The Girevik is getting strong

Happy New Years to y'all out there.  Just a couple of quick notes before I get out there to see what's going on in Woodland Hills tonight.

1. I'm holding pretty steady at 183-184 pounds.  I was one of the few people in America who weighed in 2 pounds lower on December 26.  I was 185.4 on Dec 23 and 183 on Dec 26.  I took no Sauna during that time.  Further, I took my Kettlebells with me to Fresno, and I used them plenty in my Dad's living room.  This all bodes extremely well for the New Year's Bod Pod.
2. There will be a New Year's Bod Pod event on Jan 6th.  It's been quite awhile since the last Bod Pod, and it is time for me to see where I stand.  I think it is going to be quite positive.
3. The Kettlebell training is going extremely well, and I am improving greatly.  I just had to purchase a 60 pound Kettlebell today because the 24 KG (53 pound) bell at my gym (Woodland Hills Athletic Club) is just too easy.  After swinging that bitch 25 time and Sumo-Chinning it another 21, I realized I was going to need a heavier bell.
4. I was able to do the Halo with the 60 pound ball 5 times in one direction and 5 times in the reverse.  That is pretty good for day 1.  Not a lot of Gireviks are willing to Halo a 60 pound kettlebell.  This is hot.  It's manly.
5. I was able to swing that 60 pounder for 3 sets of 15 reps.
6. I also did Sumo Chins with the 60 pounder, nailing sets of 15, 12 and 10 reps.
7. I am sure I can Swing and Sumo Chin a 70 pounder already.  I did it over at Busy Body's home fitness.  Next week, I will buy the 70 pounder.  Not many Gireviks are willing to work with the 70 pound cannon ball.  I'm hot.  I'm manly.
8. I discovered the glories of the Hexagonal Deadlift bar this week.  I read a piece in Fitness-RX [that quoted results from a UCLA Medical research study on the subject of the Hexagonal Deadlift bar] which turned me on to this subject.  The study reported that the Hexagonal Bar immediately improves form, reduces unhealthy stress on the spin, increases lift leverage of the athlete, increases training weights, and generates both more rapid and consistent gains in strength and mass.
9. Using the Hex bar, I deadlifted 270 pounds for 5 reps last Thursday.  I will do more Monday.
10. I now routinely work with 6 x 45 pound plates on the decline press.
11. I am now doing the clean and press exercise with the 40 pound Kettlebell.  I go all the way from the floor to the sky in two steps: Clean then press.  

And now for the dark side of the force.  I don't think my Carpal Tunnel is getting better.  It is getting worse.  Numbness is waking me up early in the morning, but it feels more like pain than numbness.  I wake up with pain in my hands despite the fact that I am wearing the cock-splints.  The inflammation is so bad it is visible.  I am forced to dunk my hands in a mixing bowl full of ice water to bring the inflammation under control.

I'm not to worried about the surgery, because I always believed a surgery was going to be necessary anyhow.  This kind of thing doesn't get better without surgery.  Once the doc fixes me, I'll shut it down for a bit.  Right now, I am concentrating on increasing my raw brute strength just as much as possible.

This is the price we pay.  Being this sexy is hard work.

Roe vs. Dave

Egad!  That is an absolutely horrid title for blog piece like this one. I should be shot.

I met a girl in my hometown this Christmas vacation.  Her name is Roe.  She works at George Brown's fitness center.  This is the premier gym facility in Fresno.  I was quite taken by her immediately.  There was a synastry reaction.  I felt it.  My dad, who got me in the gym, said she checked me out pretty closely before, during and after the workout.  Evidently, she did also.

My dad suspected Roe was a Leo.  Not so.  She's 180 degrees about.  Roe is a 1/26/1986 Aquarius girl born around 8:00am in Fresno, California.  How do I know?  I asked her.  She told me.  As Dr. Michio Kaku says, it's easy to mistake matter for antimatter.

I used Alabe to draw up an elementary natal report for her.  I gave that to her this morning. I promised her a more elaborate one based on Sirus and Janus.  She seemed very interested.

A few hours ago, I ran those programs.  I have been thinking about the results ever since.  Here are a few of the basics:

1. Jan 26 1986 is not far from March 12, 1986.  If you read this blog, you know the significance of that date.  In terms of the cosmic scale of time, we are talking about a close bullet-burn.  I heard the sonic boom as it whizzed past my head.
2. Five females born in close proximity to Roe have made it into my little black book of 498 names.  This is the black book of all media-based females I have found attractive in the past 2 years.  My favorite of those five was born on Jan 24, 1986.
3. All of these females have Mars in Scorpio.  You know I have a fetish for that.
4. Unfortunately, the local-max point there is 215 points on Feb 23,1986.  Roe is 3 days off that mark.
5. Sirus scores Roe vs. Dave at just 127 points.  I would be lying to you if I said I wasn't disappointed by that number.
6. As I mentioned several times before, Sirus scores without reference to the Housing system.  As I mentioned before, Janus doesn't give you any numeric scores at all.  Just text.  I dispute both methods.
7. Roe was born at approximately 8:00am.  This gives her an ascendant of Aquarius... barely.  Most of her first house is contained by Pisces.  This means most of her 7th house is contained by Virgo.
8. Her birth time puts a bunch of my power-planets in her 7th House.  I housed her royally.  I exert a massive gravitational pull on her marriage instincts.  No wonder she checked me out.  I mentioned all of this before in a past blog about girls with a Pisces Ascendant.  Most of that applies in this case.

Reading the textual report generated by Janus 4.3 reveals a mixed bag.  There are some very good House-points and aspects here.  There are also some pretty gnarly ones.  I think it is fair to say that this is not a balanced relationship.  I exert more pull on her than she on me.  That would be remarkable, if true, because she exerts a strong gravitational pull on me.  This asymmetry is supposed to become more pronounced as time goes by.

Looking at both reports, I find clear-cut points of comparison that have been overlooked and under-emphasized.  I regard several of these points important.  As I have said several times on this blog, I dispute several points about the way Sirus scores these things.  Ditto for Janus.

So now it is time to put up or shut-up.  It's time for Dave to push his chips to the center of the table, betting against Sirus, or fold his hand based on what Sirus says.  

I say I dispute several aspects of these methodologies.  I say I would score these two charts higher, objectively speaking.  I say MySynastryEngine will score these two charts higher.

If all this is true, I should be willing to take a shot at Roe.  So what am I going to do?

Ram Rumors are flying. Let's untangle fact and fiction

Four significant pieces have been published in the past 24 hours outlining some spectacular Ram-Rumors.  The jist of these pieces are as follows.

• Apparently, Steve Spagnuolo and Billy Devaney await the gallows.  Their fate is sealed.
• Jon Gruden has decided to return to coaching in 2012
• This would apparently void his 5 year contract with Monday Night Football
• The Rams mean to get him
• Should the Chargers fire their GM, A.J. Smith, Stan Kroenke intends to make him GM of the Rams.
• According to the bullshit, A.J. Smith has the wherewithal/clout to bring Gruden into the organization
• Some Ram fans are sweating the fear that Gruden would dump Sam Bradford, and want to roll with Andrew Luck

First, let's temper all these scrambled eggs with some facts:

1. Most hope/believe that Spagnuolo and Devaney await the gallows.  I am gunning for the second name, not the first, but I accept the fact that they rise and fall together.
2. Stan has said nothing.  That's why they call him Silent Stan.  We all hope he will do the deed.
3. I am going to peel back-flips and celebrate overindulgently if we nail Jon Gruden.  I fully endorse & support this move.  I love it.
4. Jon Gruden has said nothing.
5. ESPN claims Jon Gruden is fully committed to Monday Night Football.
6. If Stan tries to hire A.J. Smith, I will fly to St. Louis with a .460 Weatherby Magnum sniper rifle and make sure he never enters the building alive.  In all seriousness, I can hardly think of a worse candidate for the job.  This is absolutely not the man for the job.
7. The notion that A.J. Smith has the wherewithal/clout to deliver Jon Gruden is spectacularly fictitious bullshit.  I will continue to say this until someone shows some proof of a connection.  I know of no connection, direct or indirect, between A.J. Smith and Jon Gruden.  
8. Jon has never voiced any love for this guy.  I don't know why he would.  I certainly wouldn't. Would you?  Of course not!  You would never do a thing like that.  Neither would I.
9. Why does anyone think A.J. Smith, a guy whose stock is about to be delisted on the Dow Jones, has the clout to deliver Jon Gruden?
10. Kevin Demof is the guy with the most likely open-connection to Jon Gruden.  He worked with Gruden in Tampa Bay during their championship run.  Demoff is vastly more likely than A.J. Smith to deliver Jon Gruden.  Further, using this connection could be the move that saves Demoff's neck.
11. Most writers have correctly slapped down rumors that Gruden would dump Sam Bradford.  This is utterly baseless.  He hasn't even accepted the job.  This is just pure fear.  Gruden worked with Sam during his QB camp two years ago, and said tremendously flattering things about him... aside from declaring him the world's worst slider.  There are presently no reasons to believe Gruden would dump Bradford.

Anyhow... here are those pieces for your consideration:

• Business Insider
• ESPN NFC West Blog
• NBC Pro Football Talk
• Bleacher Report

I would feel much better about the whole thing if the rumors said "Dick Vermeil declared Team President, and presently negotiating for Jon Gruden's services."

Can somebody please start that rumor?  That would be good.

One very nice footnote to report:  Highly-esteemed Sports Illustrated writer Peter King declared that the Ram-jobs could be the most desirable and best landing spots for candidates during the 2012 hiring cycle.  Why?

1. Sam Bradford
2. The #1 absolute pick in the 2012 draft
3. The greatest projected cap room of any NFL franchise come 2013.

The Rams have better than a puncher's chance of drafting #1 in 2012

Ryan Van Bibber over at the Turf Show Times summed things up succinctly:

1. Right now the Rams and Colts are tied for the worst record in professional football at 2-13
2. One game remains.
3. Should both end in a tie, the Colts will draft first based on a weaker schedule.
4. The Colts play the Jags, and they have a reasonable shot at victory in a game that is almost meaningless for both.
5. The Rams play the 49ers.
6. The 49ers need to win in order to secure a bye-week and the #2 seeding.
7. The Rams's chances of victory are slim and none.  We have no reasonable expectations for victory in this game.

It logically follows that, at the moment, the Rams have better than a puncher's chance of drafting #1 overall in the 2012 draft.  Would this be a bonanza or would this be a disaster?  It depends on how you play it.  If you intend to deal that pick, and know how to stoke the fire, it could bring a king's ransom.  Many interested parties around the league will compete for the right to draft Andrew Luck. 

I contend the following: If we do not sack Billy Devaney at the end of this season, more disaster is sure to follow.  This dude has never succeeded in trading down in his career, and there is no reason to expect him to rape and pillage now.  Further, the guy couldn't draft a wide-receiver to save his life, and would probably never do such a thing with the top pick anyhow.  If we are to parlay this consolation prize into a chance to rebuild our team, the pick must be dealt, and dealt well.  This means Devaney has to go on Black Monday.

Off with his head!  To the gallows.  Burry him in an unmarked grave in the Nevada desert.

I want to restate my position that the team has not found its footing in 4 years primarily due to poor and sub-par drafts.  Billy Devaney is the prime suspect with Scout-Boss Lawrence McCutcheon in the #2 spot.  If we are to stop being a Bush-league organization, the first thing we have to do is acquire some men with a real eye for talent.  Getting a real-wheeler dealer would provide a double-bonus.

I, for one, tremble at the thought of Devaney being allowed to handle the 2012 draft.  It is terrifying to think of this guy orchistrating any deals or actions surrounding that #1 overall pick, especially with the stature of Andrew Luck drawing even more attention than ever to this process.  You're putting C4 in the hands of children without any adult supervision.

I sure hope the rumors of Devaney's immanent departure are correct.  Further, I sure hope we will offer the presidency to former HC Dick Vermeil.  Further, I sure hope the rumors of coach Jeff Fisher's arrival in town are totally wrong.  Let's put Dick Vermeil in charge, and let him pick his people.  

Welcome back to Capricorn time

So, last night was the Winter Solstice; the longest night of the year (in the Northern hemisphere) and the shortest day.  It is also the official end of Fall and the beginning of winter.  The Sun migrated into Capricorn something like 6 hours ago (according to the Tropical Zodiac, and from a geocentric perspective), so we are now officially back on earth time.  Home again, home again, jiggity-jig.

If you prefer the real skymap, we are entering Sagittarius time.  That would still work fine for me, because the real skymap makes me a Leo.  I am still entering my home element, no matter what.  You see, it's the angle, even more than the sign or the element.  I rejected that theory for a long time, but not now.

'Tis the season why all those Christmas bundles of joy for every Virgo boy are being born.  Virgo and Capricorn are a notorious match-up; perhaps even the most notorious of all synastry match-ups.  Do yourself a favor and google search "Capricorn Virgo Synastry" or "Virgo Capricorn Synastry".  You'll get about 10,000 pages celebrating these two as one of the best matches possible.

My cousin Justin would agree.  He happens to be a Capricorn guy married to a Virgo girl.  I think it has been 12 or 13 years already...

This doesn't naturally imply that all Capricorns are good for all Virgos, or vise-versa.  This would make us all perpetually confused, and we would probably kill each other.  This would subvert the key bedrock-partnership upon which human society is based.  However, you can rest assured that there is more than one ideal Capricorn partner for each Virgo, and vise-versa.

Just make sure no evil scorpions get in the way...

In any case, I thought I would share one of my favorite pieces of Astrological art with you.  This little piece by Kagaya depicts Capricorn and Virgo going out for a little swim in the ocean together.  It's extremely girly in nature, but it is nice to know that there are female romantics out there with some 3d modeling and rendering skills.  This is a lovely piece of work.

December 21, 2011, just 366 days until the official end of the world

For those of you who have been hiding under a rock, fleeing from popular TV and cinema, not listening to fun XM radio programs, or reading fun magazines...

The Mayan calendar will complete it's 13th Baktun exactly 1 year from today.  13 Baktun are equal to 5,125 years, and that is the interval of the Mayan Long-Count calendar.  We are just 366 days away from the completion of the 13th Baktun.  2012 is a leap year.  There will be a new crop of Feb 29 Pisces babies this year.  They won't last long, but there will be a fresh crop of leap-year Pisces babies.

Today is December 21, 2011.  This means we have 366 days left until the Eschatological event.  What eschatological event?  Well, nobody seems to agree on that subject.

The Maya are fairly clear that the mysterious god Bolon Yokte will return on 12/21/2012, but that doesn't stop theorists from disusing subjects such as:

1. Magnetic pole reversals
2. The failure of Earth's magnetic shield
3. The awaking of the largest volcano in the world, which just happens to be underneath most of Yellowstone National Park.
4. Global seismic events.
5. Tidal waves and floods
6. Exposure to super-massive gamma radiation bursts emanating from the super-massive black hole at the center of the Milky Way, just as our solar system enter the galactic rift of Sagittarius.
7. Swift and violent global climatic changes
8. The absolute breakdown of social order due to famine and drought.  Hide your kids, hide your wives, and hide your husbands, 'cause their raping everybody out there.

To be clear, Bolon Yokte is a sort of apocalyptic judgement figure in Mayan mythology.  His arrival is associated with calamity that will end one epoch of the world, and begin a new one.

Erich Von Daniken would tell you Bolon Yokte is an ancient astronaut.  He is an extra terrestrial who visited with the Maya way back when in the day.  Von Daniken would probably entertain the idea that Bolon Yokte may return on 12/21/2012

Any which way you slice it, we are speaking of the absolute end of the world as we know it.  We are talking about the renewal of the world, which naturally implies the death of the old world.  

So who cares about the Maya?  Well, the Chinese I-Ching also happens to run out on 12/21/2012.  Further, the Hopi Prophecy rock (which is a real muther to explain) also happens to identify 12/21/2012 as the big day of the big event.  There is some weirdness happening here.

As we all know, Christians have been seeing the signs of the times and beginnings of the birth pangs for some 40-50 years now.  It just might be time.

Good luck folks.  Live this year like it is going to be your last.

There is a famous Taurus dude named Tim McGraw (married to the one perfect Virgo woman, Faith Hill) who did a song called "Live like You Were Dying".  This is the theme song for 2012.

2011 NFL Season, Week 15 Results

Week 15... a week that will live in infamy.  A week of disgusting upsets.  Consequently, I had my worst week of the year at 7-8.  A loosing record for Christ's sake!  This never happens to me!  If it is any consolation, the dudes at ESPN didn't fare much better than I did.

I guess you can argue that the meek inherited the league (for one week) but now we must suffer all manner of rubbish discourse about whether the Chargers are actually the strongest team in the AFC.  We also have to suffer the remonstrations of Patriot bleeders who think the great pretenders of 2011 are the strongest team in the AFC.  'Taint so.

I want to make two things perfectly clear:

1. No learned, responsible, knowledgeable evaluator of the NFL expected the Chargers to be a powerhouse this season.  [Don't wave Michael Irvin around either; he was just being loyal to his old coach.]  Why?  Because they are not a powerhouse in 2011.  They have not been a powerhouse this season.  They've been chumps for the most part.  This is because of the odious actions of their GM A.J. Smith and their weak coaching staff.
2. The Patriots are dead meat in the playoffs.  I'm talking about a quick and easy out in the first round again.  They are going to be in and out like a pinche vato.  The Patriots are the great pretenders of the NFL.  You wanna crown their ass?  Then crown them, but they are who I think they are.  That's why their opponents should take the damn field.

I'm disgusted.

My brother from another mother, Kurt Warner, laid the jinx down on Green Bay during NFL Game Day Morning Edition on the NFL Network.  "The only way this team drops a game is if they all have that proverbial one-bad-game; the game where everyone comes out flat", said Warner.  He was a prophet and didn't know it.  The Packers came out and did precisely that, losing to a team they had absolutely no business losing too.

Pop the corks in Miami.  You remain the only undefeated team in the modern history of the league.  I am disappointed for the Pack.  I thought they would do it.  One loss won't stop them from going back-to-back, tho.

I don't know which was worse, the Patriots up-ending my Broncos, or the Chargers laying a once-in-a-blue-moon beat-down on the Ravens.  Don't read anything into it, art critics.  This performance is never again to be repeated.  Stick a fork in the Chargers, they are now done for the season.

At the end of the day, the Ravens will be the AFC Champs.  Broncos versus Ravens in Baltimore for the AFC title.