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I look forward to getting your take on it. I've been wanting to read it ever since it was mentioned in The Lords of Discipline by Pat Conroy. Someone recommended The Lords of Discipline to me around 20 years ago when I was in high school and I don’t think I’ve heard it mentioned since. Worthwhile r...

Working my way through Oswald Spengler’s The Decline of the West . Attempt #3. I’ve owned it on Kindle forever, Kindle just sucks for serious reading. Managed to convince a library to order a copy, but had to return it after barely making any progress. Bought a copy of both volumes (was hoping for a...

I think the converse is just as important: if circumstances force you to accept some minimum on most days, recognize your rare opportunities to go balls to the wall. Of course the danger in seizing an opportunity to push is that fatigue/burnout/injury may keep you from meeting even the previous mini...

“Daily defaults” or “daily minimums” are a good way to ensure some amount of training (or skill development/self improvement/whatever) gets done. The difficulty lies in actually identifying that amount of effort small enough to feasibly accomplish no matter what, but large enough to actually stimula...

Experience shows assault rifles are far more deadly. Duh. That's why they're carried into battle. How many people were shot in the Las Vegas mass shooting with a handgun? Historically, behind non-combat related mishaps and disease, artillery had reigned as the primary killer on the battlefield. It’...

There’s a book about a low-carb, moderate-to-high alcohols diet; some consider it the earliest modern example of a low-carb diet manual. The title, appropriately enough, is The Drinking Man’s Diet. I can’t comment on its effectiveness; I avoid hard liquor.

Its' completely ridiculous. Let's take two extremes. Morbidly obese and legit fitness model shape. There is a lot of room between those where a person can live happy, healthy, and fit. You don't have to be shredded with veins in the abs to look good and feel good. But that doesn't mean that being s...

I am not into fat shaming, but I have to say this: In the writing of my book on basic fitness for beginners, I had several editors tell me I couldn't use the words, overweight, obese, etc. And I had to be very careful when talking about the health risks of being obese. Interesting anecdote. I wonde...

I've been choked out without bruising or other. It's pretty easy to shut off the blood to the noggin. Big difference between a properly applied choke targeting the blood vessels within a sport grappling context ( what I’m guessing you’re talking about here), and the degree of crushing that would be...

grip junky wrote: ↑Thu Apr 26, 2018 5:00 pm easy to sharpen, nice thin blade. Great price!

I second this. Light, cheap, and easy to sharpen. I've lost Kershaws and Spydercos in the field; these are cheap enough you won't cry over one.