The Hype….
Six Pax, took the Daily Red Pill (DRP) this morning and got better because for it.
The Pax: Squirrel, Napalm, Scout, Aruba, CPT D and Meatsweats
The Scene: Moist-y morning to be out in the Gloom…sorry I ruined it with Murder Bunny’s.
The Thang: Synnub Redrum – Murder Bunny’s
This was a partner event. As one Pax was doing Murder Bunny’s forward his partner is did them…backwards. So the forward partner has to “steer” his partner in the right direction. Something we should all strive to do…help our mate’s out and steer them clear of bad things.
Part 1 – PAX team performed Synnub Redrum – Murder Bunnies with coupons to Shovel Flag (about 50 yards) and performed required exercises
- 20 4-count flutter kicks with coupon overhead
- 10 4-count Windshield wipers
- 10 Big Boy Situp with coupon = Sit-up + stand all the way up when you get to the top of each sit up
- 10 OH Presses
- 3 Burpees (not Blockees)
Pax Flapjack who’s steering whom and make it to the Lion’s Den (Lion’s Club pavilion). Once at the Lion’s Den:
Repeato the ½ way point exercises.
Then: 4 rounds:
At picnic tables: perform 10 Derkins, 10 Dips, 10 Merkins.
One round; 10 Incline Merkins, 10 Dips, 10 Merkins
Carry the ladies to the brick pile and put ‘em away. Then Bearcrawl back to flag for…
6MoM:
- The 100
- 10 Xs & Os
- 20 WWII Situps
- 30 Freddy Mercury’s In cadence
- 40 Side leg raises (ea side) In cadence
- 30 LBCs In Cadence
- 20 Long slow flutter
10 Hello Dolly followed by 10 Rosalita’s60 sec Plank
Announcements/Prayer requests:
- August is coming and F3 has First Friday beers to pour
Squirrel lead out in prayer. Welcome back Sweats!!
MOLESKINE: The Hype…
The M and I were watching the rain come down a few weeks back as Elsa passed through the area. As we enjoyed the sound of the rain I remarked, “good soaking rain!” and then followed it up with the question, “Why do they have to overhype the weather?”
I grew up in Missouri’s Boot Heel, where tornado’s, big rains and a very few snow storms came with the territory. Don, the local weather guy, would take the last three minutes of the local news to give his best guess about the impending weather. The farmers would bitch (it didn’t matter the weather too much rain, not enough, too hot, too cold) and the rest of the adults would just go about their business. Yes, this the old-man way of saying, “back in my day…”. I guess if we want to hear what a lot of rain looks like we should ask Flying Tomato to tell stories of his youth! (insert Noah here)
Today, if the meteorologists give the slightest hint of a hurricane, tropical storm or snow schools are cancelled the night before. The Pilot practically begs people to stay off the roads. And, God Bless their hearts, people make a run on gas, toilet paper and bread no matter the “impending doom event.”
Why all the hype…about EVERYTHING? Go to most any news broadcast and a bland story gets over-blown. Heck, I do a lot of research, and even the scientific community hyping up what they found.
About 20 years ago all we had to facilitate our digital connections was the phone, the fax machine, and email. Today, as more and more new social technologies come online, we know less and less about how they are changing us. News, good and bad, spreads so much faster. Remember that false Tweet that wiped out $1.4B in stock market value?
Who in tarnation is responsible for this? The social media platforms? Politicians? Gulp….we the people? We’ve all been asleep at the switch. In the end, each of us must take responsibility for the part we play in the Hype Machine.
You know, back when I was young it was a much simpler time. Let me tell you about when… 😉
Aye!