Date: 2025-05-14
AO: ao_tar_pit
Q: Da Vinci
PAX: T-bone, Spielberg, Dungy, Tortuga, Mr Roboto, Jolly, Samsonite, Panhandle, Captain Caveman, Da Vinci, Stock boy FNGs: None
COUNT: 11
Warmorama to Arthur’s song.
Say Anything with coupon toe the field
Between sets run to boy calling you slow as fast as you can (touch flag). Mozy back.
Derkens and Crunchfrogs to Walkin’ in Mephis
Curls and Dying Cockroach to Walkin’ in Memphis
(4-count ab exercise done lying down that involves touching hand to opposite leg, back down, then other hand to opposite leg. Form can vary wildly.)
Skullcrushes and Cockroach Resurrection to Bettie Davis Eyes (AKA Better Days for Size according to Stock boy)
(4-count ab exercise done lying down on your six and pulling your knees and arms to your chest, then rapidly extending arms and legs back out, then back in. Preferably done directly after the Dying Cockroach and with at least one extra rep.)
Hand release and BBSU to More than Words
Shoulder Press and flutters to More than Drive by the Cars
Ranger merken and leg lifts to The Way It Is
(Rangers are erkin position – however, your hands should be placed back more in line with your rib cage instead of your shoulders.)
Dips and outlaws to I Guess That’s Why They Call It The Blues
Suicide Squats with coupon, oblique crunch to Oh Sherrie
(Start in normal starting squat position, squat, ~50% of regular squat, then back to normal starting position. Then go to full perpendicular regular proper squat, then back to normal vertical position, then finally go to full deep ankle squat before returning to vertical starting position.)
COT to 8675309
Soft rock musical moleskin to Lauper’s Time After Time:
Rich Butman, emeritus psychology faculty at Wheaton told me about what social pyschologists speak of propinquity: from Latin propinquitas, “nearness” – the tendency to form close relationships with those who we repeatedly encounter. And we are built for close relationships. This is part the reason why F3 matters. Relationships happen with propinquity, contact with the same people time after time.
To confirm that, here is Harvard Social scientist Arthur Brooks’ summary of relationship science, in a chapter he calls “cultivate your Aspen grove” in his fantastic book https://www.amazon.com/Strength-Finding-Success-Happiness-Purpose/dp/059319148Xhttps://www.amazon.com/Strength-Finding-Success-Happiness-Purpose/dp/059319148Xhttps://www.amazon.com/Strength-Finding-Success-Happiness-Purpose/dp/059319148X.
6 rules to summarize the research:
– You need human connections to help you get on the second curve of life and flourish.
– No matter how introverted you are, you cannot expect to thrive into old age without healthy, intimate relationships.
– For married people, a loving companionate spousal relations is key to thriving (and “companionate” love is not about falling love but staying in love, based less on passionate highs than stable affections and commitment)
– BUT marriage and family are not an adequate substitute for close friendships, which should not be left to chance.
– Friendship is a skill that requires practice, time and commitment (and it’s enormously time consuming)
– Work friendships are not a substitute for real friendships, although they can also be satisfying if design purposively
COT: Rejoice at benign results for T-bone friend, Spielberg green card confirmation, prayers for Dungy friend Danny, prayers for peace talks with Russia/Ukraine, prayers for courage to be relational, propinquitous beings made in the image of a God who is relation itself.
Announcements: Dunkin’ is dead. 😥 :doughnut: Moment of silence. I should have paid for :coffee:
Tags: ao_tar_pit, T-bone, Spielberg, Dungy, Tortuga, Mr Roboto, Jolly, Samsonite, Panhandle, Captain Caveman, Da Vinci, Stock boy
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