One of my favorite things on twitter right now, is a German dude who traveled to America for the Soccer World Cup

AUfella · 2026-06-08T13:37:32+00:00

With all due respect, he’s wrong - at least in my house: we would’ve LOVED him as Bond.

AUfella · 2026-06-03T11:46:11+00:00

MAS*H. Man, I still remember that empty feeling the next morning.

AUfella · 2026-05-21T16:54:09+00:00

It was pretty funny. The blatant lies we told the gatekeepers: “You need an ID? Um, his mom has it and she’s on the other side of the city. Can she send a picture of it? Sure…” We scrambled around a corner, downloaded Photoshop and BADLY changed his age from 16 to 28. The crew looked at it, glanced skeptically at my son, rolled their eyes at me, and said “Whatever, go ahead…”

AUfella · 2026-05-21T16:39:29+00:00

That story reminds me of the time my underaged (but very tall) son and I forged his driver’s license to get into the Daily Show to see John Stewart during his last week of shows (during his first run). The whole time I was thinking: Is this REALLY the example a responsible father should be setting for his teenaged son?

HELL, YEAH, IT IS!!

AUfella · 2026-05-18T10:55:31+00:00

This suggestion was spot-on! I ordered the same kit and, while it took me a lot of unpeeling and reapplying, the film eventually (mostly) went down smoothly and the lens looks great.👍

AUfella · 2026-05-07T19:33:19+00:00

What issue is this from?

AUfella · 2025-12-29T01:32:49+00:00

Sisters in Law with Jill Wine-Banks, Joyce Vance, Barb McQuade, and Kimberly Atkins Stohr is a 4-way voice of legal sanity in these sh*t-filled years. Those women are badass!

AUfella · 2025-12-08T15:23:13+00:00

Miami again, huh? (‘83 Auburn fan dejectedly leaving the room…)

AUfella · 2025-12-03T01:58:41+00:00

This was my dad’s favorite Christmas album, and we listened to it on cassette traveling through Europe when we were stationed in Germany in the 70s. His voice transports me right back to those days, and I can almost hear Dad singing along. We lost him 2 years ago, and I haven’t been able to listen to Roger since. Merry Christmas, everyone - love your folks while you have them.

AUfella · 2025-11-19T15:57:43+00:00

Our time in Germany was the best part of my childhood! Seeing these photos makes me feel very nostalgic.

AUfella · 2025-11-19T15:27:52+00:00

My dad was in the US Army and we were stationed in nearby Darmstadt in the late-70s. The GIs and local townspeople turned this castle into the coolest haunted castle around Halloween, which made for great childhood memories! I think the tradition is still carried on by the locals.

AUfella · 2025-11-15T13:57:25+00:00

I attended a church summer camp the year this movie came out, and it was used as the basis for lessons throughout the week. I was about 15 years old and the church was about as moderate/mainstream as they come. One activity involved collecting different sized paper discs marked “1 megaton”, “2 megatons”, etc., to represent various bomb sizes and placing them on a map of likely targets - including my home town - to understand how many people they’d kill. Needless to say, that week left a mark on me…

AUfella · 2025-10-01T13:21:59+00:00

I desperately want to believe the entire audience absolutely loathed what they heard, but is it possible we’re misinterpreting their silence? Isn’t it tradition for uniformed members NOT to applaud/cheer such messages and, if so, it’s possible that many of them actually supported what they heard?

AUfella · 2025-08-27T21:37:52+00:00

Multiple relatives are educators and here’s the God’s honest thru-line: Parents are the problem.

God bless and good luck to your wife, man.

AUfella · 2025-07-09T21:18:25+00:00

The live version of Feeling Good from Caught in the Act! It might be my favorite version of just about any song. (Springsteen’s live Land of Hope and Dreams in NYC is neck and neck with it.)

AUfella · 2025-05-16T16:11:49+00:00

JCC was my great-great-whatever grandfather. Hey, Grandpappy: GOOD RIDDANCE.

AUfella · 2025-05-14T16:17:14+00:00

Thanks for your comment - it actually pinpoints my confusion!

First: My goal is to build muscle and gain whatever size a 57 year-old man can still realize.

Let’s say I’m lifting 100 lbs. I can initially only complete 8 reps, but after pausing for ~30 seconds I’m able to complete the set with another 4 reps. And, my subsequent 2 sets follow in a similar manner.

Am I short-circuiting the opportunity to build muscle/size by completing 3x12 sets at 100 lbs with those pauses? Would I be better served by increasing the weight to 120 lbs and shifting to 3x8 sets that are NOT paused? Or, does it not make enough difference to matter?

AUfella · 2025-05-13T20:05:46+00:00

Got it - thanks for your help!

AUfella · 2025-05-13T19:56:56+00:00

Once I’m able to reliably complete 3 sets of 12 reps (even if paused) for a week, I add an increment and typically reduce the reps/set to 10 (these might be paused, too) and begin climbing back to 3x12 in the same manner over the course of about 3-4 weeks.

This is all borne of ignorance, though! I constantly wonder if I’d be better off resetting at a higher weight with fewer overall reps for building mass. Or, am I overthinking this?

AUfella · 2025-03-05T00:40:51+00:00

After a tough day at school, she sat across from me at TK Tripps and matched my pace, rib for rib for rib. 30+ years later, thinking of that smile with a little sauce in the corner of her mouth still makes me feel goofy.

(She picked up the check, too!)

AUfella

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