inner workings of my nasal cavity.

The sneeze had made my eyes water, adding to their itchy redness. “I’m not sick,” I hastily commented. “It’s just allergies; they’re killing me!”
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Filed Under: Lifestyle Tagged With: Beeswax, Fall, Hay Fever Allergies, Health, Home Remedies, Honey, Immune System, Medicinal, Runny Nose, Wild Honey

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