by Didact | Aug 6, 2014 | gym idiots, Uncategorized
The Didact, in the gym, on heavy deadlift day: “HELLYEAH! NEW PR! HAIL THE IRON GOD!” “Rep out 405lbs!” “Now rep out 365lbs!!” “OK, time to do reps at 315lbs!” [Deloads the bar from 365lbs by removing one 25lb plate from...
by Didact | Aug 1, 2014 | Uncategorized
In which the New York Times goes into considerable length to ask a question for which the answer is staring them right in the face: The new math of the ‘60s, the new new math of the ‘80s and today’s Common Core math all stem from the idea that the traditional way of...
by Didact | Jul 31, 2014 | fat girl jihad, Uncategorized
It’s no real secret that I’m not exactly a big fan of “Rowdy” Ronda Rousey. I was actually rooting for Alexis Davis to beat her in UFC 175’s co-headline event, but that didn’t happen; in fact, that fight lasted just sixteen seconds....
by Didact | Jul 19, 2014 | gym idiots, Uncategorized
It occurred to me the other day that many of the men that we admire or respect could, in many ways, be considered bat-s*** insane by “normal” standards. Take powerlifters, for instance. Are powerlifters crazy? Is there something wrong with us because we...
by Didact | Jul 16, 2014 | Uncategorized
Via Ann Barnhardt and WND, a bit of news that will surely have the eeeeeevil selfish money-loving right-wing loonies (like yours truly) positively choking on schadenfreude: “When I finally found her address, I knocked on her door and brought her a pair of...
by Didact | Jul 15, 2014 | fitness, gym idiots, Uncategorized
One of the most popular posts that I have ever written concerns the use of anabolic steroids and other performance enhancers to achieve gains and strength and body composition results that would otherwise be impossible for natural lifters like me. In that post, I...
by Didact | Jul 14, 2014 | Uncategorized
The always delightful and always outspoken Ms. Barnhardt- she of the hilariously awesome Koran + bacon + lighter fluid video from a couple of years back- came up with a great sci-fi analogy to explain how our most important and cherished institutions have been...
by Didact | Jul 13, 2014 | Uncategorized
Vox Day has been going on for a couple of years now about the fact that the quality of George R. R. Martin’s writing in his A Song of Ice and Fire epic fantasy series has been in decline ever since he released A Storm of Swords. Having read all of...
by Didact | Jul 12, 2014 | fat girl jihad, Uncategorized
And good bloody riddance to it too. At it turns out, jailbait-turned-trailer-trash-mum-turned-(somehow)-Las-Vegas-act Britney Spears cannot, in fact, sing without, shall we say, significant digital assistance: So Britney Spears can’t sing? Quelle surprise, as the...
by Didact | Jul 10, 2014 | gym idiots, Uncategorized
Jesus Double Facepalm: That is how badly you FAIL “Lightning war” is quite simply the only way to describe what Germany did to Brazil yesterday. Now normally I could not give a toss about this odd sport named “football”- something that you...
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