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Dilemma: met an oil ex-ec the other day who gave me an invite into his world. "Start as a flagger," he said, "$29 an hour, I'll request you from the hall. Just get your book!" Tempting... I make $16 hour, far cry from the $90+K salary I made as a senior Teacher. Flaggers work 24 hours, so I...

...but not pinch my nipples! Seriously though, setting intentions for the next three months. Got rid of the gut, lost 30 pounds and 5 belt-holes on my belt, prepping for hernia surgery, but the next thing is getting my pecs back. At one point In a side chest pose I could support a coffee cup on...

We are what we've become, take stock, you have arrived! "I yam, who I yam," says it all. Down 30 lbs since January, back to basics, sometimes you gotta take a break. The Fall Equinox is the build-up, now until September 23, 2017. The next hurdle... set your intentions, we start here! There's a...

It's no riddle for the initiate. Time and time again we resisted (the negative rep) only to get stronger because of it. "If you can't do one pull-up," Jules Bacon, Mr. America 1945 told me, "then do 5 sets of 10 negatives until you can!" "What's a negative," I asked? He replied, "The negative...

Gradual things are lasting. Turns of direction, like shifting the sails of a vessel, take time. Down 30 pounds since January, spent 11 hours today in respirator and goggles grinding welds flush in prep for paint. Very nice pump. Feeling young again... baby steps. Couldn't do that 4 months ago...

For the ones who sacrificed and died before us. So many now I'm not sure I can count, so I'll start with one: my Uncle Fred, who helped a Priest hold a service in the field, (Netherlands, 1943) using a Jeep as an alter, then both were killed by a mortar, buried in the American Cemetary of the...

Last June I was working 12 hour days rehabbing a deck as a subcontractor. I noticed a blemish on my nose that was persistant; had it biopsied. Went away then came back 2 months ago. Now I'm going this Tuesday to get another slice biopsied. Just shaking my head. My whole life I was out there...

Scheduled surgery for the umbilical hernia. High confidence in the Doctor. A four day weekend following prior to return to work. Weight down, diet right, a perfect time, but a glitch: anomoly in the EKG. Now I have to have authorization from my primary (who I haven't seen in two years) to get...

Space available travel was relatively simple. There were 4 levels: active duty orders, change of station, family of active duty member, and non-orders but possession of an 1863; Permission to Travel. The last category included retired Veterans wishing to travel. Categories 1, 2, and 3 could bump...

Just a caveat, I have never been to Grenada, or Panama, but to other places. Some were pristine, where springs gurgled and pungent pines clung hastily to the rocks. They say the upper tributaries of Northern Minnesota forming the Mississippi run swift and clear. I can say the bass are hungry...

It was a busy week with both my truck and motorcycle breaking down. The owner had my truck towed to the shop then threw me the keys to his 2012 BMW R1200RS motorcycle to ride 25 miles home in the rain. Trusting soul! Thing is a rocket ship! The nagging truck problems may be over though, as I...

Sometimes living in a vacuum isn't so bad, you hear echoes of conversations that never were, whispers of desire cast and strewn yet not real... "There's no record," they said. As Robert Frost wrote, "Two roads diverged into the yellow wood..." I took the one less travelled by. It was real to me...

My right lower leg, the one I broke on 2/22/16, has been very swollen. It's almost 4" across the ankle. The left ankle is not swollen so I have ruled out edema, but in combination with high BP my Doctor wants to reduce fluid pressure. Also, to combat the constant coughing fits from last year's...

Sometimes I can't keep up. It's been a bi-weekly thing lately; gouge it out and stitch it up this week, pull the stitches and gouge another in 2 weeks. I'm not sure I even feel anything any more except work which I thoroughly enjoy. The gash on my shoulder opened up. Gonna be ugly but I got the...

So let them! I officially resign from the world. No, I will not loan you $80 until Wednesday, No, I will not pull weeds from your lawn because you can't bend over, No, I will NOT give you two hamburgers today if you pay me on Tuesday, No, I will not spot you a ten! No, no, no... enough is...

Sitting in the lunch room today the three of us heard yelling and screaming from the shop. After a, "What the hell," and a few blinks we all got up and ran to the shop. A guy had his hand stuck in a 30 ton break. I ran across the shop and the people there were trying to figure out what to do. He...

Taking Liftsiron's advice, moving to a college town. Joining LA Fitness near the Pharmasuetical companies. Estrogen on display is a motivator.

As a young person I worked so hard to gain weight it took me 10 years to gain 15 lbs. Being overtrained and generally unbalanced in life became the mainstay of my existence. Now older and wiser, I have slowed down, attenuating each thing in due course as necessary. The long course is the...

The call of the grave is ever present. Louder for some than others, and muted only by the drive to jive! Our lifestyle choices enhance the one and flirt with the other, but either way, we all meet the Pyre one way or another. Likewise, the wake of those who passed roils from grandiose to...

Will it ever end? Now I have an umbilical hernia from 5 months of continuous coughing and hacking fits. Will need surgery. Just when I get used to the steel job, damn. I know they can do this outpatient. Anyone know the recoup time or restrictions? I need to be working, but it's far too gone to...