Easy Being Green

To some, breakfast is just a Poptart. That’s a plastic food product and an American English term for Danish. To the Danish people, a Danish is called Vienerbrod, which actually translates into Bread from Vienna, a city in an entirely different country. In France they call it a croissant, also known as coffee and a cigarette. While an English breakfast consist of baked beans and blood sausage or is sometimes just a tea referred to as English Breakfast. The guys in our crew think breakfast comes in a Red Bull can. But then again, some people eat nothing at all. and I marvel at this.

When you wake up, you have an extraordinary opportunity to put something powerful inside of you that will energize, nourish and sustain your being for the whole day. Ordinary breakfasts don’t usually cut it. The body spends an exhausting amount of time digesting the food you eat in search of nutrients, but by the time the top coating of sugar has faded from your blood flow you’re fast asleep at your desk. I can attest from years of snoozing thru first and second period in high school and college.

Therefore, I would like to take this time to formally apologize to Ms. Lohr. My failing was caused not by you or your boring algebra course after all. It was indeed the Frosted Flakes. For this, Tony and I are very sorry.

Come to think of it, I slept thru many jobs once I got out of high school. When I worked for my dad on construction sites I would slip into the cab of the truck for a siesta. When I managed a tobacco store, I made sure the door had clanging bells that would alarm me whenever a customer came in. When I was a stock clerk at the craft store there were more than enough cardboard boxes for me to build my own private hideaway, Fort Slumber.

For years I thought I was just naturally tired, lazy, and/or disinterested in working. But I’ve proven that case wrong over the past 17 months playing and promoting the current album, We Sing We Dance We Steal Things (still available far and wide btw!)

The secret to a great day is how you start your day. And for the past year and a half I’ve avoided eating a heavy traditional breakfast. Instead, I merrily jumpstart my day with the ever-so-awesome Vitamineral Green from Healthforce Nutritionals.


One heaping scoop of this stuff in the morning provides an insane amount of goodness for the body. The powdered greens (from dehydrated plants and algae among other things) taken by itself is enough to live on. It goes straight to the blood and straight to the brain and stays with you all day. I stir mine every morning with ONE-Brand Coconut Water, but I prefer to blend it also with some Flax Oil, Freelife Goji Juice, Avocados, Maca Spice (the Peruvian Viagra) and a few dates. I even do Cayenne pepper on mornings that I want something savory. The flavor options are unlimited and there’s no way you can overdose on the stuff.

Award winning Author and Marathon Runner Haruki Murakami writes, “…(a) condition for being a gentleman would be keeping quiet about what you do to stay healthy. A gentleman shouldn’t go on and on about what he does to stay fit.”

But I’m no gentleman and I practice unconditional love, which is why I don't mind mentioning it. Perhaps Vitamineral Green can simplify your morning and amplify your days as it has mine. I constantly face the challenges of appearing in new time zones, performing late shows followed by early morning flights and repeat workdays, trying on new languages and meeting all kinds of new people that I care to be present for. Traditional breakfast doesn’t help me rise to the occasion. The delicious green shakes do.

Think about it for a second, would you rather start your day with something fattening and/or sugary that ends up around your waist or deep in your ass, or would you rather feel light and energized with a glow that people can recognize? Remember, you are what you eat.

This is not an advertisement. It’s just a friendly traveler’s tip about health and vitality. And if I can still be enjoying it on the road, you and your loved ones will certainly enjoy its benefits in your own home.

Click here for more information and order some today!

Have a great weekend!