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May 15

Lies Everyone Tells on Dating Sites -

I love Vice.

6 Ridiculous Lies You Believe About the Founding of America -

I love Cracked

nprfreshair: 50 Years of Government Spending, in 1 Graph (via 50 Years of Government Spending, In 1 Graph : Planet Money : NPR)

nprfreshair:

50 Years of Government Spending, in 1 Graph

(via 50 Years of Government Spending, In 1 Graph : Planet Money : NPR)

May 13

I’ve caught a few episodes of the new HBO show Girls, mostly because it comes on right after Game of Thrones and Veep. It’s not a bad show. I can totally relate to the character Charlie. This is a bad thing.

This weekend I went to an olympic lifting certification at CrossFit Madtown. I learned that I had been holding my shoulders wrong in the catch for the snatch, that my shoulders are unbelievably tight and pull forward and that I should do bent over rows to even out, and I learned that I was pulling WAY too early in both the clean and the snatch. I see some big improvements in both lifts in the near future. The course was taught by a little old man named “Coach Egg.” He’s about 5’3”, 65 years old, and soft spoken. He’s also an eight time National Weightlifting Champion and three time Olympian (1968, 1972 and 1976). He was the first American to clean and jerk more than 400lbs. as a middleweight (165 lb.). He also competed in the American Open Championships as recently as 2010 at the age of 63. Pretty cool. That’s him in the picture.

This weekend I went to an olympic lifting certification at CrossFit Madtown. I learned that I had been holding my shoulders wrong in the catch for the snatch, that my shoulders are unbelievably tight and pull forward and that I should do bent over rows to even out, and I learned that I was pulling WAY too early in both the clean and the snatch. I see some big improvements in both lifts in the near future.

The course was taught by a little old man named “Coach Egg.” He’s about 5’3”, 65 years old, and soft spoken. He’s also an eight time National Weightlifting Champion and three time Olympian (1968, 1972 and 1976). He was the first American to clean and jerk more than 400lbs. as a middleweight (165 lb.). He also competed in the American Open Championships as recently as 2010 at the age of 63. Pretty cool. That’s him in the picture.

May 08

I back-squatted 325lbs last night. A PR by 25 or 30lbs (I did 300lbs once before, but I’m not sure my depth was legit. Either way, depth WAS good on 325lbs last night so there). I actually think I had a little more in the tank. I’ve felt really strong lately. In my lifts and in WODS (two big PRs on “Fran” and “Kelly” in the last two weeks). It’s pretty cool to be [almost] in my mid-thirties and still improving.

May 05

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How Critical Thinkers Lose Their Faith in God

Creating Sustainable Agriculture Without Government Subsidies -

Yes, this.