LegendaryLife Blog

Getting through the home stretch

Jon — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 13:34:40 +0000

I am looking forward to switch gears and start blogging about health and inspiration as opposed to science fiction and a host of other projects that are keeping me very busy at the moment. Life is sure flying very fast right now! I am doing some final correcting before releasing my second book, “Transforming your life [...]

Some business advice from sister company, WoodMarvels.com

Jon — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 23:48:57 +0000

I wrote a small piece for LegendaryLife’s sister company, WoodMarvels.com that I think you would enjoy if you are an entrepreneur, designer or thinking of starting your own company. WoodMarvels.com Marketing Advice I haven’t been updating this blog as much as I would have liked - it isn’t from a lack of material but time. LegendaryLife.com is [...]

The Persistence Hunt

Jon — Sat, 09 May 2009 14:39:49 +0000

Long ago, before we had the luxury of convenient and grocery stores, modern agriculture and “civilization”, we use to have to hunt and gather each and everyday for our days food. Each day was filled with trying to live one more using nothing but our wit, strength and endurance. The reason our bodies are so [...]

Mannatech legal threats, I’m not alone!

Jon — Wed, 06 May 2009 02:43:48 +0000

I decided to do a little research online regarding my (so far), two cease and desist orders originating from Mannatech’s legal department and guess what, they sent the same identical letter to others as well! Each time, to people who disprove or question the validity for their sales people’s claims that their products cure diseases [...]

Mannatech’s Cease and Desist… again!

Jon — Wed, 06 May 2009 01:15:21 +0000

Apparently Mannatech’s lawyers still do not know how to read English, think that their web compliance policy applies internet-wide and freedom of speech is as worthless as their own products . I wrote repeatedly that Mannatech’s products have never been proven to work but Mannatech’s own sales people write that it cures everything known to [...]

How to prepare for the flu epidemic

Jon — Tue, 05 May 2009 12:50:22 +0000

I just watched this and I can’t help but think of zombie movies. If a virulent form of the H1N1 flu strikes, buy lots of ammo and a shovel as the government will stick its head in the sand (protecting itself of course) and everybody else around you will freak-out and die in short order. [...]

2847AD: Writing Science Fiction is Hard!

Jon — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 01:50:25 +0000

I have discovered something while writing my next book, 2847AD… writing science fiction is really hard! Imagining the uninvented Creating a whole future civilization across multiple colonies is a challenge in itself, trying to imagine technology that doesn’t exist, hasn’t been seen or experienced first-hand is quite a task. Describing how things work, describing how one machine [...]

Mannatech sends me a Cease and Desist

Jon — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 01:12:01 +0000

Mannatech sells sugar pills (yes, they admit it) or “heavenly” Tensa water and it seems I have irked their legal department (letter below). What I find ironic is their own letter is basically stating that their own products aren’t a cure, only good for general health (which is what I have been essentially saying from [...]

Life’s Top 10 Truths

Jon — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 05:12:30 +0000

I may be 32 but I already feel like I have lived the lives of several people, each year is so different and when looking back, it’s astonishing how much I have yet to learn and do! So, here are the top 10 truths that life has taught me so far. 10. I am NOT important I [...]

We are more bacteria than human!

Jon — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 01:14:14 +0000

I really love the speeches given by the TED organization, you learn about huge advances in new technologies and a lot about what makes thing tick. I don’t know why they aren’t required watching for every man, woman and child on this planet as the more we know, the more we can do to help [...]

When anything is possible, what do you do next?

Jon — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 04:33:02 +0000

An interesting and unique situation hits me every week or so with my woodworking site, WoodMarvels.com,is when ever I launch something really cool… that was fun… what do I do next? It can always be better One thing I really hate doing is going back on old work because once something is done, in my mind, it [...]

Passion breeds Passion!

Jon — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 01:51:42 +0000

I have a few theories that I have developed from my life’s experiences, the most powerful of them is exponential learning which basically states that the more you learn and explore, the more of it you become capable of performing these acts (search for exponential learning for more info on this blog). The second most [...]

Is reproduction a right or privilege?

Jon — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 00:13:02 +0000

Over the past few weeks, a woman on welfare with six children (some disabled) conceived by in-vitro insemination decided it was very wise to have an additional eight from the same process. At the same time, I get petitioned to “help the poor children” (in America of all places). We shouldn’t exclude ourselves from natural processes Humans, [...]

2847: Going Science Fiction

Jon — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 00:59:57 +0000

It’s been pretty busy here, the new 1TB hard drive is here and rendering what seems to be an endless queue of animations for WoodMarvels.com, in full HD no less My second book’s draft is off to the printers and yet again, I have some extra time so I decided to jump right into [...]

Summarizing your entire life in a minute

Jon — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 05:21:02 +0000

They released their top 50 wild card candidates for the Great Barrier Reef Islands Caretaker and I didn’t make it… looking at the videos that did, there are a few I don’t agree with but that’s the way life goes I guess. Each person sees what they want in another’s work. The challenge of summarizing your [...]

Finished: Transforming your life from blah to Legendary!

Jon — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 03:24:26 +0000

I have now completed my first motivational / inspirational book whose working title is “Transforming your life from blah to Legendary!”. Feb 8 to 26: 2009 I started on this book on February 8th and now, 18 days later, I have finally completed it. It’s all layed-out, checked for mistakes and now, time to get an ISBN [...]

Going from busy to nuts!

Jon — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 14:25:53 +0000

It’s really raining hard here… a week ago I had to stop working on my WoodMarvels.com site due to running-out of hard drive space (no big deal, I was due for a small break) but since then, it’s been go, Go, GO! A week “off” I started-off trying and almost finishing my very first motivational [...]

Self-Help Book Publishing Update

Jon — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 00:13:15 +0000

My goal was the publish a self-help, motivational book and I started on it a little over a week ago. Self-help book update So far, I am just about done the first draft, about 90% of the 140 pages have content. This book is just flowing out of me as these are all ideas and concepts that [...]

Multimedia Review: Steroids Saved My Life (part 4)

Jon — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 04:25:27 +0000

Peter is now coming into his own, gaining confidence and starting to have a positive self-image… all great improvements but these didn’t happen because of his steroid use. Episode 10 - Super Roid Brothers week 10 and Peter is now at 162.2 pounds Peter has replaced little pink pills with little yellow ones, Mr. Fantastic needs to knock [...]

Multimedia Review: Steroids Saved My Life (part 3)

Jon — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 03:01:34 +0000

I am crossing my fingers that Peter begins to acquire some common sense from people outside of his “Three Stooges” team. Once again, I am not a doctor and have no formal education other than my university biology degree and decades of studying health, fitness and nutrition. Episode 7 - Peter Balboa day 47, dosage of steroids [...]