So, I learned this trick from one of Pavel Tstastoline’s (a.k.a. the evil Russian) books on weightlifting. This technique lies behind many “hard style” Iron Shirt techniques in Chinese Gung Fu, and also forms the basis of some Hatha Yoga techniques as well. Basically it is Breath compression. By using a heavy lifter’s belt whilst […]
Month: July 2009
Why you, and I, are screwed.
Examine this graph very closely. http://www.urban.org/UploadedPDF/1001082_federal_revenue.pdf ” ’nuff said…” Both sides of the official political divide, republicans and democrats, have been lying to you and I through their teeth. Whilst we have been shouldering the brunt of federal tax revenues since the bloody 1940’s corporations have been paying an increasing smaller percentage. Frankly, I favor […]
Life, grasp it or it slips… I just found out that fravia+ died..
I just found out that Fjalar Ravia (a man fondly known as Fravia and fravia+ to many on the net) recently died. How I came to know this, and what this means to me, I’ll go into. Recently I have been a busy beaver. Jumped into a new gym routine; an intense Dead lift + […]
The IFrame hack is really annoying..
So, a few of my blogs and other php based software sites have been hacked. Annoying and frustrating, as if I didn’t have enough headaches. These sort of things cost time, and time is something I’ve had very little of lately. But the mechanics of it all are fascinating, I’ve been forced to delve into […]