We’re not in a cult!!! … are we?

I only have time right now for a quick burst transmission, so stay tuned for some more specific responses to current shit, and some new articles, in the very near future. All I really want to express right now is this; I am glad that people are enjoying a debate over ideas on this site. That is what this place is all about, for better or worse, and in whatever way you choose to express it. Question shit. Sometimes awakenings are painful, nobody... Read More

“CultFit”

Over the last several years I have witnessed a disturbing trend in the realm of physical fitness.   The movement known as CrossFit touting its “functional fitness” has spread like genital herpes in a frat house.  Ordinarily I would embrace any tendencies by the general public towards physical fitness, being that I decry the horrors of obesity and its prevalence in our culture today.  Unfortunately, CrossFit, more aptly named “CultFit”,... Read More

Chihuahua in a Microwave

Today I found myself in an unexpected series of circumstances which left me something of a hero in my gym. I work out at the 24 Hour Fitness, and I generally keep to myself. I see all the other gym rats in there all the time. Most of them fall into at least one of the commonly accepted categories. Almost like a John Hughes archetype, they find their socially suitable equilibrium and never deviate. Some are there merely to peacock in front of... Read More