10 deep, still soaked

by Duf Anything and Everything

Well it doesn’t look like I will be mowing anytime soon.  Yesterday we got dumped on with rain again.  As I pulled the trash bins back up to the house I saw the other side effect of massive amounts of rain, mosquitoes.   The wall of the house was covered with hundreds of the little bloodsuckers.  I am hoping the mosquito plane flies overhead tonight.

Last night I made my first attempt at this month’s bar-barian challenge. It is similar to a challenge we did a few months back where we held ourselves with a chin up grip for as long as possible.  This month you do 5 full ROM pull ups and at the top of rep 5 you hold your chin over the bar for as long as you can.  I had done a couple test runs at the gym last week and struggled to hold 40 seconds.  For some reason the simple rotation of hand position makes the hold significantly more difficult.

Since it was a rainy mess outside I once again turned to my Iron Gym for the attempt.  I surprised myself pulling down a 61 second effort.  I seem to put in some of my best efforts on that $20 piece of exercise equipment.  I think the combination of narrow bar with a foam padding really helps my grip, facilitating good outcomes.

I am now 10 deep into Dexter season 5. I spent the majority of last night plowing through them.  The plot is getting more interesting as it moves along.  With only two episodes to go I am looking forward to seeing how some of the story lines work themselves out.

My good buddy Rick Scott has endorsed a looney idea first floated by that flake Michelle Bachman, drilling for oil in the Everglades.  From the accounts I have read, the amount of potential oil in the Everglades is not even a pimple compared to the consumption we use in this county.  The ONLY people this would benefit are the small circle directly responsible for drilling.

The lightly informed that think pumping more holes in the ground in the US is the long term answer to anything are being extremely short sighted.  The problem is our crushing reliance on oil, period.   Trying to fix that problem with “drill, baby drill” mentality is akin to treating obesity by buying pants with an elastic waistband.  It’s moronic.