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Benjamin Espen

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,

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

CrossFit 2013-05-15

4 rounds * 500m row * 12 situps * 12 pushups * 12 kettlebell swings [16 kg] Time 18:50 minutes

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

Water and speakers

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

Octopus escape