Training.

12/4 bench, inv rows, pushups, db curls, pulldowns -- gtg chins/dips

Man, I'm always cute.

True Story.

Awesome work.  tiniertim: #TransformationTuesday post No...:

Arnold's jacked again/Aging is a Choice.

"It's like saying 'You're a very important person. Let's begin.'"

Adam Scott gets it.

See, all males are potential rapists, so it naturally follows...  Pedophile Panic at the Salvation Army: No Teen Boys Allowed, Too Dangerous - Hit & Run : Reason.com: "When it comes to helping families in need, the Salvation Army turns a cold shoulder to one class of people: Teenage boys. A family in Johnson City, TN, found this out recently when, on a freezing cold night, they asked the organization for shelter. But because their family of five contained a 15-year-old boy, they were turned down.  As the dad, Tim Lejeune, explained to WMC Action News 5: "They said he's too old to stay on the women's side, because of the women running around in their pajamas and they said he's too young to stay on the men's side in case some pervert wants to do whatever..."

So instead the family headed to their car. The temperature: 18 degrees. Somehow, local police officers came upon them and brought them to the Johnson Inn. The officers then pooled their money to pay for a room. When the night clerk figured out what was going on, he comped the room, so the officers' money went to groceries for the family. Meantime, 911 dispatchers who had been in on the action pooled their money to provide the Lejeunes some more food. And after that, the Salvation Army did take the family in—minus the teen boy. He's not sleeping on the streets. He's now in a mental health facility. He had a breakdown, his dad says, because he thought it was his fault the family was turned away from shelter. I blame a society so obsessed with sex crimes and predators that it has lost its mind. It cannot imagine a 15-year-old male, chilled to the bone, simply and gratefully sleeping through the night. In our worst-first fantasies, which we give the weight of fact, all young men are either innocent victims about to be violated by predators, or predators eager to prey upon innocent victims."

Superheroes Go Norman Rockwell In Adorable Saturday Evening Post Covers:

  

This has awesome potential.  From the writer of "Training Day."  Suicide Squad has always been a supervillain 'Dirty Dozen' - I wonder if they'll go all-in and take an R rating?  Probably not, but still... 

"Suicide Squad" Cast Revealed with Jared Leto as Joker - Comic Book Resources: "As reported by Variety, Warner Bros. has revealed the core cast of its 2016 "Suicide Squad" film, with Jared Leto as Joker, Will Smith as Deadshot, Tom Hardy as Rick Flag, Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn, Jai Courtney as Boomerang and Cara Delevigne as Enchantress. As previously reported, the film will be directed by David Ayer and produced by Charles Roven. Variety also stated that "Batman v Superman" star Jesse Eisenberg is "also in talks" to reprise his role as Lex Luthor for "Suicide Squad"; and the role of Amanda Waller has yet to be cast -- though Warner Bros. is reportedly considering Viola Davis, Octavia Spencer and Oprah Winfrey, with the latter said to be the studio's top choice." 

APE IN A CAPE: "ComicsAlliance: So – let’s talk about the future. What can you tell me about your plans for the Secret Six relaunch? Gail Simone: It’s funny, because going back is always tricky, so one thing I wanted to do right away was not simply recreate what we had before. This is a different team and there are different themes. But I still want a vibrant, sexy, funny, violent cast, I want the kind of “oh, my god, what the f*ck just happened?” kind of vibe that the first book had. Again, it’s weird in a way that with these anti-heroes and villains, you can often show more humanity than you can with the big names, who aren’t always allowed to show their weak side... My thing with the Secret Six is that they never win. The odds are always against them, everyone wants them gone. So they never win. But they never give up, either."

Colbert's geekcred is powerful.

"Let’s hope America keeps producing nicer white people." - Chris Rock

 The One True Faith.

 

Happy Belated Thanksgiving. 

White cop, black boy hug at Portland rally for Ferguson: story behind striking photo - Boing Boing: "According to Sgt. Barnum, the interaction took place at the beginning of the rally. With emotions running high as speakers were addressing the crowd, he noticed a young man with tears in his eyes holding a "Free Hugs" sign among a group of people. Sgt. Barnum motioned him over and the two started talking about the demonstration, school, art and life. As the conversation ended, Sgt. Barnum pointed to his sign and asked, "Do I get one of those?" The moment following his question was captured in the photo above, which shows Devonte's eyes welling up with tears once again as he embraces the officer."

 

All you need to know about racism in America is in this one amazing Chris Rock interview - Boing Boing: "Here’s the thing. When we talk about race relations in America or racial progress, it’s all nonsense. There are no race relations. White people were crazy. Now they’re not as crazy. To say that black people have made progress would be to say they deserve what happened to them before.  So, to say Obama is progress is saying that he’s the first black person that is qualified to be president. That’s not black progress. That’s white progress. There’s been black people qualified to be president for hundreds of years. If you saw Tina Turner and Ike having a lovely breakfast over there, would you say their relationship’s improved? Some people would. But a smart person would go, “Oh, he stopped punching her in the face.” It’s not up to her. Ike and Tina Turner’s relationship has nothing to do with Tina Turner. Nothing. It just doesn’t. The question is, you know, my kids are smart, educated, beautiful, polite children. There have been smart, educated, beautiful, polite black children for hundreds of years. The advantage that my children have is that my children are encountering the nicest white people that America has ever produced. Let’s hope America keeps producing nicer white people."

Chris Rock on Ferguson, Cosby, and Obama -- Vulture: "What do you make of the attempt to bar Bill Maher from speaking at Berkeley for his riff on Muslims?

Well, I love Bill, but I stopped playing colleges, and the reason is because they’re way too conservative. In their political views? Not in their political views — not like they’re voting Republican — but in their social views and their willingness not to offend anybody. Kids raised on a culture of “We’re not going to keep score in the game because we don’t want anybody to lose.” Or just ignoring race to a fault. You can’t say “the black kid over there.” No, it’s “the guy with the red shoes.” You can’t even be offensive on your way to being inoffensive. 

When did you start to notice this? About eight years ago. Probably a couple of tours ago. It was just like, This is not as much fun as it used to be. I remember talking to George Carlin before he died and him saying the exact same thing." 

Legit. 

Strong Parenting Move. 

I would definitely watch this. 

Training - "Do your future self a favor..."

1/2 - deadlifts, knee raise

1/1 - press, chins, dips

CutAndJacked.com Interview: Sophia Thiel | CutAndJacked.com: 

The Maldives.

Long Thanksgiving weekend in the Maldives.  Life is pretty awesome.  

A cup of coffee, something to read and an oceanside view.  Pretty much perfection.

Much snorkeling was done.

Life.  Brutal.

Now back to your regularly scheduled blogging...