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Ed West leaving Telegraph blogs

But what a goodbye. I've only recently started reading West, through the odd confluence of Steve Sailer and Damian Thompson, but I shall enjoy his snark wherever he goes. It's my job as a conservative to depress you, so I'm sad to say that,
Benjamin Espen May 16, 2013

Joel Kotkin on Zuckerberg et al.

Joel Kotkin at his website NewGeography finds Mark Zuckerberg's immigration enthusiam as self-interested as I do: Shady 1%This bit is especially good: Outsource Manufacturing, Import Engineers Perversely, the small number of jobs—mostly clustered in Silicon Valley—created by tech companies has helped its moguls avoid public
Benjamin Espen May 15, 2013

CrossFit 2013-05-15

4 rounds * 500m row * 12 situps * 12 pushups * 12 kettlebell swings [16 kg] Time 18:50 minutes
Benjamin Espen May 15, 2013

CrossFit 2013-05-13

1/4 mile run 7.7 MPH 21-15-9 * Deadlifts [40 kg] * Ring dips, band assisted Time 6:00 Last time 6:40 with 50 kg Dessert * Back stretch * 25 wallballs
Benjamin Espen May 13, 2013

Water and speakers

Benjamin Espen May 10, 2013

CrossFit 2013-05-06

Inspired by this CrossFit journal article on catching the bar low, and this blog post on squatting low shared by my friend Michael Bann, I decided to try dropping the weight and getting lower. Snatch-grip squat press * 5 reps with the 15 kg bar. Much harder than it looked. Front
Benjamin Espen May 6, 2013

Octopus escape

Benjamin Espen May 3, 2013

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