Ejected

You so rarely read a review that’s blisteringly and gloriously dismissive, but here’s one.

It’s great. Not even sure why I clicked on that but I am glad I did. There are some mooks who believe it is unethical to pen bad reviews, but it saves me so much effort to know that a book or a restaurant is not worth my time or my money.

Bring back bad reviews!

Soc

I want to live in a society where I don’t constantly have to battle against its imperatives and certitudes to achieve something good, useful and beautiful.

Don’t think that’s going to happen anytime soon. Most people don’t actually want any of that because it’s all much harder than the alternative, which is obesity, ignorance and garishness.

Hill 3

Former Bill Clinton adviser: Only one thing is keeping Hillary out of the 2020 race.

I thought she might jump in. I may yet be right. I truly do think there’s a good chance she’ll be on the ballot under two possible conditions: 1) If it looks like Warren or Sanders is likely to get the nomination. 2) If one of them does, Clinton might run to spoil any Dem chance of winning, backed by establishmentarians. They’d rather Trump win by far than Warren or Sanders.

Dani

Dani Speegle deadlifting:




That’s 315 pounds. I can lift that, but not as fast or as smoothly as she does. “Savage” indeed.

The reason I linked it is because other than being somewhat more male, that’s about the state of fitness I hope to reach. I’m about 2/3 of the way there. I have no interest in being really huge. I want to be strong while still looking pretty sleek. In other words, like her. She’s 5’6″, I’m 5’8″, but she has shorter arms relative to her size than I do. It’ll take more muscle to make me look like that than it does for her. My fingertips nearly reach my knees when I’m standing up perfectly straight.