by Didact | Mar 12, 2013 | fitness, Uncategorized
Hot on the heels of my recent posts regarding how not to lift and what not to do in the gym comes a post from Mr. Honey Badger at Return of Kings about how to build a big back: Now that you know the reasons for building up your back, I’m sure you’re wondering how to...
by Didact | Mar 11, 2013 | Uncategorized
The Price of Introversion As might be readily apparent by now, I am an (off-the-charts) introvert. I am never happier and more comfortable than when I am alone- indeed, without alone time to recharge in a refuge from the rest of the world, I become downright ornery....
by Didact | Mar 10, 2013 | fitness, Uncategorized
Martin Berkhan’s classic post on F***arounditis is worth going back to read over and over again, and I’ve been doing just that recently. His comments on gym-goers who refuse to learn how to lift properly spurred me into writing on a topic that I’ve...
by Didact | Mar 10, 2013 | Uncategorized
The Pointless Divide Danger & Play posted a brief but very good take on why he is neither a liberal nor a conservative: Big Government: Liberals say, “We need a strong social services program since I am afraid of losing my job and being unable to support myself.”...
by Didact | Mar 10, 2013 | fitness, Uncategorized
Depending on your point of view, badassitude can be defined by a number of things- size, strength, prowess, skill, reputation, whatever. Here are five images- figure out for yourself which one represents the biggest badass: Now here’s the real point of this...
by Didact | Feb 19, 2013 | Uncategorized
The two don’t seem to work well together: The reason “gender equality” stalled is because it is an economic impossibility. The reason the average hours worked is so much higher than in the more “sexist” 1960s is because primarily...
by Didact | Feb 17, 2013 | Uncategorized
Just got back from a day-long basic handgun course. It’s colder than a witch’s tit outside, and it’s actually going to get worse (somehow) over the next couple of days, so I figure I might as well blog while my brain is still defrosted. Taking...
by Didact | Feb 9, 2013 | fitness, Uncategorized
Of all of the many, many lies that we are told today, perhaps none are more dangerous than the ones concerning what and how we should eat. Take a look at the US Department of Agriculture’s food pyramid: Note how the base of the pyramid is made up of grains,...
by Didact | Feb 2, 2013 | Uncategorized
wrand starts off very well in an essay about whether men fear commitment, and concludes that it’s only American women who cause commitment phobia in men: I know of several men who are committed to their marriages. They have all been married more than ten...
by Didact | Jan 31, 2013 | Uncategorized
It is interesting sometimes to see the differences between women who marry young and marry for the right reasons, and women who become obsessed with finding “the one” and therefore plan compulsively for the wrong reasons. Exhibit A: Kate Owens,34,...
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