06/08/2021 - Achilles Last Stand - Birthdays
Unbeknowst to me, today is GAAP’s and Torpedo’s birthday. In celebration, and instead of donuts or coffee, we did the following: Went to the parking lot in front of the…
Pax: Charcoal
04/13/2021 - Achilles Last Stand - Foos Fault
About 2 weeks ago, Foo told everyone that the schedule was wide open as far as the eye can see and people needed to sign up or Piggy would. However,…
03/23/2021 - Achilles Last Stand - Willkommen
First time for me as Q in a couple of months. We also had two first timers at ALS; Howitzer and Greenspan. Greenspan should come back and spend some time…
03/09/2021 - Achilles Last Stand - You only turn 66 once
ALS is the great melting pot of men of all ages and it has developed a great reputation for a grand place to celebrate birthdays. Tuesday was my turn to…
03/02/2021 - Achilles Last Stand - Big Announcement Day -1
This was like a “ride-along” day. YHC has this Lenten challenge he’s trying to do which involves certain exercises each day with a certain number of total reps and minutes. …
02/01/2021 - Diamondhead - Honoring Double Trouble Auithentically
In the spirit of full transparency I did not recall that I had the Q for Diamondhead until Skoal Bandit reminded me of it yesterday afternoon. We had already…
01/06/2021 - *CORE* - ReCharge First Time
Chicken Wing warmed us up with a gazillion Merkins. He called it a ladder. Do 30 merkins, run, do 5 merkins, backwards run to the start, do 25 merkins, run,…
01/04/2021 - Achilles Last Stand - The Present
“What day is it?” asked Pooh. “It’s today,” squeaked Piglet. “My favorite day,” said Pooh. ― A.A. Milne I’m a sucker for a quote from a pig. I have been…
11/01/2020 - Confession - Celebrating a Hero!
How would you spend the last hour of your life? How about spending it saving 18 people on the 78th floor of the South Tower of the WTC from imminent…
10/12/2020 - Diamondhead - Drop Bell, walk offstage
There are moments I will never forget. I can often times tell you exactly where I was when I got certain news. Like I was in the porta-john while…