Yes.

I'd be disappointed if I wasn't becoming increasingly cynical.

Hit & Run > Insert Annoying Lyric from The Who Here - Reason Magazine:

"More continuity between the Bush and Obama administrations, writes Charlie Savage in the New York Times. Obama will close Guantanamo sometime in the next year (after they figure out what to do with the remaining detainees), but what happens to those imprisoned at the Bagram base in Afghanistan? Same as before, it seems:

The Obama administration has told a federal judge that military detainees in Afghanistan have no legal right to challenge their imprisonment there, embracing a key argument of former President Bush's legal team."

We gather together to wish you luck and good fortune, pt II - where we give you the gift of song.

Karaoke, GO!

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The power of Abba's "Dancing Queen" will never be defeated.

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Fear our intensity.

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FEAR IT!

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PEACE OUT!

We gather together to wish you luck and good fortune, pt I.

And lo did we gather together, with less than 2 weeks to go, for folks to wish my better half good luck, so long, farewell and all the best...

Speechifying.

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Wine drinking buddies.

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Two thumbs way up.

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Beachside, nighttime.

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Cars in Japan...

...kinda awesome.

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One more ohakamairi.

No worries Jiichan, she'll be back before you know it.

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True love is sharing.

That's when you eat only half the chocolate in case your s/o might like the other half. Shut up. I'm sweet.

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Training 295-299.

Abbreviated notes as I've been failing to log these online...

295 - upper body wkout+isometric circuit+shoulder mobility/dislocates/facepulls

296 - lower body wkout+ab circuit+shoulder mobility/dislocates/facepulls

297/298 - rest/free

299 - upper body wkout+shoulder mobility/dislocates/facepulls

Assorted motivation/inspiration/words of wisdom...

Free the Animal: Paleo for Everyone, All the Time, for Universal Health Improvement:

"...It is all about Real Food all the time. Just dump the shit. Eliminate all grains, all legumes, all sugar, all processed vegetable oils, and all products derived therefrom. Eat as much as you want of the following: natural fats (animal, olive, avocado, coconut), meat / fowl / seafood, vegetables (starchy ones within reason), fruits (focus on berries), and nuts (peanuts aren't nuts).

It is so simple, so enjoyable, you'll feel better than you can remember in your entire life, and it works 100% of the time for 100% of the people.

Shit: Don't. Eat. It."

Movnat:

"MovNat is an education system that empowers zoo humans to experience their true nature.

Our true nature is to be strong, healthy, happy and free.

This video is designed to display the wildest expression of MovNat and to be inspirational.

The practice of MovNat is fully scalable and suits any individual regardless of experience, condition, or gender.

In addition to natural movement, the MovNat education system also addresses the rehabilitation of other natural patterns such as eating, sleeping, breathing etc...and ultimately involves education in survival and wild food foraging skills.

To learn more, visit http://www.movnat.com/"

2x Body Weight Deadlift


Jeannies Beach CrossFit - Behind Walls


Handstands, Snatch, Overhead Squats


Don't Let the Perfect Be the Enemy of the Good | Mark's Daily Apple:

"You may have noticed that we’ve been stressing the “perfect” Primal life: eating organic, wild, free-range foods, butchering or hunting our own meat, buying food directly from local farmers, growing our own produce

...As much as I stress following a near perfect Primal lifestyle, I don’t want the perfect to become the enemy of the good.

Why? Because you can do a whole lot of good for your body by strictly shopping at a regular grocery store and buying conventionally produced food. Just stick to the tried and true ways – stay on the perimeter of the store, avoid the inner aisles, always purchase whole foods – and the rest will fall into place. Eating organic is, of course, ideal, but not totally necessary; I’d say that in most cases what you don’t eat is more important than what you do eat. Cutting out grains, starchy vegetables, legumes, and refined sugars is the most important aspect of the Primal diet – and their absence will make the biggest difference in your health and body composition. Whether you eat grain fed meat and conventionally grown veggies or grass fed and organic, as long as you cut out the agrarian staples, you will lose weight and feel better..."

Bodybuilding.com - Over 40 Transformation Of The Week - Over 40 Transformation Of The Week - Melissa LaLone!:

"Name: Melissa LaLone

Before:
Age: 38
Height: 5'10'
Weight: 250 lbs

After:
Age: 41
Height: 5'10'
Weight: 137 lbs

Ya gotta let it go.

Work in progress.

Wisdom - The Joe Rogan Blog » Conduit to the Gaian Mind » Liam Neeson is a handsome man:

"You ever think back to some shit you did years ago, and you still feel pathetic from it? There are a few memories of dumb shit I’ve done in my life that just continue to haunt me, no matter how many years go by.

I know objectively that as a human being there are certain mistakes that you have to make in life to grow from them, but there’s just part of me that doesn’t want to admit that I was ever that fucking retarded.

I think that’s why some people fuck up a bunch when they’re young, and they never really get on track in life. It’s like the memory of their fuck ups are just too powerful for them to respect that who they are now is a different, more evolved person. They just think of the shame of what they’ve done in the past and get stuck with that self-definition. I think that’s one of the reasons why a discipline, especially for a man, is very important for self definition.

Whatever it is; be it martial arts, or playing the guitar, or whatever - having something that’s very difficult that you focus all your energy on can redefine your view of yourself and make you forgive yourself..."

Me in two months.

via Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal