Wing Suit

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Big Fat Lies

This video will change the way you perceive obesity. Conventional wisdom says that if you eat excessive calories and are sedentary you are going to be fat. So what happens when a person looks for exceptions to this rule, an area where this hypothesis doesn't apply?

Gary Taubes is just such a man. This video gets a little scientific but if you just listen and don't worry about it to much you'll be amazed and what scientists knew 50 years ago but we've forgotten and only then gained and obesity epidemic.

I know its long but it is AMAZING, watch it in a few sessions if you have to but seriously watch it.

Why functional movements?

I don't care how much you can curl, I don't care how long you walked... and I REALLY don't care if you can do a 3/4 squat for 2 minutes... what matters is power out put. Moving a load a set distance and quickly, that is power and that is what will effect change in fitness infinitely more than holding a squat (which is some load, no distance traveled and some time (hence ZERO power output)

Scoff all you want but for some fire, police, military, (sadly not nursing). Fitness=survival.

Why deadlifts mixed with running and airsquats for time? why pullups and not the lat pull down machine... why thrusters and not calf raises? why rowing and not pilates? why box jumps and not an elliptical.

Power is the reason.

Is this different for women? nope... sorry

Not for the video "Fran" mentioned is the name of a work out.

Double feature: Mice with knives...

MICE

well the other day I heard some "sckritching" yes thats right, I herd a sckritch... its the sound a mouse or other small mammal makes (babies are included sometimes...) any way I though I was crazy the first time then I heard it again in another spot... now I was getting a bit freaked out. I walked over to where the nose was and found a disguarded popcorn bag from a viewing of "24" after asking Jordan if he knew what it was i saw the culprit. It was a cute little vole. big ears, whiskers little pot belly. The works, I instantly started cooing with delight like when Miss Suzie gets to hold and especially fat baby. I found a mouse trap pretty quickly and discussed our options with Jordan. I didn't think jord would tollerate it so I though we'd best get down to buisness. After a bit of discussion we decited that it wasn't really bothering either of us. This is when I remembered a design for a live trap.




This is about how ours works, except We're using a skipole and a toilet paper tube. I saw where they come into the house so I just put the bottom of the ramp right there. I caught one yesterday a red mouse, let him go, two more yesterday brown ones, jord was petting one and it jumped out of his hands but I think we've got him back as their's two in there again.


Mack (the knife)

I used to work in a knife store so I know about lots of different brands and what's good and whats junk. After needing a knife one too many times and not having one I decided to just get the one I've always wanted. without getting into artiasan/hand made knives Benchmade is as good as it gets. check this out:



I've always though this was one of their best looking folders. I think I had one in high school but lost it, hopefully this one does better.



In other news I went fly fishing for the first time today, Jordan did pretty well but I didn't catch anything, that's OK it was good shoulder rehab (yeah I hurt my shoulder on our memorial day hike... sledding of all things believe it or not...)

also as we were driving home today there was a huge smoke header coming up from right around our neighborhood, We were all pretty worried at one point that I might be coming from somewhere on our the Humphrey estate but It wasn't. Jordan tried to call the house but no one answered, that freaked us out a but. Turns out they were in town and no one was home anyway.

Summer of the (jordy) Bear

As most of you are aware Jordan has been looking for work for along time now. As much as I hope he gets a job I hope he doesn't. Its SO nice to have somone to hang out with on my -middle of the week- days off. One day we went out for sushi, he hadn't had that before. Today we bought an innertube and tied it to the 'Family' kayak (as it's "owner" won't be able to use it this summer/ever again). Anyway, we were both kinda irritated that it wasn't very sunny but it was still fun to go out for a paddle.

This other picute is just what happens when we spend to much time lazing around... it reads "The Happy Family"