Afterthefirstcoupleofdays,myinjury(Feb22)turnedintoanaggingpain,a
thorninmyside.Icouldn'tdosit-ups,letaloneleg-raises.Ittooktwoweeks
formydailyroutinestobefullyrestoredastheintercostalmusclescarriedon
theirhealing.
Iwould'vegonemadifIhadn'tre-discoveredruckingfromreadingMichael
Easter'sbook.Infact,justbeforetheaccidentIhadruckedacoupleoftimes
already.Itgav...[
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AfterthelowerleftfrontribpoppedonSunFeb22,Ireaduponitand
realizedthistimeitwasgoingtotakemuchlongerthanpastinjuriesinmy
five-yearBJJjourney.Ididn'tfretatall.IevenfeltwelcomingabreakasI
hadabackupmodeofexercise.
Sofar,Ihadruckedforfiveweeks,progressingfroma30-poundloadover44
minutesto52.5lbsover90minutes.Theworkoutstressedmyframe,thebones
andjoints,fromneckdown.Theresu...[
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Mr.EarnshawofWutheringHeightsadoptedawaif,namedhimHeathcliff,andraised
himasoneofhisown.Closeinage,hisdaughterCatherineandthefoundlinggrew
upinseparable.Thefirstborn,Hindley,inheritedtheHeightsandwasbrokenby
hiswife'sdeath.
Astheycameofage,CatherinemarriedEdgaroftheneighboringThrushcross
Grange,forhismoney.
HeathcliffvanishedandthenreturnedaNemesis.Everyoneinhisge...[
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Mid-April,intheNorthAfricantradingportOran,folksweredismayedbyrats
rushingoutoftheirholesanddyingindrovesintheopen,anillomenthatwas
soonconfirmed.Intwoweeks,Dr.Rieuxhadhisfirstcaseofthebubonic
plague.Hispatient,thedoorman,diedintwodays.
Duringtheensuingmonths,asthetowntookevermoredraconianactionsagainst
thestaggeringclamity,Dr.Rieuxworkeddoggedlythroughthedarkesthours
whi...[
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TheAlchemisttookmeonlytwodaysandthatspokevolumesforthemasterywith
whichthestoryistold.TherewerenotmanynewtermsalthoughInoteddown
quiteafewpassages.Theauthorwasabletostringwithsimplewordsintopowerful
talesthateducateandinspire.IfIfoundsomepartsrepetitiveandcliche,it
mightbebecauseitwaswrittenin1988andoveralmostfourdecadesitsideas
havebecomefamousinpopculture.
Tobeabletotra...[
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ImetRobertvanGulikinSimonWinchester'sbook"TheManWhoLovedChina"andwasdelightedtofindhismysteriesinthelibrary.Overthepastweek,IreadtheDutchsinologist's"MurderinCanton"and"TheMonkeyandTheTiger"(theCanton,Monkey,andTiger)andwasmostimpressedwiththefirst.IttellsofJudgeDee'sinvestigationofthemissingoftheImperialCensorinCantonagainstthebackdropwhereintheImperialCo...[
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MyfriendChrispostedalistofbookshereadin2025andsaid"Patriot,"the
posthumousmemoiroftheRussianpoliticalactivistAlexeiNavlny,was
"important"and"depressing."Iwasattractedlikeatrouttoafly.
NavalnyandIarecloseinageanditishardformenottodrawparallelsasI
readthebiographypartofthebook.ItisinterestingtoseetheU.S.S.Rand
Russiathroughhiseyes.Forexample,accor...[
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Fluseasonwasuponus.IfeltitthelastweekofJan.Isneezedmore,myeyesitchedfortwodays,butmysleepwasgood,energyhigh,headcool,andItrainedasusual.IhadtotakeashortnapaftertrainingonFeb2.Ihadagoodsleepbutwokeupwithacongestednosewhichclearedupaftermymorningroutine.Jan30,Ifeltapins-and-needlessensationshootingfromhiptofootontherightside.Itmatchedinmymindthesymptomofsciatica,whichAHD5definesas"painalongthes...[
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Ihaven'treadmanybooksonhealthylifestylesforthepastdecade,thinkingI
wasprettygood.Iturnedahealthnutovernightat40andinthefollowing
yearsperusedMichaelPollan,ChristopherMcDougal,PavelTsatsouline,John
Douillard,andmanyothers.Theyfueledmycrusadeonremoldingthebody.Ihave
runmarathonsinXerosandals,madethe"Simple"goalinkettlebelllifting,and
trainedBrazillianjiu-jitsu.Thesedays,...[
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InJanuary,IreadtwobooksbySimonWinchester,
-TheProfessorandtheMadman(1998,theMadmanbook),ATaleofMurder,
Insanity,andtheMakingoftheOxfordEnglishDictionary,and
-TheManWhoLovedChina(2008,theChinabook),TheFantasticStoryofthe
EccentricScientistWhoUnlockedtheMysteriesoftheMiddleKingdom.
TheMadmanbooktellsaseriesofstories,evolvingaroundthelifeofWilliam
Minor,theretired,gifted...[
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