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Every group of guys has one of these.. Who is it in YOUR group?

Ya know that guy who acts completely different in front of girls/women and says just about anything with the hope that she’ll take a special interest in him? You know who I’m talking about.. The guy who acts almost feminine when a female comes around. No so feminine as to push her away – but just enough to have her think, “Wow. This guy is ‘different’”…

When a hot, trashy looking young woman wearing fishnets, high heels and a tight mini skirt walks by and the female in the group comments on how she “looks like a whore” or a slut – he wholeheartedly agrees while the rest of us are picking our tongues up off the ground. That guy.

Now sometimes this is perfectly fine.. For example – when you’re with your wife. Of course you’re not going to say the slut looks good. You’re supposed to be a little less of a man at certain times after you’re married. Of course, we’re all still the same F’ing animals we used to be – but we’re a little bit more respectful about certain things. It’s not like we turned gay after marriage – or that we stopped liking women all of the sudden – especially the kinds we’ve always been attracted to.

Another time this is okay is when the guy is actually going to get something out of it. Hell, if he’s getting laid or a blow job, than more power to him. We’re generally okay with this type of behavior when something good is going to come out of it. But when the guy is getting nothing – there lies the problem.

This jerk is making every other male on the planet look bad because this girl/woman believes his fairy tale and actually thinks he’s only attracted to a women’s brain, heart and whatever else comes after appearance for the rest of us – for nothing. If there’s no good reason to make the rest of us look bad – think twice about screwing over all your friends and cut it out! If you’re going to be a big pussy and fail to follow through, STFU and move on! Let somebody else put on the act and actually get something out of acting like such a woman.

FYI. This is the same guy who tells his wife all kinds of bad things about his friends so she gets the feeling that she married the right guy. Ever pop over your friends house and have his wife looking at you a little differently than she used to? Well there you go. Pussy face told her some story about you. It doesn’t make a difference whether the story was true or not – she’ll never respect you again. She won’t throw it in your face – but she’ll always feel a little funny being around you.

Anyway.. Which guy in your group is “that guy”?

On the I95 here in South Florida, we have a HOV (high occupancy vehicle) lane where during rush hour, you’re only allowed to use it while you’ve got more than one person in the vehicle. In case you’re not familiar with HOV lanes, they’re a privilege for those who car pool. Anyway – at one point, the lane ends and it merges with the “fast” lane right next to it. Every morning there’s lots of traffic during rush hour – and this turns into a bottleneck – and everyone is basically stopped momentarily to let these privileged drivers in.

Before you get the wrong idea, I’m not complaining about these “privileged” drivers – because I’m one of them. I’m complaining about the intellectually meager subhumans who won’t let you in when it’s time to merge… What’s wrong with these people? What’s going to happen if you let me into the lane in front of you – like you’re supposed to do? Are you going to be late for work now? I MIGHT be able to understand if I had a huge truck that you could not see past. Or if I had a piece of crap car with exhaust fumes spouting from the muffler pipes. But that’s not the case.

These “people” must have such a crappy life that they need to do whatever they possibly can to bring down regular people. Well that’s not going to work with me, PussyFace. You should SEE what I do to these low-lifes. I make them miserable (I can only guess). I do whatever it takes to get in front of them. And if I see them purposely push somebody away by jumping on and off the gas to keep really close to their car in front of them, well, that’s when I come in. I get in there ANYWAY.

Now I don’t want you to get the idea that I’m being dangerous. We’re only moving between one and five miles per hour at this point. And I don’t want to get into a whole ‘nother story about WHAT I do and HOW I do it – but I get where I need to be – regardless of what these idiots think about it. Some of you might ask, “well what if the other driver DOESN’T let you get in and hits you?”… What then? I’ll throw my car in the garbage and buy a new one. Why? Because I can. And Mr. or Mrs. Moron will have to pay out of his/her own pocket to fix their vehicle because they’re certainly not going to get their insurance company involved. I make sure that if I’m hit, it’s in the right spot to make it a LOSE/LOSE for THEM.

So today’s lesson is – if your life sucks and you’re a dick – stay home. Don’t drive. Because chances are, you’re going to run into somebody like me – and it’s only going to get worse…

So I noticed my local Steak ‘n Shake has closed down. Not only has it simply closed, but all and any signs of it’s existance have been removed. There’s absolutely no sign that it was ever there. I’ve never seen a business this proactive in wiping a location clearly off the face of the Earth. Then it hit me…

This is a place that I vowed I’d never eat at again – even before I went there with friends and had a subhuman waitor that ACTUALLY smelled like human feces. Can you imagine having food served to you by someone who smelled like human fecal matter? Oddly enough, the person I went with ate his/her food anyway. I won’t name names.

This is the only Steak ‘n Shake I’ve ever eaten at. So I don’t know how all the other locations are. But I find it ridiculous for any company to allow such shitbags (no pun intended) to work in a restaurant. You must have problems if you cannot find competent managers to reliably hire decent employees to be the face of a restaurant location.

Anyway. So I wouldn’t be surprised if this West Palm Beach location (next to Best Buy on Palm Beach Lakes Boulevard and Executive Center Drive) was closed by the health department – for having who knows what filthy, infectious, diseased something or other in the food – and the corporation did whatever it could to completely erase the memory of Steak ‘n Shake from our minds.

So what’s the lesson here? If your waitor or waitress smells like human feces – or the cooks in the back look like filthy, bad excuses for human beings, don’t be a stupid, lazy shit eater (like my friend) and eat somewhere the fuck else!

Here’s another update on my ongoing weight loss.. When I first started being serious about fitness – last October – I weighed about 243.4 pounds at 26.8% body fat and 39.0% lean mass (I’ve been about 15 pounds heavier).. As of yesterday, I weigh 189.2 pounds at 18.3% body fat and 30.3% lean mass. So that means I lost 8.5% body fat and 8.7% lean mass. My next goals are to be 180 pounds at 18% body fat and I’m almost there – though losing fat at this point is extremely difficult.

Ideally, I’d like to be at 15% body fat – and I may need to get down to 160 or 170 to make that happen. Once there, I will do a lean bulk and try to hit 180 pounds at the same 15% body fat. I have no doubt I can make that happen.. I’m actually starting to see abdominal muscles – which is cool because I’ve never had ‘em. Even when I was down to 140 pounds several years ago – I never trained abs – so there was nothing to see.

Vascularity is also something new to me. I can see veins in my arms, legs and calves now.. I’m not talking about the blue veins that everybody has – I mean the ones weight lifters have. (Yes, I know – even the skinny crackheads who’ve never done a push-up like Axl Rose have them.) And again, when I was down to 140 pounds years ago – I wasn’t nearly as seriously into weight lifting as I am now. Even with all my injuries and the need to work around almost everything I do, things are turning out well.

So far, this experience is working out nicely for me. I do a little cheating here and there – and that’s probably why I’m having so much trouble getting deep into the 180s – but I’ll get there. I’m not in as much of a rush as I once was because I’m in decent shape these days. Still, I have goals and I will reach them.

If anyone is interested, here are some numbers that I’ve been recording since October 2008…

Weight (where listed) / Fat % / Body Mass Index %

29.3 / 37.1
27.1 / 37.7
26.8 / 38
26.5 / 38.4
242.2 / 26.9 / 38.8
243.4 / 26.8 / 39.0
239.8 / 26.0 / 38.4
232.8 / 25.6 / 37.3
232.4 / 25.7 / 37.2
229.8 / 24.9 / 36.8 (the first time under 230 in years – first goal achieved)
217.2 / 23.2 / 34.7
215.0 / 23.0 / 34.4
213.8 / 23.0 / 34.3
211.6 / 22.7 / 33.9
211.2 / 22.9 / 33.8
210.2 / 22.8 / 33.6 (210 – second goal achieved)
209.2 / 22.5 / 33.5
210.4 / 22.6 / 33.7
208.2 / 22.2 / 33.3
208.2 / 22.1 / 33.3
206.4 / 22.2 / 33.1
204.4 / 22.0 / 32.8
203.2 / 21.7 / 32.5
204.8 / 21.5 / 32.8
202.4 / 21.4 / 32.4
202.0 / 21.4 / 32.3
203.0 / 21.3 / 32.5
200.2 / 21.1 / 32.0
200.6 / 21.0 / 32.1
199.4 / 21.1 / 32.0 (under 200 – third goal achieved)
199.4 / 20.7 / 32.0
198.4 / 20.5 / 31.8
194.8 / 20.5 / 31.2
196.8 / 20.2 / 31.6
197.2 / 20.1 / 31.6
194.8 / 20.1 / 31.6
194.8 / 20.1 / 30.9
191.4 / 19.8 / 30.7
190.4 / 19.1 / 30.5
190.6 / 19.0 / 30.5
188.8 / 19.1 / 30.3
188.2 / 18.6 / 30.1
191.2 / 18.4 / 30.6
188.6 / 19.0 / 30.3
189.2 / 18.3 / 30.3

Did you know?

Did you know that the AMA (American Medical Association) and the DEA (Drug Enforcement Agency) both advised the federal government AGAINST scheduling muscle building drugs related to steroids? Obviously, misinformation, paranoia, ignorance and outright lies caused these substances to be scheduled anyway. Steroids are the only drugs on the list devoid of euphoric or consciousness-altering properties. Why is everybody so afraid of people building muscle?

I can understand why prisons are beginning to take weights away from prisoners. Who wants BIG, strong, violent offenders to deal with? But what about us regular people? What next? Are weights going to be banned in gyms one day? That may sound ridiculous – but doesn’t the fear of “muscle building” sound ridiculous to beginwith?

Does it have to do with the feminization of America? It’s a proven fact that natural testosterone levels in men have declined steadily over the past 20 years. What’s going on? Maybe it has to do with the medical field. If all 50 year old men were taking testosterone, they’d have more energy, more ambition, more motivation, more drive to exericise, more sex, less need for viagra, cialis or whatever else is out there… Less trips to the doctor… I suppose simple, inexpensive testosterone would cause the medical field to lose lots of money…

It’s all about money, people.. Take GHB for example. It’s a class 3 drug – just like cocaine, heroine, etcetera. What does class 3 mean? It means there are no approved medical uses. Well than how is it that Jazz Pharmaceuticals is making a killing by selling it? Right now! Instead of it being sold over the counter like it had been for decades (it was cheap!), now it’s available by prescription only (and it’s very expensive).

Performance enhancing substances. Who would have ever imagined our corrupt government, with the help of their corrupt media, would have us so worried about “performance enhancing substances”? Think about it. What if, one day, some “mad scientist” develops “intelligence enhancing substances“? Are we going to lock him away and make these new substances Public Enemy #1? Please! For the love of God! Save the children from intelligence enhancing substances!

Wanna know how many scientific studies definitively link the use of anabolic steroids to death – or even serious health risks? One? Fifteen? Twenty? Nope… Try ZERO.

Watch this video for an in-depth look at the truth about steroids…

Yesterday morning while on the treadmill at LA Fitness, I saw a news report where a teenaged girl named Neda was shot and killed at a rally regarding this whole Iran Presidential controversy. See the video at the bottom (it’s kinda graphic). My first thought was that we should go over there and tear that country to pieces.

After a few minutes of feeling pissed off, I started putting a few things together in my head – and my feelings changed. I started thinking that this was a great plan to get the American public ON the Iran War bandwagon. What a great, great idea.

First of all, it’s not the “monster” media we’re getting this feeling from. (And by the way, the media is really falling apart lately – they know we think they’re bullshit and they’re all pointing their fingers at one another lately – have you noticed?) It’s actual citizens in Iran publishing videos and links on YouTube and Twitter. So it’s innocent. Right? There’s no motive involved here. It’s “the people” showing us this stuff. Right?

Wrong. I believe this is all a well laid-out plan.. The leadership in our country who’s pushing for a war with Iran knew this rigged election would bring us to where we are today – demonstrations on the streets of Iran with citizens being killed by those in power. AND – they knew that YouTube and Twitter would be used to bring this information to us in a far more trustworthy manner than the typical biased media outlets.

After seeing teenaged girls like Neda killed – and however many other videos there are of citizens being killed in the streets – how likely is it that the American public is going to make a big stink about us going in there are taking the reigns in Iran? A LOT less likely…

Well, I just saw 191 on the scale this morning.. It’s very nice to walk behind women and children and not have them looking over their shoulder, watching my every move. It’s also nice to be out of size 44 pants and into 34’s… My goal is 30 but I’ll be satisfied with 32… It’s probably safe for me to start buying clothes about now – I only have 11 more pounds to lose..

In regards to weighing food – I know it works – but that didn’t work for me. I basically ate until I was satisfied (and sometimes even more) but I ate the right foods. I found things I really enjoyed eating. Mostly Caesar Salads with Grilled Chicken and Ranch Dressing – and NOT light dressing either.. Full fat.. I just got the dressing on the side and “dipped” instead of putting it on the salad. I was introduced to Sushi and Sashimi by Kona Grille (heh – see www.salcollaziano.com) – and THAT was a lifesaver. Sushi and Sashimi are a WHOLE LOT healthier than Cheeseburgers and Hot Dogs – and that helped big time. So finding foods I liked and NOT worrying about eating like a bird worked for me.

Heck, you can eat just about all the lettuce and grilled chicken you want without having to worry. Same goes for Salmon and other types of fish – whether it be in sushi/sashimi form or cooked. Oh yeah, I’d have a lot of lettuce and fish meals as well…

Every so often I’d have snacks like potato chips or Sun Chips. Just ONE serving per day, though. Another thing I’d eat EVERY day was Non-Fat Greek Yogurt. It’s so thick and creamy you wouldn’t believe it. The name is Chobani. I’d also eat one of those new high fiber chewy granola bars – and sometimes I’d throw some peanut butter on top…

When I went out to eat, I’d have a little bread.. And my salads normally had croutons – and I’d have a few.. So I didn’t do “no carb” or anything like that. I had plenty of natural sugar (from the fruit in the yogurts), some bread and rice with my sushi. In any event, I DID do a LOT of exercise.. 20 minutes of cardio EVERY morning before I ate.. I’ve boosted that up to 30 minutes now since I’m looking to lose that “last few pounds” which is very difficult. I’d also weight train on Monday, Tuesday and Friday – and on days that I didn’t weight train, I’d “often” (not always) go to the gym a second time and do another 30-40 minutes of cardio.

I’m PRETTY sure the hard part is over now.. I mean, I do have some more weight to lose – but I’m happy where I am. Once I reach my goal, I’ll relax a little bit – but still watch the scale closely. When I find myself gaining a few pounds, I’ll turn it up again – watch my diet and hit the gym twice a day – and be back on my way to where I’m comfortable. So I WILL splurge a bit – probably on weekends at least a day or so – and see how that goes. I’m VERY comfortable being VERY active so I don’t mind doing this for the rest of my life. I’ve actually learned to REALLY enjoy being out and about like I am…

I’m at the gym day in and day out – often twice a day – and I see so many people making the same mistake: paying a personal trainer. Now I’m not saying there’s no logical scenario where a personal trainer makes sense – just more often than not it’s only a temporary fix – for a fee.

I see women doing all these odd ball exercises that they’ll never do again once they reach their goal. Basically things that are awkward and difficult to do. The problem with this is that unless you commit to doing these types of exercises for the rest of your life, you’re going to gain all the weight back once you stop.

The solution is not to pay somebody who’s going to charge you money to lose weight, than charge you again after you’ve gained it all back – again and again and again. But to find exercises that you can do consistently and comfortably for the rest of your life.

I love weight lifting – so I’ll have no trouble staying comitted to doing it for as long as my body allows me to. I’ve been lifting for 22 years (I only got serious this past October). The cardio training (the area most personal trainers appear best at) was my problem. However, I’ve found the treadmill easy enough to do on a daily basis (often twice a day).

So when I eventually reach my goal, maintaining will be easy since I’m not going to give up the routine that brought me success. Whereas everyone doing these obviously unusually uncomfortable, awkward exercises will celebrate when they can finally stop and leave that misery in the past. Big mistake.

Now some of you ladies may love the personal trainers. They ALWAYS give you that “touchy, feely” attention that your husband stopped giving you a long time ago. If you’re at least half way decent, they’ll take every opportunity to grab you and/or “assist” you in your efforts – innocently, of course (insert halo here).

If they DON’T touch you, than they’re either gay or you have a lot of work to do. And you can take that to the bank, ma’am.

When I hit the bathroom in a public place, there’s nothing I hate more than walking in and seeing a limited amount of urinals forcing me into the position of peeing right next to another man.

I always end up finding a stall and locking myself in there to do my fuckin’ business. It’s not that I’m socially inadequate or worried that somebody is going to laugh at my tiny pecker. I’m just uncomfortable being three inches away from another man with his penis hanging out.

When is it ever socially acceptible for two men to be standing side by side in a public place with their penises out? Is it too damn much trouble to ask for a little separation and/or a divider of some sort with these urinals? Apparently, it is – because all too many of men’s restrooms are laid out in such a way.

Am I the only one uninterested in crossing streams or having a urine “sword fight” in the bathroom?

So I went to see Drag Me To Hell last night with my wife and mother in law. It was a pretty cool movie – not the greatest – but the story was cool and the acting was good enough to keep me interested for an hour and a half – or however long the movie was. There were a couple of parts that were silly and a few that were surely meant to be funny (let’s hope). But all in all, it was a decent movie.

Unfortunately, the immature assholes in the theater were relentless in their efforts to prove that they were too tough to be scared by a movie. This same nonsense happened with the re-release of The Exorcist in 2000. I only lasted about 5 minutes before all the laughter in the audience really ruined the experience.

Of COURSE it’s not going to be scary anymore. The movie was made in 1973. Even Psycho isn’t scary anymore. The original Friday the 13th, Halloween and Nightmare on Elm Street movies aren’t scary either.  I can admit that old flicks like Frankenstein actually ARE more funny than scary. But CAN’T you just enjoy the flick for what it is?

No. YOU have to prove to everyone around you that you’re so tough, you LAUGH at scary movies. Wow! Boy, would I hate to meet up with YOU in a dark alley! Holy crap! You’re a SUPER intimidating asshole! Is that the incentive? Do you impress your friends with your massive helping of courage? Or does your ditzy girlfriend give you a better blow job at the end of the night because now it’s extremely obvious that you fear nothing? You big, fearless bear, you…