So, those of you still on LJ have, if you've refreshed the page, seen their required new ToS.

Many folks who haven't already jumped ship have smelled the rats on the wind and it looks like stomping on any kind of dissent within .ru is gonna be happening with a quickness.

I will continue to crosspost for the time being from here, but, yeah. that's a ( Read more... )

Originally posted by suricattus at Farewell Livejournal....
I went to post this morning, and got hit with the new ToS from Livejournal's Russian Overlords.

I find that I cannot in clear conscience agree to them.  For one, a quick read of the translated terms tells me that Livejournal no longer pretends to adhere to the concept of Freedom of Speech and ( Read more... )

Originally posted by grrm at Max Headroom Returns
Remember Max Headroom?

Sure you do. If you're old enough.

M-M-Max was a king, once upon a time.


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May 1, 2015, my first PL meet:
I weighed 86.7kg and lifted a total of 550kg, for a Wilks coefficient of 358.11

March 4, 2017, my second meet:
I weighed 81.2kg and lifted a total of 580kg, for a Wilks coefficient of 377.64

So, in Freedom Units, I weighed ten pounds less and picked up 67 pounds more; there's some haziness on my part as to what my top ( Read more... )

cutting weight via salt and water manipulation alone when one is predisposed to glycogen storage and elevated salt/sweating levels anyway is arduous as fuck, so i will be better at it next time.
that said, i managed to drop 15# in 14 hours and made my cut-off with half a pound to spare this morning. now it is time to eat and drink all the ( Read more... )

i was perusing the other competitors in my age group and weight class - one of whom is a very casual FB friend who had to drop out due to injury, unfortunately - so it’s literally going to be just me and one other guy. which is still one more direct competitor than i’m used to, officially - there’s a guy in my gym about the same size i am, but ( Read more... )

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qe4h4zxq0Z8

(no fucking idea why it posted that random fucking thing when i put this up initially last night)

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https://youtu.be/SjPtvKCrmoY?t=1m30s

Reconsidering my choice for walk-out music at the upcoming meet (currently: Prong’s “Whose Fist is This Anyway?”) and… I’m stuck.

This is a possibility, but I’m open to suggestions that are not country (bluegrass is good running music, not so much for lifting).
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despite shit sleep (<6 hrs every night since tuesday[1]) and hurty shins/calves (due to hockey kicking my ass saturday night), good stuff sunday, i guess ( Read more... )