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Monthly Archives: October 2014
Retraining for the Circus
1 week to go before I go out with Zach and Gary to join the circus tour for a month or so. With a still slightly swollen ankle and low left leg I have been a bit worried about the elements … Continue reading
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Tagged acrobatics, Against All Odds, balance, circus, fitness, gym, handstand, Living the Dream, Loving the Boy, muscle, naked, partners, performance, pole, sideshow, teeterboard, The Power of Love, training, weight training
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Mornings are the pits – and evenings too!
Cluedo number (5) – these are our sports-related cryptic clues. A prize for the first person to send me 10 correct answers! ‘Sports heat up on rings is a youngster’s game’ (8) OK, that’s done for today – just let’s … Continue reading
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Tagged armpits, boys, brotherhood, fight club, fitness, gay, gym, muscle, naked, partners, pheromones, pits, shirtless, suntan, tan, training, urea, urine, vitamin D, weight training, wrestling
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Not Backing Off
I’ve received a furious message from a reader – who hasn’t solved a single one of the ‘Cluedo’ puzzles yet – to “back off from this nonsense”. Well, I’m not going to “back down” until I’ve set all ten, since … Continue reading
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Tagged Against All Odds, back, books, cluedo, development, fitness, gay, gym, homophobia, Loving the Boy, muscle, Pope, prejudice, synod, The Power of Love, training, weight training
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A Strange ‘Take’ on Ebola: Handstands!!
A neighbour asked me yesterday if I knew how long the Ebola virus would take to get here from Texas where, sadly, one guy has died and two nurses are ill. I thought to myself ‘let’s look on the bright … Continue reading
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Tagged Against All Odds, anti-Ebola, author, balance, book, boys, Ebola, fitness, gym, gymnastics, handstand, Loving the Boy, muscle, Oak Ridge Tennessee, The Power of Love, training, weight training, writing
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Good News, Bad News…
Let’s do the good news first. Smiley face (see above!). This blog passed the 700,000 hits milestone today! Yeee-haw (or words to that effect). Thanks guys: I really do appreciate your support and interest. Don’t forget you can feed back either … Continue reading
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Tagged accident, acrobatics, Against All Odds, arm, balance, blog hits, fitness, fracture, gym, handstand, Loving the Boy, muscle, partners, performance, photography, shirtless, The Power of Love, weight training
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Cryptic Cluedo
As a person whose business (as well as physical training and performance) is words (three quarters of a million of them so far!), I quite enjoy cryptic crosswords, usually finding time to do one of the easier ones in on-line … Continue reading
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Tagged Against All Odds, cluedo, clues, crossword, cryptic, fitness, gay, gym, Loving the Boy, muscle, photography, shirtless, The Power of Love, weight training
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Celebrations (various!)
I recently reported a minor altercation with Leo’s Phys Ed coach about using Leo as an example (making him a ‘teacher’s favourite in effect) which was leading to some continuing minor bullying. Well, said coach has happily stepped back from Leo … Continue reading
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Tagged Against All Odds, armpits, boys, brotherhood, celebrations, fitness, gay, gym, gymnastics, homophobia, Loving the Boy, maleness, muscle, partners, performance, saliva, shaving, shirtless, sweat, taste, The Power of Love, weight training, wrestling
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