#Sherman the walrus

[hunter-husky]

Robotic Reunion

Stuck as robots forever, at least he isnt the only one anymore

[robotnik-mun]

Random Rotor Thought

Like many before me, I like to envision merging the various Sonic continuities, and since I’m possibly insane I like often like to try and merge as much as I can. So what does that mean for Rotor sometimes?

It means that Tundra the Walrus is Rotor’s biological father...

... but he regards Sherman Walrus as his ‘real’ father.

How does that work? Simple- Rotor was born somewhere abouts in Artika in the Walrus city of Iceborough. Rotor being a natural inventive genius even at a young age didn’t really get along with his father Tundra, a traditionalist who disdained modern comforts and innovations as corrupting and weak. While Rotor’s mother was able to provide some stability and balance in the home and supported Rotor, she eventually grew ill and passed away when he was young.

Eez very sad.

As you can imagine, the loss of his wife doesn’t do Tundra’s already foul disposition any favors, and the relationship between father and son deteriorates further. Eventually things reach a point where Rotor needs to be separated from Tundra and fostered elsewhere for his own safety... and lucky for Rotor, this winds up bringing him to Mobotropolis to live with his maternal aunt Georgette and her husband Sherman.

While in some ways Sherman is similar to Tundra, being a stern career military-walrus, the key difference is that Sherman doesn’t see Rotor’s affinity for machines as shameful, nor does he despise ‘weakness’ the way Tundra does. As such, he is an encouraging and supporting foster parent whom Rotor quickly bonds with. To the point where Rotor decides to treat Sherman and Georgette as if they were his parents despite Sherman’s lack of blood relation, and as far as any of Rotor’s new friends are aware Sherman is indeed Rotor’s father.

Of course, the inevitable happens- Robotnik launches his coup, Georgette (pregnant with Skeeter) barely escapes with her life back to Artika, while Sherman and Rotor re-locate to Knothole with other refugees. Sherman participates in General Armand D’Coolette’s attempt to retake Mobotropolis with what’s left of the royal army, only to perish, while Rotor goes on to become a Freedom Fighter... before eventually heading home and discovering that not only his biological father still alive, but now one of the Eggman’s flunkies.

And thus Rotor lives with the cruel irony that the father he loved died, while the father he hated not only lives on but is now in the service of the man responsible for Sherman’s death.

So yeah, not sure what I’d ever do with this, but I thought I’d share all the same. Because it fascinates me how trying to tie all this stuff together can lead to things like this, and hey, how often does Rotor get any attention?

[windstarosprey]

Post-Pre-Reboot: Sherman 'Tank' the Walrus

This came about as the result of a little thought experiment I had. But first, some context.

Of all the Egg Bosses (and post-Reboot characters in general) Tundra the Walrus is easily one my least favorites. While cruel, monstrous villains are par the course for the Eggman Empire, Tundra somehow managed to be scummier than even the likes of Mordred Hood and Akhlut through a combination of being an abusive parent, an anti-intellectualist, and a backstabbing hypocrite (His "might-makes-right" mentality, willingness to jump ship to the stronger side the moment you show weakness, his cruelty and disdain for Rotor being a "toymaker" despite Eggman being the same thing, etc). TV Tropes even makes it a point to list his replacement of the nobler, braver Sherman Walrus, Rotor's father from the old continuity in his entry under his entry in Nightmare Fuel for the Archie Comics!

Then, I had this weird thought:

What if Tundra came in contact with the Genesis Energy that briefly restored the Freedom Fighters' memories in the first five issues of the reboot? Would he regain his old self's memories? Would the severe difference between the two incarnations of Rotor's dad cause a total personality rewrite instead of a seamless integration? What would Sherman be like if he existed in the Reboot instead?

After that, everything started clicking into place, and I came up with this idea for a Post-Reboot style Sherman:

Despite him being a total scumbag, Tundra has an admittedly cool design, so I knew right away that I wanted to keep that for Post-SGW Sherman. I especially like that RisziArts gave him a different mustache style than his canon self; it's a nice touch. The "Tank" nickname was just something I threw in for fun, and it fit for a powerhouse like Rote's dad.

Personality-wise, I ran into a problem: Sherman was a plot-device rather than character in the Archie comics. He existed to provide some motivation and sympathy for Rotor and only appeared in a single issue, and in a back issue, flashback side-story no less. So, I had to create his personality from scratch. With that in mind, I took a look at Tundra and all the ways he's Rotor's opposite, then tweaked them into traits that made sense for him.

Post-SGW Sherman is essentially a Mobian Ben Grimm meets Sgt. Hatred from the Venture Bros. (minus Sarge's "problem" that he needs to take medicine for - you know the one) with a bit of Homer Simpson and Dragon Ball Z Abridged Nappa thrown in for good measure. He's a boisterous, hot-blooded goofball and kind of a moron (he has average intelligence, but is lacking in common sense), but an all-around jovial and friendly guy you'd wanna have a drink with.

Sherman and Rotor are the quintessential "Jock Dad, Nerd Son" archetype. They don't see eye to eye on a lot of things and have little in the way of common interests. But when the chips are down, they ultimately care about eachother. That said, Sherman really likes to get into the part of playing the "evil, cackling supervillain" (his way of coping), much to his son's embarrassment.

As for how and why Sherman ends up with Eggman, my current head-canon is [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED].

And that's post-Reboot Sherman, hope you all enjoy the pic!

Sherman Walrus is the owned by Ken Penders (as per his lawsuit).

Tundra the Walrus is the owned by Ian Flynn, Archie Comics, and Sega.

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Original artwork by RisziArts.

[cartoonyfangirl]

This is just something that I've been thinking about that is a part of @thepixarau AU world, and that is the outside studios besides Disney and Dreamworks that are included in their AU

So I decided to do my rankings of how each side would be on, We have Allies, Neutrals, and Enemies (Might not be any, but still)

Here's what I got so far!

(The Muppets) - Allies!

Yeah, this was a no-brainer! The reason is actually very sweet, in RL, Pixar actually helped the branch with giving some ideas, and even doing some technical stuff for the 2011 film, which I never knew, but I thought was very nice and kind!

As for the group in the AU, The Pixars would probably get along with The Muppets even more so than the Disney's, why? Two reasons

1. Both are just a chaotic group of characters that while can get on each others nerves they still love each other, to the point of being a family in whole

2. Both leaders always try to keep the group as steady as possible, but even they know that can't be achieved very well

It's just something that I feel like it could work, especially with a chaotic yet colorful group like The Muppets

(Universal) - Neutral

Okay! This one is going to be split for some characters, as some do see The Pixars as good people, while others, not so much, Woody Woodpecker is definitely one of them, in my version, he does see them as interesting, but when he has his limits, he won't hesitate to go "screwy" on them, since while he is more tame and zany, he still has his early 1940-1943 insanity with him

Winnie Woodpecker is the opposite, she enjoys seeing the chaos that The Pixars have, and sometimes has the urge to want to get to know them better, but even she knows that she doesn't want to get in trouble with anyone that's against them in The Universal Lot

Woody.W's other counterparts (Wally Walrus, Buzz Buzzard, Andy Panda) are just as neutral towards the group as they could be, despite Wally and Buzz being enemies themselves

(Illumination) - Neutral

Like Universal, I think the Illumination characters would be on neutral standings with them as well

For me, I feel like The Mario characters and Gru and his minions would get along with The Pixars fine, but for the rest, they either back off, or won't hesitate to fight back, if messed with

(Warner Bros) - Slightly Allies

Yeah, this one is just a me thing, I don't understand why everyone would think Disney and WB would be against each other, quite honestly, I feel like they would work something out (The Pixar and Dreamworks feud works more than that)

For me, The Looney Tunes, as well as the Warner Siblings would be kind of interested with The Pixars shenanigans, but they usually keep it to themselves, as they want to stay focused on what's been happening with their home (Since WB has been kind of been sinking recently)

Otherwise, I don't see why they wouldn't be allies by the slightest

(Etc)

Rocky and Bullwinkle (Allies secretly)

These two are apart of the DreamWorks team, and while they pretend to hate The Pixars, they secretly don't, they feel like they're forced to hate on a group that like their antics, but they know that one wrong move, and William (Or Tigress) won't hesitate to get rid of them (Despite those two being close to Mr. Peabody and Sherman)

Felix The Cat (Neutral)

He is the oldest toon around, and being a crazy toon himself, he does take interest in The Pixars by a bit, but he doesn't really go near them, as he tries to keep his distance away from the toons young and old

[thesopwithcamel]

Update for the a Tank in Time au.

This update is made because I was able to figure out what types the characters should be, if a tank is chibified I will tell you. OC's will be done seperately.

The metro:

Metro Cats: Type-95 Ha-Go, Type-97 Chi-Ha, Type-4 Ke-Nu

Empress: Type-5 Ho-Ri

Mue: chibified Type-95 Ha-Go

Metro mice: CV-33

Lazy Paw: Type-97 Chi-Ha

Mafia town:

The Mafia: T-34-85, KV85, BT-7

The shopkeepers: Vickers 6-ton

Mustache Girl: Centurion MK III

Mafia boss (old body): Fiat 2000

Mafia Boss (new body): IS-3

Cooking cat: Cromwell MK 1

Battle of the Birds:

Express owls: M2A1 Medium Tank

Moon Penguins: M3 Stuart

The Conductor: M3 Grant

Dj Grooves: Sherman Jumbo

The Conductor's kids: chibified M3 Grants

The Crows: M6 heavy

Subcon forest:

Snatcher: Mark 6 Liberty

Moonjumper: A7V

Dwellers: Da Vinci tank

snatchers minions: Mark 1 whippet

Vanessa: Kwagen

Alpine skyline:

nomads: BT-42, Panzer II

Goats: Ferdinand tank destroyer

Big Bird: E100

Lazy Paw gang members: Type-97 Chi-Ha

Arctic cruise:

fish dude: Stridsvagn m/41

seals: Landsverk L-60

Walrus captain: Stridsvagn 74

Ruin of Calcite and adventure:

shadows: various WW1 and interwar tanks

Tim the CEO of time: Mark 1

Hat Kid: fictional MBT w/flamethrower

Bow Kid: fictional omniwheeled IFV/ATGM carrier.

Puella: Fictional MBT

[kwebtv]

Maurice Evans Presents Alice in Wonderland  -  NBC  -  October 23, 1955

From a series of special Hallmark Hall of Fame presentations produced by Maurice Evans and directed by George Schaefer

Fantasy

Running Time:  74 minutes 

Stars:

Gillian Barber as Alice

Martyn Green as The White Rabbit

Bobby Clark as Ugly Duchess

Hiram Sherman as King of Hearts

J. Pat O'Malley as Gryphon

Burr Tillstrom as Mock Turtle

Elsa Lanchester as Red Queen

Eva Le Gallienne as White Queen

Reginald Gardiner as White Knight

Noel Leslie as The Caterpillar

Michael Enserro as Fish Footman

Gilbert Mack as Frog Footman

Bernard Tone as Cook

Ian Martin as Tweedledum

Don Hanmer as Tweedledee

Robert Casper as March Hare

Mort Marshall as Mad Hatter

Alice Pearce as Dormouse

Skedge Miller as Gardener

Tom Bosley as Knave of Hearts

Ronald Long as Queen of Hearts

Karl Swenson as Humpty Dumpty

Don Somers as Red King

Marc Breaux as Walrus

Lenny Claret as Carpenter

[longform]

Police have dragged the lake. They’ve dug up property. They’ve brought in dogs. But after twenty years, they still can’t find the bodies of the four missing seniors in Muskoka.

Zander Sherman | The Walrus | Sep 2017

[nuttyrabbit]

Yeah, I have to remember sometimes that Tundra has supplanted Sherman as being Rotor's father, those two couldn't be anymore different from one another. Then again Sherman Walrus didn't leave an impression on people like Tundra did, because he only had a short role as a backstory character.

Exactly. Fuck, I think even Penders forgot Sherman existed

[waxeight06-blog]

The Weekly Roundup: Your Go-To Guide For Everything You May Have Missed This Week & More! 3/02 – 3/08

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100 Million Years of Food: What Our Ancestors Ate and Why It Matters Today: A fascinating tour through the evolution of the human diet, and how we can improve our health by understanding our complicated history with food.

Travelling around the world to places as far-flung as Vietnam, Kenya, India, and the US, Stephen Le introduces us to people who are growing, cooking, and eating food using both traditional and modern methods, striving for a sustainable, healthy diet. In clear, compelling arguments based on scientific research, Le contends that our ancestral diets provide the best first line of defense in protecting our health and providing a balanced diet. Fast-food diets, as well as strict regimens like paleo or vegan, in effect highjack our biology and ignore the complex nature of our bodies. In 100 Million Years of Food Le takes us on a guided tour of evolution, demonstrating how our diets are the result of millions of years of history, and how we can return to a sustainable, healthier way of eating.

Man, oh, man…the number of highlights I have on this book about “eating like your ancestors” and “how to do it” are vast. Here are just a few of my more interesting notes:

People around the Mediterranean learned to tame these compounds through curing and fermentation. An extraordinarily hardy tree, olives were originally cultivated for oil that was valued as a means of lighting and as a skin lubricant, especially for ceremonial purposes (whence comes the term “Messiah,” or the anointed one). Nowadays, the olive fruit is stripped of its bitter phenols and processed into various grades of edible oils with a high content of monounsaturated fatty acids, particularly oleic acid. (Phenols have excited interest for their potential role as antioxidants, but so far their health benefits remain unproven.) The richness of olive oil complements foods like cereals, vegetables, fruits, and fish, by making dull but reputedly healthy fare more palatable. Hence the explosion in popularity of the Mediterranean diet: At last, Westerners can sit down to exquisite meals again without having to feel guilty and stressing out about calories and fat. As with the phenols, there’s little evidence that olive oil itself is a healthy food. What makes olive oil valuable is that it helps to bind together an entire regional cuisine, making it possible for people to subsist on fare that is relatively low in animal products like meat and dairy yet still feel reasonably satisfied, especially when fresh, high-quality olive oil is available and when people are too poor to buy meat. As we’ll discuss in a later chapter, humans are hardwired to crave meat because it increases our reproductive prospects; hence, when Greece began to increase her wealth after World War II, her citizens tended to give up the olive oil blessed by nutritionists in favor of the carnal pleasures of meat and animal fat.

When Paul Sherman, a biologist at Cornell University, and his then-student Jennifer Billing looked at spice usage from recipes around the world, they found that hotter countries used more spices. This makes sense, since increased temperature boosts bacterial growth and encourages food spoilage, thus making the need for spices more urgent. One consequence of his theory is that it explains why tropical cuisines tend to be spicy: The lack of meat in them, especially fat, makes it necessary for cooks to drop in dollops of spices, to increase the feeling of pleasure that fat and meat would otherwise induce.

To put everything into perspective, fruits, like insects, were once an integral part of our evolutionary history and remained a valuable part of traditional diets. Even though meat provides virtually all of the nutrition necessary for survival, at certain times fruit could be crucial to human health, especially when fresh meat and its accompanying vitamin C were unavailable. For example, the Inuit living in Alaska, northern Canada, and Greenland made use of a broad variety of animal foods—seal, whale, walrus, caribou, polar bear, fox, wolf, Arctic hare, waterfowl, fish, mussel, sea urchin, and so on—but the Inuit also harvested a staggering variety of berries. These berries were critical; Inuit who lacked fresh seal meat could develop pustules when the berry crops ominously failed, as occurred in 1904–5 among the Greenland Inuit. From being a seasonal snack in traditional settings, fruits in industrialized countries have become sweet, cheap, and holy: Fruits offer urbanites, weary of the associations of meat with disease and cruelty, the opportunity to detox with spiritually unblemished food, a karmic train that inches forward with every four or five bucks forked out for a mega-sized fruit smoothie. Sadly, our ancestors jumped off the tracks leading to Fruit Heaven 16 million years ago, rendering our genes and livers unsuitable for daily jug-loads of fructose.

Professor Mintz argues that poor people around the world have historically been relegated to eating flavorless starchy foods, which were made palatable only through the addition of fringe dishes: Think of a thick swirl of spaghetti in a lake of tomato sauce; chilies kicking up corn and beans; or rice with soy sauce, fish sauce, or pickled vegetables. The elites of society, meanwhile, dispensed with the whole business of bland cores and flavorful fringes and helped themselves to meats that were furnished by the laboring masses.

Plant foods are today heralded as healthy fare, but people in traditional societies generally did not favor them, and for good reason. Consider the fate of the infamous Burke and Wills expedition, a scientific caravan that departed Melbourne in 1860 with the intent of exploring and crossing the Australian interior. The retinue boasted food sufficient for two years and sixty gallons of rum (to revive the camels)—all told, about twenty tons of supplies. However, after several months of mishaps and errors of judgment, three men—Robert O’Hara Burke, an Irish soldier and police officer; his second-in-command, William John Wills, a young English surveyor; and John King, an Irish soldier—found themselves stranded at Cooper Creek, hundreds of miles from Melbourne, with no pack animals (some of the camels had been eaten) and dwindling food supplies. Suffering from malnourishment and exhausted, the three men traded their sugar with native Aborigines for fish, beans, and the spore-like fruit of the nardoo fern. The Aborigines ground nardoo to make a paste and bread that were valuable during drought conditions, but the explorers may have neglected to roast, sluice, or winnow the spores as the Aborigines did. Doing so would have purged the nardoo of thiaminase, an enzyme that destroys vitamin B1. A person lacking vitamin B1 is debilitated by beriberi, a condition characterized by paralysis, weight loss, and loss of feeling in the extremities. Even though the men were able to consume four pounds of nardoo a day, they steadily lost strength. After weeks of wasting away, Burke and Wills died at Cooper Creek; a rescue party eventually recovered a seriously weakened King. The Burke and Wills debacle is usually portrayed as an example of cultural incompetence, since the explorers relied heavily on goods and technological might, while the Yandruwandha Aborigines were able to survive in the same area using the accumulated wisdom of their forebears. However, even the Aborigines used nardoo only as an emergency food. Consider the situation from the nardoo plants’ point of view. Like a squatter squaring off with a bulldozer, if you put down roots in a patch of soil, intending to live there for the rest of your life, you’d put up a rocking good fight the moment anyone tried to browse on your limbs, prune your flowers, pull out your roots, or nibble on your immature seeds. Making the best of their immobility, plants discourage predation with an impressive battery of defensive compounds. A raised middle finger or a portrait of Che Guevara may be the conventional symbols of defiance to many, but a plant would be just as true to the spirit of resistance. Apart from their fruits, plant parts are designed to be unpalatable through physical barriers or chemical warfare. We can group plants into six categories based on their effects when consumed:

• Enemies: plants that should never be eaten. These include assassins, plants whose toxins we deliberately employ as means of carrying out murder, torture, or punishment.

• Doppelgangers: plants that poison us because we mistake them for palatable plants.

• Sorcerers: plants that we regularly use as medicines but that harm us when we accidentally overdose on them.

• Werewolves: plants that are safe to eat at certain stages in their life cycles and dangerous at other life stages.

• Fallbacks: plants that may be eaten as a temporary resort but are not suitable for long-term consumption.

• Comrades: plants that are suitable for long-term consumption when properly prepared.

People in East Asia long disdained cow’s milk as a barbarian concoction, and only with active government and industry intervention is the drink now making inroads there. If dog milk were demonstrated to be thoroughly nutritious, how many Western shoppers would toss a carton of it into their grocery basket? People develop an innate aversion to bodily fluids from another animal, because such fluids could bear a nasty infectious disease. Thanks to their prominence in Western culture and society as sources of milk, the image of cows and their milk has been sanitized, but other potentially nutritious fluids, such as horse milk and pig’s blood, strike us as unpalatable, unless we are acclimated to them from childhood.

Similar to the Yoruba, the Inuit also had a dairy-free, low-calcium diet. Inuit children consumed perhaps 20 mg of calcium per day from traditional foods. Since the Inuit are genetically adapted to low-calcium diets, Inuit children who eat a high-calcium Canadian-style diet often exhibit dangerous levels of calcium in the blood, a condition that can damage the kidneys. Conversely, in the case of pastoralists who consumed a lot of meat and especially milk, people developed genetic adaptations to deal with high loads of cholesterol from those foods. East African Maasai pastoralists became genetically adapted to a mega-cholesterol diet of cattle milk, blood, and meat, with two-thirds of their calories coming from fat alone. Their daily cholesterol intake was four to six times the average Western cholesterol consumption, but the level of cholesterol in the Maasai blood was far lower than Western levels. The genes of Maasai show evidence of modifications in regions related to cholesterol metabolism and synthesis, atherosclerosis (the thickening of arteries that is related to cholesterol deposits), and lactase persistence. All of these genetic adaptations seem to make the Maasai better suited to a milk-rich, cholesterol-heavy diet.

Apart from the question of the ideal body type for long life or good health, there’s another important consideration that influences many people: What’s the ideal body type in the eyes of those we wish to attract? A surprising and perhaps disturbing conclusion from this research is that we tend to overshoot on our estimates of what it takes to look beautiful. According to studies of American college students, men want to be more muscular and bigger than women actually prefer; conversely, women want to be smaller, shorter, and more toned and have longer hair and bigger breasts than men actually prefer. What’s going on? Why do we go through all this madness of trying to adjust our appearance if our partners are really not happy with the results? There are two possible explanations. The first possibility is that the important thing might not be the end objective; it might be more important for us to just have a strongly motivating goal in mind. If you are looking to attract a particular type of person, then having an exaggerated notion of the ideal body may be the simplest option available for achieving that goal. A second, more likely explanation was offered by three of my colleagues at UCLA, David A. Frederick, Daniel M. T. Fessler, and Martie G. Haselton. They reasoned that a runaway competition for prestige takes place whenever we think about bodily characteristics and compare ourselves to others. We try to outdo others—that’s human nature. Never mind what someone else wants; that’s a pretty tough one to figure out, as any couple can attest. Just go one better than your peers, or imitate the most popular and richest public figure you admire, and you’ll have an easy guide. Some Hollywood starlet wears fur boots and oversized shades and dyes her hair blond? Some Hollywood actor pulls off his shirt to reveal razor-cut abs? Got it. Such efforts might not be exactly what our partners want, but our minds are designed to make us compete against our peers in a silly but intrinsically human game of envy and status-seeking.

Anyways, read this book. It’s well worth it.

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Special Announcements:

::: Lowest Price You’ll See For the NEW Halo Sport 2 :::

The Halo Sport 2 tCDS headset I train with was released this week with a pre-sale discount just for my audience.

This headset is a significant upgrade from the original, which I’ve sworn by for years: ⁣ ⁣ – Fully wireless / BT enabled (if that concerns you, you can still use a cable which comes with it.)⁣ – Halo leveled up and you can now expect superior audio quality- think Beats by Dre ⁣ – Improved design and user experience: slimmer and more lightweight, much easier to wet the primers for tCDS⁣ – Upgraded app with new stimulation data and tracking ⁣ If you want the ultimate edge for training or even learning a new instrument, “neuropriming” will give you the advantages you are looking for. Check out this brief explainer to understand why elite athletes around the world trust Halo Neuroscience.

When you are ready to unlock your athletic potential, use code: GREENFIELD here for even bigger savings before it goes on sale to everyone else in April.

Articles & Podcasts I Was Featured In This Week:

– Why My HbA1c is 5.1 (and how I plan to move my blood sugar numbers lower)

– 24 Hour Fast – 13 Tips, Benefits, And Expectations – BHP50

Upcoming Events:

– April 6, 2019: The Future of Personalized and Precision Medicine with Horses, Bourbon, and Ben Greenfield at The Kentucky Castle, Versailles, Kentucky. I join doctors Matt Dawson and Mike Mallin for a special presentation on the future of medicine. Register here to join us for this unique & extremely limited event.

– April 12 – 13, 2019: FitCon Summit, Salt Lake City, Utah. FitCon® encourages everyone to Find Their Fit. It does not matter whether it is powerlifting, Crossfit, bodybuilding, roller derby, or even axe throwing. Be sure to visit the Kion booth in the expo! Get your tickets here. Use code: BEN50 to save $50.

– April 26 – 28, 2019: Paleo f(x) Conference, Austin, Texas. Join me, staff from my company, Kion, and the rest of your tribe at Paleo f(x)™ 2019, the largest gathering of Paleo / ancestral health / keto / functional medicine / strength & conditioning experts in the world… see everything you’ll get out of this enriching, enlightening event. Besides, April is a wonderful time of year to visit Austin, TX….Get your tickets here.

– June 6, 2019: An Afternoon of Transformation with Ben Greenfield, Denver, Colorado. A special event hosted by MaxLiving,  which exists to transform lives through chiropractic.

– June 15, 2019: Ultimate Fitness Run, Mt. Spokane, Washington. Join me and my family for a fun, as-competitive-as-you-make-it day outside for an OCR-style challenge. Register here while you still can. This event sells out quickly each year. Save with code: Ben10UFR and register here.

– June 23 – July 7, 2019: European Detox Retreat, Paracelsus al Ronc, Switzerland. At this 2019 liver detox and R&R retreat at the beautiful Swiss Mountain Clinic in the Italian quarter of Switzerland, you’ll stay on-site and receive diagnostics and treatments from the best doctors of biological medicine to detox your liver and your soul. Here’s the link to more info.

-View Ben’s Calendar Here

This Week’s Most Popular Instagram Pic:

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Last night I made my bastardized modification of the #mouthwatering "Matchagyver Ice Cream" recipe I discovered on page 166 of "The Biohacker's Handbook" (an awesome read that you can grab from my bio Linktree or bengreenfieldfitness.com/biohackingbook). This heavenly #icecream combines the nutrient-rich properties of egg yolks, the benefits of fats, green tea #polyphenols , trace elements and vitamins B, C and E. Instead of causing sluggishness, the ice cream increases mental agility and improves #cognition due to the combined effects of fats, xylitol and caffeine, and theanine from the green tea. If MacGyver were to start his day with ice cream, this would be it. Ingredients: 4 whole organic eggs 4 organic egg yolks 2 tsp Bourbon vanilla 2 tsp amla extract 1 tsp apple cider vinegar Juice from half a lemon 2 tbsp matcha powder 1 stick organic or grass-fed butter 100 g (½ cup) virgin coconut oil 50 g (¼ cup) MCT oil 120g (4.25 oz) xylitol 100 g (½ cup) spring water or coconut water pinch of unrefined sea salt Directions: Melt butter and virgin coconut oil in a water bath. Mix all ingredients in a blender and pour into a dish. Freeze overnight in a freezer or prepare in an ice cream maker. Garnish with bee pollen, coconut shavings or sea buckthorn berries. If you dig this recipe, you also need to try the #coffee recipe you’ll find in “The Biohacker’s Handbook” (Linked in bio) #macgyver #sweettreats #realfood #brainfood #organic #biohacking #desserttime #mindbodyspirit

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This Week’s Most Popular Tweet:

I remember when I first discovered an unknown ring called Oura at a small expo in Helsinki, Finland. I bought one, and, proud to be one of the first to own, brought it back to the US & showed all my biohacking friends – Oura's come a long way since baby: https://t.co/CAHzUQMebD

— Ben Greenfield (@bengreenfield) March 5, 2019

My Most Popular Facebook Post This Week:

Last night I made my bastardized modification of the mouthwatering "Matchagyver Ice Cream" recipe I discovered on page…

Posted by Ben Greenfield Fitness on Sunday, March 3, 2019

The Ultimate Clean Energy Bar for Hard-Charging, High-Achievers

As a busy CEO, coach, professional athlete, international speaker, and top 100 podcast host—I needed a bar that would meet the intense demands of my lifestyle, while also satisfying my strict nutrition and purity requirements. I’m happy to say, THIS IS IT.

After years of habitually eating low-quality protein bars, I started having elevated blood sugar, gut rot, energy swings and toxins present in my blood tests. So I wanted to do something better.  I wanted to learn how can a bar provide adequate amino acids for recovery without spiking insulin and glucose, or creating mTor and longevity issues from excess protein intake?

You’re about to discover exactly how I did it. Meet the Kion Clean Energy Bar.

*The FDA hasn’t evaluated these statements. Kion products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.

Need Help Fully Optimizing Your Brain & Body? 

Did you know you can consult one-on-one with me so that I can personalize a nutrition or fitness plan for you to reach your goals? Are you training for physical performance? Trying to shed fat or gain lean muscle as fast as possible? Ready to tap into the most cutting-edge health, fitness and longevity protocols? Contact me so I can get you exactly what you need to reach your goals as safely and quickly as possible.

Leave your comments below – and any news or discoveries that you think I missed!

Cheers,

Ben

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[hunter-husky]

Two Old Coots

Bro go back to your wife

[nuttyrabbit]

Oh boy, Tundra in the pre-reboot would get a pass for his abuse on Rotor. Then again, Sherman Walrus would have been there instead of Tundra, since he was his original father in the pre-reboot. I think post-reboot Rotor would probably secretly want Sherman to have been his father than Tundra who sold his homeland out while Sherman died fighting as a hero against Eggman.

Can’t blame Rotor there, then again did we really get an idea of what Sherman was like as a father before he died? At least he WAS a hero though