Dante Sisofo Blog

Home gyms are clutch because I can workout multiple times per day. If I stop inside to get some water or use the restroom, I can get a quick pump in and head back out there.

Without the delicious beef from Philadelphia’s local farms in Lancaster, what would I do? I guess you can get beef from other places like Whole Foods, Costco, etc, but the Reading Terminal Market is the go to for Philadelphians. L. Halteman Family Country Foods provides me with my fuel and they have been feeding Philadelphia for over a century. Just go to the back of the terminal and greet the beautiful faces of the Pennsylvania Dutch. You can’t go wrong with anything they sell.

From Middle English corage, from Old French corage (French courage), from Vulgar Latin *corāticum, from Latin cor (“heart”). Distantly related to cardiac (“of the heart”), which is from Greek, but from the same Proto-Indo-European root. Displaced Middle English elne, ellen, from Old English ellen (“courage, valor”).

1. The quality of being confident, not afraid or easily intimidated, but without being incautious or inconsiderate.
2. The ability to overcome one’s fear, do or live things which one finds frightening. 
3. The ability to maintain one’s will or intent despite either the experience of fear, frailty, or frustration; or the occurrence of adversity, difficulty, defeat or reversal. Moral fortitude. 

From Middle English confidence, from Latin cōnfīdentia (possibly via Old French confidence), from cōnfīdō (“believe, confide in”) from con- (“with”) + fīdō (“trust”).

1. Self-assurance.
2. A feeling of certainty; firm trust or belief; faith.
3. Information held in secret; a piece of information shared but to thence be kept in secret.
4. Boldness; presumption.

A man was arrested today at the Wanamaker Organ in Philadelphia. He apparently attempted to stab a security officer and other men drew guns at the scene. I listen to the organ everyday to commemorate my grandmother who worked in this building. The drugs and violence Philadelphia faces is a sad everyday reality.

The study of the historical development of languages, particularly as manifested in individual words

Go to wiktionary to study the history of language

from Latin ambitio (“ambition, a striving for favor, literally ‘a going around’, especially of candidates for office in Rome soliciting votes”)

Eager or inordinate desire for some object that confers distinction, as preferment, honor, superiority, political power, or fame; desire to distinguish one’s self from other people. 

The second you sit down in the day is time for you to take a nap!

Literally and metaphorically

Eat one meal per day before bed. Beef only. As a side I like spicy naturally fermented kimchi

These new barefoot shoes that I am experimenting with are absolutely incredible. I put on a normal pair of shoes to go biking recently and when I stepped off to walk around they felt like shit. I think I finally found a shoe that I am happy with. I thought ASICS was good, but barefoot is definitely the way to go from here on out. My feet genuinely feel different already after only a few days of use. The way they naturally splay your toes out is insanely comfortable and fit my lifestyle perfectly with daily fitness and constant waking for street photography.

I have been exclusively wearing Lululemon clothing for the past 7 years. The clothing is pretty damn durable because they have lasted throughout my travels all over different parts of the world. You can style yourself for fitness, casual, or classy with the variety of what they sell. My recent favorite has been the Lululemon New Venture Blazer that looks super nice with the ABC Pull-On pants. Everything has zipper pockets and is more comfortable than any clothes I have ever worn in my life. Clothing is like armor and is worth investing in quality stuff. Once you go Lululemon, you can’t go back!

Slightly out of focus black and white video from the Ricoh GRIII. Out of focus/blurry imagery is kind of interesting?