Red Velvet Cakes

Public Historian...Veteran...Wanderer. Mostly Feral at this point. Whitewater and Fishing Guide, Ski Bum, forced to hold a day job for the health insurance.

[therangersteve]

Reviving Tumblr in 2025...

I wouldn't have guessed that this would be making a comeback, but in the FO phase of the world we are in, I'm leaving the Meta apps and X and moving to other social media havens. Welcome back to Tumblr friends.

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[buddhabrot]

sweet dreams my pink friend

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@littleturtleduck

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[zacharyolson]

the thing to realize here is that conservatives find the idea of paying workers a livable wage so absurd that they make hyperbolic comparisons like this

because fifteen dollars and hour and a hundred thousand dollars an hour both mean the same thing to them; more than you deserve

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^That commentary is very important.

[onlyfitgirls]

Revie Schulz: There were a total of 150 slam balls

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Those quads though.....

[househunting]

$1500/tiny house

Portland, OR

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I’d live here.

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Memorial Day Murph

Another year, another Memorial Day Murph. I’ve been doing CrossFit since July 2011 so this the workout is nothing new to me. I even managed to do a version of it while I was at Sill last year on the PT field. New for this year was the idea that I would take on the workout with the vest on. Murph as written includes wearing a 20lb vest while you do the workout, and I decided that this was the year…

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Picking up the intensity

Finished the switching phase with a little Thigh Day Friday action with my new LiveSore shirt. Well a lot has happened in the last couple of weeks, the crazy life of pushing towards the end of the semester can sometimes get in the way of other pursuits. I did my best to stay on track and keep myself going in the right direction. There is two full weeks left of school, I have the seniors finishing…

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(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HtrbMy4mU4)

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Brothers and Rollercoasters, a winning combo

First weekend at Cedar Point was a success. Fun times with the brother, lots of rollercoasters and some good food. Spending time with Ben has been a blessing, a great chance to decompress from all the work at school, and all the time in the gym. After testing and setting a new 1RM and the struggle of the first cycle of Smolov this weekend was a welcome break. This week and next are the deloads.…

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What I'm doing tonight

Once you go black…….

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5k one day, squat PR the next, yup CrossFit

Last warmup set, ready to go.

Today I followed up running my first race by testing my Back Squat max for this week’s Smolov. I wasn’t sure that it was a good idea to test the day after the race, but I ended up deciding just to do it anyway and see what happened. I was pretty sore from the race but as I’ve said the mental game is key to Smolov so I squatted anyway. I’ve been pushing myself more…

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When planning to do a 5k perhaps one should run at some point before race day....

Life lessons from me, do not decide to run a 5k race and just wing it, it will be less than fun, you will not get your desired time, and while you’ll finish you will be very tired and sore.

I do however look pretty good in the above picture, it is of course about a mile into the race, I have not discovered that the next 2/3 of the race will be an up, and down a hill twice, and the heat hasn’t…

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