My friend Danielle Strle invited me to join a First Aid and CPR workshop today in New York City.

It was five hours long and we each paid $105.

I’m glad that I went!

Find a class in your area here: Red Cross: CPR Classes in NYC

I learned many things such as:

• Yes, you can pump the chest to the song “Staying Alive.”
• You can also do it to the “Baby Shark” song.
• How to do CPR: 30 pumps, then 2 recovery breaths mouth-to-mouth (repeat)
• How to use an AED: that’s the defibrillator you see frequently now which can administer heart shocks to save someone from cardiac arrest!
• SAMPLE and FAST: acronyms in case of an emergency.
• How to use an EpiPen: stab it in someone’s leg if they go into anaphylactic shock.

Danielle Strle holding the AED with a test dummy

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I’m not very athletic. I don’t particularly enjoy these races. But if my friend Nina invites me to something, I’ll do it. She’s great and I like hanging out with her.

My friend Nina Simon invited me to compete in the Goliathon obstacle course race on 5 October 2019.

I invited my girlfriend Rachel to join us. We all did it (or most of it) together and it was fun!

Jump to:

• QR Codes on Wristbands
• Nina’s Notes
• Rachel’s Reflections
• My Experience
• About the Goliathon
• Conclusion

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This is a guest post by my friend Michael Galpert about his experience buying a used car in four days. Here’s what he did to save $4,618 on buying a used 2017 Honda CRV near San Francisco.

Michael Galpert and me at his wedding in California a few years ago, from my video at his wedding

Hi, I’m Michael. I live in San Francisco with my wife and two daughters.

My wife and I wanted to buy a car. We came across this listing on TrueCar we liked:

We wanted to see if we could get this car any lower. So we went to the dealership to ask.

I posted the following to Twitter while we were waiting at the Honda dealership:

Any tips on negotiating with a car dealership?

This is everything that I learned.

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I’m 37 years old now and the hair on the crown of my head is thinning. 

I did some research, talked to experts, and started taking some medicine to mitigate future loss and instill new growth.

Here are the resources that were helpful to me and what I’m doing now.

My Hair Loss Plans And Next Steps

I spoke to a dermatologist, my doctor, asked a lot of friends, and then hired Bauman Medical from the below podcast to do a medical consult with me.

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Willamette…

Lightscale Labs, founded by my friend Justin Ouellette, is a company that provides scientific medical-grade testing for cannabis products.

They use “science, technology, and design to make cannabis testing simple and reliable.”

I visited their offices to take a tour during a trip to Portland in June 2019. Here are some of the things that I saw.

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