"But not really..."

Japan, you magnificent bastards.

Training - Arnold Sports Festival Roundup.

3/4 - presses, side swings, laterals -- P90X3M D51 Dynamix -- foam roll/smr

 Zydrunas Savickas takes the Arnold Strongman Classic for the 7th time. I was pulling for Brian Shaw, but Z BeastModed 3 events out of 5 and crushed a new world record at the tire deadlift.

2014 Arnold Strongman Classic Results - LIFT.net:
 "Final Arnold Strongman Classic Results 
Zydrunas 
Shaw 
Burke 
Lalas 
Pritchett"

I still dig on Shaw.  We'll see what happens at this year's World's Strongest Man.

Bodybuilding.com - 2014 Arnold Sports Festival: Dennis Wolf Wins Arnold Classic:

Pro Bodybuilding can get ridiculous, but you can't argue wit dat back tho'.

Bodybuilding.com - 2014 Arnold Sports Festival: Flex Lewis Wins The Arnold Classic 212:

Lewis is jacked, but I like the aesthetics on Lukas Osladil.

Besides, dude can do this.  [Pic from a different competition.] 

Remember kids, lifting weights will make you muscle bound and inflexible.

Bodybuilding.com - 2014 Arnold Sports Festival: Oksana Grishina Wins The Fitness International:

Can't second guess the Fitness International, since half the scoring is the routine, which I didn't see.  Looks like Grishina crushed it.

Bodybuilding.com - 2014 Arnold Sports Festival: Candice Keene Wins The Figure International:

Nah, my vote is Alicia Coates.

Bodybuilding.com - Arnold Classic 2014 Bikini Finals: Kaltwasser Crowned Champ:

Strikes me as funny still that the current Figure, Physique and even Bikini competitors would've probably been competitive, if not outright winning, the first Women's Olympia in the 80s.  Kaltwasser is clearly super fit, but I don't get the judging criteria.  Hazards of purely subjective contests.

Alexander, Luyag or Gnarr all look sharper/better developed, imho.

Plus Gnarr gets bonus points for being a black belt/ass kicker.

"War isn't hell..."

"Rely not on the teacher, but on the teaching. Rely not on the words of the teaching, but on the spirit of the words. Rely not on theory, but on experience. Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations. Do not believe anything because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything because it is written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and the benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it." - Buddha

Pharrell Williams Wore Shorts to the Oscars, Because Pharrell Williams Gives Zero Fucks - BroBible.com: 

Phoenix cops arrest prostitutes, detain them without trial in churches, pressure them to take deals without access to lawyers - Boing Boing: 

"Monica described the class as having the religious overtones of an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting. In keeping with the program's Catholicism, no condoms were provided. Neither was child care. “I wasn’t ashamed about being a sex worker. I kept bringing this up during the diversion program,” Monica told me. “Girls would ask me why I didn't feel this way. Well, 'cause I don’t. I have the right to my own body.” Catholic Charities requested that Monica leave early, fearing her influence on others."

JL8 Comic:

Cumberbatch Wins.

Fake/Funny.  Also, pretty sure I used this textbook in Japan.