As the official Fleabag Season 1, Episode 1 synopsis reads, the show starts "with a bang" (heh!) and we get to know way too much information about... well, that's the thing, we don't exactly learn her name... ever.
To Hell With Your Matching Mugs
I recently saw an ad campaign by a certain furniture/home décor company. In the ad, a family is around what is presumably a Thanksgiving dinner table, and a lady in her 20s-30s gave a smug and pretentious grin at her "mother-in-law" who was apparently impressed with her dinnerware. The punchline went something along the lines … Continue reading To Hell With Your Matching Mugs
Positivity vs. Negativity vs. Anti-positivity
Some pro's and con's of positive and negative mindsets (and my proposed alternative to both)
6 Fitness Journaling Prompts
Prompts and inspiration for logging your training and tracking your wellbeing
Lifting 101
Weightlifting vs. Powerlifting vs. Bodybuilding (and where CrossFit/HIIT falls in all of this)
“I’m not a morning person” (Part II)
Part 2 of a two-part series on seizing your morning and your day, despite yourself
A Life of Purpose & Faith
I am not a particularly spiritual person. In fact, religion has been a fairly complicated topic for me for most of my life. I was raised Roman Catholic - went to a Catholic school from kindergarten through eighth grade. Many of my peers went on to attend Catholic or Jesuit high schools and colleges, and … Continue reading A Life of Purpose & Faith
Lessons in Failure
I heard this quote at my local box, and it really moved me. "I'm not a CrossFitter, I just go to a CrossFit gym." Let me tell you why it moved me, and why I think it applies beyond the CrossFit gym. Here is some context, to help: I'm a very competitive person by nature, … Continue reading Lessons in Failure
“The Army is not a political organization”
Disclaimer: This is a personal viewpoint, and does not represent the views of the Department of Defense, any of the Armed Forces, or any federal agency or organization. As soon as I signed my contract in 2009, I was told a number of different things by a number of people with many years of military … Continue reading “The Army is not a political organization”
The Checkbox
Here is one feeling I've never been able to properly explain, but I will try to explain it today. Imagine you are filling out some government forms. Most of the time, on these forms, you are not permitted to check off more than one race box. When you fill this form out, what is typically … Continue reading The Checkbox
