In Praise of Failure

October 12, 20127 Comments

What a bizarre title. Why on earth would anyone praise failure? This light bulb looks spectacular, but it sure as heck is not functional as a light bulb anymore.We are taught to fear failure. In school, failing is a source of shame - we are supposed to get it right the first time. If you … Continue reading In Praise of Failure

Blogging the Failures

July 12, 20122 Comments

I'm sad right now. I've just had to throw out a large quantity of (formerly) beautiful, very expensive organic almonds, entirely due to my own procrastination and stupidity. In short, I put them to soak for too long, with too little salt water, and in too hot a kitchen, and they got moldy. I hope … Continue reading Blogging the Failures

Squats are my favourite lift! #lifting #frontsquat

Gotta work on that depth! #backsquat

Back squats are fun! #lifting #backsquat

Life resumes! Doing some push presses. #lifting

Starting a new cycle of sumo deadlifts! #lifting

Strict press! #lifting

Heavy front squat before moving to the next cycle. #lifting

Poor lonely turkey. I hope he found his flock. #turkey

Front squats are hard at 90 lbs, but I did it! 💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻 #lifting

The treat ball is the best cat toy ever. #cattoy #blackcat

Strict presses! #lifting

Nothing like tempo squats! FSQ/BSQ 66x0 #lifting

Front squat time! #squats #lifting

Love me some back squats! Building to a heavy 3. #lifting #oldpeoplelifting #backsquat

Love me some deadlifts! #lifting #deadlifts

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