Back when I was paying my way through Grad School I was bartending on weekends at a shot and beer joint. Bar tending was also mixed with bouncing. Saturday nights got wild because bands played most Saturday nights. It was often standing room only and because this was a shot and beer joint, the drinks went fast and people regularly consumed an average of 8 drinks no problem. I met some serious drinkers, who smoked quite heavily as well, who worked at the nearby factories and industrial plants. … [Read more...]
I Still Remember Him, 19 Years Ago
I was 13 years old, my Dad was getting the big set of stairs in front of our house rebuilt. I used to run up and down those 32 stairs back in high school after they were built, after I ran my 4 or 5 mile wrestling run. The guy who built the stairs was named Americo. He was a shorter guy, maybe 5'6", but I still remember the day he was showing my Dad the different bricks and stones which could be used for the stairs. Americo's hands looked like big meat hooks, his forearms were massive … [Read more...]
The Farm Boys I Met Years Ago…
Wow, today's workout was bad ass. It was a mix of indoor and outdoor training. The cold weather really hits the lungs and I miss that feeling which I experienced back in the day of my nightly winter runs during wrestling season. That was in the early 90's, and that was also when Rocky IV was already out, why didn't more of us learn from that movie? The way he trained with stones, chopped wood, pushed sleds, ran through snowy mountains and performed pull ups on the wooden beams was … [Read more...]
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