C.S. Lewis said, “Failures, repeated failures, are finger posts on the road to achievement. One fails forward towards success.” Today was a journey through failure. I learned from a neurologist friend that the human body has mechanisms that...
Read moreThis was supposed to be a record breaker workout inspired by a conversation with Zima a while back. In addition to his clearly stated disdain for YHC’s existence, he cleverly brought two small creatures which hit YHC’s soft spot. So...
Read moreOn this muggy morning in the gloom a handful of studly PAX joined YHC for a little research under a beautiful meteor shower filled sky. YHC was curious about the upcoming 5,000 rep challenge and wanted to get an image of time necessary for its...
Read moreThis morning YHC decided to educate the PAX on Ella Wheeler Wilcox’ poem “Solitude” as a reflection on the AO name “Flatline.” The portion of the poem utilized is as follows: Feast, and your halls are crowded; Fast...
Read more6 Pax started this fine frigid morning with 50 SSH ic. The next step was acquire a coupon with a journey of a thousand arm swirly things. After coupon acquisition, PAX returned to parking lot with coupon raised above head. Upon return, PAX...
Read moreYHC woke up this rainy morning at 1:30am and remained awake until time to officially get up and Q Parliament. YHC fought every urge to crawl back in bed and made it out the door. Upon arrival at AO, YHC noticed nary a car but his own. With...
Read moreYHC is just now getting his flu shot (I know I’m late in the season) and woke up with a shoulder that felt like it took a few good licks from a baseball bat. Additionally, temperatures decided to dip well below freezing. For YHC, it was...
Read moreYHC woke up to a slack message at 4 am from Huckleberry. He asked if I was the Q for VI. There was a vague memory of me agreeing to handle VI sometime in January, but I did not see a date on the calendar. Seeing how YHC was already planning to...
Read moreYHC had other plans that incorporated lots of block pushing and pain. Unfortunately, YHC failed to check the weather the night before and didn’t realize we’d need a boat to get to the shelter. Also, the blocks were suspiciously...
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