WebNutrients

10/03/2024

Joey Vaillancourt and I were recently weaving bookish threads in a canvas of inspired writings.

One that had a momentous impact on my (then) young mind of an 8-9-10 year old was Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison.

As a nerdy youth, I'd often bury my head in books. Or design science aperatus on the precious graph paper my Pops would pick up from his work as a sheetmetal man.

And as a nerdy, dorky, uncoordinated youth (not even qualified to play T-Ball, fergodsakes!). Who's sense of humor and insights were formed by an amalgam of my Dad, my eventual Step Dad, 5 amazing siblings, the MIT/Xerox PARC neighbor, and the teacher's assistant in grade school who taught me the basics of TM - I often felt the sting of alienation shared by millions of nerds over the generations.

So my escape: Most books took me to far away places (thank you, Isaac Asimov, Robert Heinlein, etc...). Star Trek, Lost In Space and The Twilight Zone provided the lean-back fantasies that gave my dreams room tom play.

Within that broad brush of cultural exploration, there were a few books that introduced me to a land far-far way. Yet merely a few miles from the bedroom neighborhoods of my youth.

This one had the greatest impact for many years. And still gives me chills when I think about it. Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison. (NOT a Science Fiction, but a factual reality)...

The story is deep and wide. Poetic, like a great spoken word (think Rives doing his Sign Language riff: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbtVepS53t0 )

The book is the account of a Man of Colour (like this great from Icehouse https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHwI6pYvLno&t=4s )

But it's an account from a time when living on the mean streets of Harlem or The Bronx or Brooklyn NY might leave you feeling just a little like a total nerd amongst the cool kids in a Vancouver Washington grade school.

I consider this a must read. As much today as any time in history. Though we may have more tolerance and acceptance, there are always individuals, regardless of race, creed, color, who feel the sting of alienation. Perhaps even you and me.

Read (or listen). You can thank me later.
https://www.amazon.com/Invisible-Man-Ralph-Ellison/dp/0679732764

P.S. Happy Birthdays to Mary Ann and Doug - Two of my very favorite sources of deep insight and unquenchable love.

08/28/2024

I sincerely apologize to everyone in Burlington (IOWA) Breaking News reports and MORE. for washing my car at the HyVee on Agency yesterday afternoon. I should have suspected it might bring a little rain...

08/28/2024

My brother Doug and I have a pretty healthy sibling rivalry.

If by "healthy", I mean "OK, Bro, let's see whatchoo got!"

The night before Doug entered the USAF, his trick Ford Fairlane 500 met with an errant lamp post. (Thank God the Statute of Limitations is over...;-)

Not to be outdone, a year or so later, the night before my enlistment in the USAF, I merely ended up at 60mph spinning wildly in my Mazda RX-3 hotrod (January cold+light rain+Bluestreak Racing Slicks) until it barely stopped, ass-end toward the cliffs overlooking the local rock quarry turned swimming hole.

Imagine the the white-knuckles and heartbeats. Yeah.

So, recently my Big Bro trekked from Nicaragua, where he runs a very cool school/mission/church, to just east of Dallas/Fort Worth to a 3-acre parcel of land and home.

Only to be met with classic Texan storm weather, and the torturing of his new home. Thankfully, nobody got hurt.

Nary a month later, last night, in fact, Chasity and I faced our own reckoning of sorts: 60 mph winds and incessant ball-lightning downed the power flow, and three major branches graced our new deck, driveway, and the neighbor's home.

Thankfully, the Air Conditioning returned before 1AM, and the tree that gave up her branches elegantly missed our cars. And, as you can see, the damage to the house might be a tad below the deductible.

Doug wins this one.
But the day is young...

06/03/2024

That corporate nerd look I've always wanted...
Like "he knows his way around a lab. But don't think he can't craft a gnarly P&L..." Nootopia, BIOptimizers

06/03/2024

Don't let the Doggie Eyes fool you. They're, as Elton sang so eloquently "Mongrels who ain't got a penny."

Yet they eat better than most humans.
And they live like kings.

Oh, and I don't think I could live without 'em.
Ollie & Augie Forever!

05/30/2024

My good friend Ori Bengal crafted a unique, one of a kind Sharkish for me a decade ago (thank you, brother!).

Today, he holds watch over Ollie and Augie, and occasionally reads a few trippy vibes from our Educated Guests comments, or just stares off into the glistening Mississippi.

Soon, maybe we'll finish that book, eh Shawn...

04/01/2022

World Domination is right.
Over the last decade, you, my fine friends, have helped us create a revolution.

Because of your love, passion, interest and insights, you've helped us craft some of the world's most powerful nootropics.

Now, more than ten years gone, we've finally graduated.
How do we know?

Because we've merged with one of the most incredible companies in the nutrition and human performance world.

Those guys with me are Matt Gallant and Wade Lightheart of BiOptimizers. A year and a half ago, we met, with the hope that we could work together to make a greater impact on the world.

Over those many months, we crafted a new brand.
And Matt and team worked diligently to help us better understand what we were creating. And how to improve our goal of helping Make a Monumental Improvement in Every Life We Touch.

Matt is a scientist.
His mastery is testing testing testing to drive performance.
And he's as much a scientist as many of the brilliant PhD's I've worked with over the last 28 years.

What he did with WebNutrients was to deconstruct each individual solution we made. And discovered how Stacks can be Stacked with other Stacks. To radically improve the outcomes we all desire.

To help you and I program our States: To be able to create the kinds of mood, performance, capacity, endurance, focus, happiness, patience and love we so deeply desire.

What came from these exhaustive tests is called Nootopia.com/WebNutrients

It's not just a nootropic.
It's a system of customized, personalized nootropic stacks that you select, with guidance, to program your desired states, when you need them.

This is a game changer for those of us who want more than just a hopeful outcome. This is an assurance, a process, and a guide, to programmed performance.

We even developed an App that guides you on a 30 day journey, and asks for input every day of the journey.

So your next order is better than your last.
More in alignment with you and your goals.

Thanks to these fine gentlemen and their incredible team, this deep dive into your health and performance is now not only possible.

It's inevitable.

Thank you for being a huge part of our last ten years of development.

I sincerely hope you'll join us in creating the future of breakthroughs that improve our mental and physical performance.

I can't wait to show you what's coming!

Also: If you want to really engage in this future at the highest level, please join the BioTribe community and share your voice. Our moderator Sarah Jessica Taylor is there to both prompt your ideas. And to corral me and the rest of our team to do a deep dive into neurochemistry and how to move from Sick to Superhuman.

See you here!
Mr Noots

11/04/2021

You are the Chosen One.

You just have to unlock your powerful potential.

Unlock it all with a ONE cap (Organic Nootropic Energy + blissful neurogenesis in a pill).

Any questions?

https://webnutrients.com/pages/one-capsule-organic-nootropic-supplement

09/02/2021

Guess what we just made?...;-)
The Tau of Noots.

07/26/2021

It's been said (thanks to endurance badass David Goggins) that we call it quits when we hit 40% of our potential. That's when the voice in your head says "enough!"

When that voice hits, here's what you do:
1) Smile, knowing you're gonna' kick The Resistance's butt.
2) Double-down on your effort to reach your goal (you DO have a goal, right?)
3) Celebrate when you Break on Through to the Other Side (thank you Jim Morrison).

From the time I was a little kid, I found Full Engagement to be the only way that worked for me. Dive deep. Keep going when Mom said "dinner time!"
Don't work by the clock.
Work to Find the Solution.
To make The Thing.
To Build the Stuff.
To Create the Future.
Your future.

It's the Only Way.

Success shows up when we press toward something beyond our current (perceived) capacity.

Keep going. It's worth the cost.
In fact, it's 1,000x worth the cost:
When your Passion, Persistence and Planning overcome the Pain.

Failure is AI: Try-try again. And again. And again.
You get better as you go.
Wipe-on. Wipe-off.
Muscle Memory.

Go for it. See you on the other side.

(P.S. This post fully empowered by Yusef Dayes plaing some badass beats, just like this... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwVtIPeYIeQ )

04/20/2021

03/25/2021

I'm getting these for each and every employee (and yes, I'm getting multiples as well - NOBODY works GAS-free in these parts).

One of the most critical pieces of the Employee Pie is raw, pure engagement. Finding things to love within your work. Engaging your Mastery.

Today, when you're in work mode, look inside: How do you feel? How interested are you in your work? What's your focus? What's something within the context of your position that truly engages you (and God, I do hope there's something there for you!)

To your Full Engagement.
(and a Full Tank of G.A.S.)