Valentine’s Day is all about the HEART!!!

 Posted on February 16, 2020  |  2 minutes  |  271 words  |  

Date: 2/15 PAX: Wrench, How How, Big Red, Animal, EarharT, Loom, Smokey, Shipper, Texas Ranger, Seahawk, WWW, Deuce, Horatio I checked the Steve forecast and low and behold, he was blasting out 28 degrees but dry. Beautiful morning for a workout in the gloom. Once all the PAX arrived and 0530 hit, I called out some test questions (Mission, Core Values, and Credo) and we recited the Pledge of Allegiance. We headed out for a light mosey around the pickle and back to the flag to circle up for warm-up. [Read More]
animal  big-red  deuce  earhart  horatio  how-how  loom  seahawk  shipper  smokey  texas-ranger  wrench  www 

Bad News...

 Posted on January 25, 2020  |  2 minutes  |  422 words  |  

McCants posted last night on slack that he had some bad news. He was down with a bug and needed someone to step up and take his Phoenix Q this morning. Well, it was really bad news for the PAX to give YHC the trifecta to have three Qs in a row to celebrate 3 years of F3. A solid group of 19 PAX showed up at Bond Park to join in the 2nd of 3 Sooey anniversary Qs. [Read More]
big-red  blowout  bubba  disco-duck  earhart  flenderson  hgtv  horatio  how-how  loom  oduls  ollie  ramsey  shipper  side-out  smokey  sooey  the-joker  theismann  two-factor  wrench  yogi 

2020...Year of the Absolution

 Posted on January 8, 2020  |  2 minutes  |  295 words  |  

Small crowd for Insomnia this morning: YHC, Michelob, Largemouth, GTL, Callahan & Beaker. 5:45. Disclaimer was “given.” Vespers go left, SNS’ers went right. Off to the grassy area behind Senior Center & Circle Up. Good Morning, Windmill, Arm Circles, Overhead Clap. Side Straddle Hop, Imperial Walker, Steve Earle, Mnt. Climber, Absolution. [Q NOTE: The Absolution is a simple 8 count exercise that I will continue to call at all of my Qs until all PAX present at the afore mentioned Qs knows how to do it and can perform 10 flawless reps. [Read More]
bartman  beaker  callahan  chanticleer  coney  dr-evil  farm-boy  flacco  frank  franklin  gtl  gump  hasselhoff  hi-liter  hotspot  how-how  largemouth  liverpool  loom  michelob  nature-boy  one-direction  press-on  shoe-horn  sky-blue  smokey  squatter  swag  the-joker  the-noid  the-u 

2019 is coming to a close ... Make way for a great and blessed new year 2020

 Posted on January 1, 2020  |  2 minutes  |  284 words  |  

A Team Date: 12/30 PAX: Crimson, Term Paper, Bagels, How How, Chicken Little, Hamm, Sooey, WWW, Hot Spot, Hello Kitty, Two Factor, Compound W, Rooney, Sixteen Steves, Silver Fox, Henny Penny, The Joker No FNG, 67 degrees, slight drizzle, slight wind. Pledge Our Allegiance to Old Glory. Off we go to the warm-up area for GM, daisy pickers, Sir Fazio, hip flexor stretch, calf stretches and Eskimo Merkins. Mosey to power line hill for the thang. [Read More]
bagels  chicken-little  compound-w  crimson  hamm  hello-kitty  henny-penny  hotspot  how-how  rooney  silver-fox  sixteen-steves  sooey  term-paper  the-joker  two-factor  www 

Start of Birthday / 4-yr F3-versary Week; McCants is a Beast who gladly shared the gloom beatdown with YHC

 Posted on December 17, 2019  |  3 minutes  |  552 words  |  

AO: A-Team Date: 12/16/2019 Q: McCants & WWW PAX: Bagels, Banjo, Build-A-Bear, Crimson, Frisco , Hamm, Henny Penny, HGTV, Honeycomb, Hotspot, How How, McCants , Press On , Prodigal , Prom King, Shank, Schlitz, 16 Steves, Short Circuit, Slim Shady, Smokey, Sour Mash, Two Factor, WWW This all started a few months ago when I began planning my Birthday /4-year F3-versary week. As I was in the Q sheet, I noticed McCants had the Q slot for 12/16. [Read More]
16-steves  bagels  banjo  build-a-bear  crimson  frisco  hamm  henny-penny  hgtv  honeycomb  hotspot  how-how  mccants  press-on  prodigal  prom-king  schlitz  shank  short-circuit  slim-s  smokey  sour-m  two-factor  www 

Time flies when your in a beatdown.

 Posted on December 14, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  400 words  |  

Date: 12/10/19 PAX: FNG Side Out, Theismann, Traffic Cone, Sixteen Steve’s, Bartman, Wahoo, Yahoo, Imp, How How, Chicken Little, Slim Shady, Bobby Boucher, Deuce, The Commish, Big Red, Hamm, QWERTY, WWW. I had a plan going into DTP. Sometimes, the plan does not always pan out. So, modify as needed. Read on to know what else I had in mind but could not get to. Next time! FNG in the group. [Read More]
16-steves  bartman  big-red  bobby-boucher  chicken-little  deuce  hamm  how-how  imp  qwerty  side-out  slim-shady  the-commish  theismann  traffic-cone  wahoo  www  yahoo 

Post X-mas Party hangover cure

 Posted on December 13, 2019  |  1 minutes  |  100 words  |  

Burt said he was going to be there. And he was. No Coney though. So did Flip. And he made it. Barely. Flacco did too… though he regretted it. How How, Jiggly. Viking. YHC. 7 PAX went at it with 12 days. We made it all the way through Day 10 and added on Days 11 and 12 without the bonus. COT: see above Praises & prayers: this season is about the people and family we love. [Read More]
burt  flacco  flip-flop-thats-singular  how-how  jigglypuff  pierogi  viking 

Holiday Party SZN

 Posted on December 5, 2019  |  4 minutes  |  784 words  |  

9 gloom-warriors joined YHC for some holiday fun around DTC. I threw out an invitation on slack for the gents to wear their favorite ugly xmas sweater, with the best(worst) dressed winning a door prize (which would have been a single 12oz bottle of Cold Mountain). Alas, I was the only jackass to dress up for the occasion. Oh well, not the first time I’ve looked like an idiot, and certainly won’t be the last. [Read More]
callahan  chipper  compound-w  coxswain  greenbow  hoppin-john  how-how  loom  press-on  prodigal 

Enough rollin' in my 5.0 ...

 Posted on December 2, 2019  |  3 minutes  |  629 words  |  

Ah, Thanksgiving. Family, food, football. And, if you are like me and my family, lots and lots of travel. With brothers and sisters spread out across the U.S. (and abroad) hosting Thanksgiving at home is a once-every-few-years affair. The rest of the time, it means a flight or a drive. This year, it was drive. And since no one wants to travel 800 miles only to turn around and head back 48 hours later, we saved the return till the last moment. [Read More]
16-steves  cataracts  chicken-little  chinese-downhill  compound-w  flip-flop  hamm  henny-penny  hotspot  how-how  ma-bell  pierogi  red-baron  short-circuit  silver-fox  slim-shady  smokey  sooey  term-paper  www 

My way to the DangerZone

 Posted on November 22, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  379 words  |  

Team RED DZ - Photo courtesy of Shut-In DangerZone was my first post, on Aug 23rd 2019, having done pretty much nothing active for 10 years. Today was my VQ. Thanks to everyone for your support over the past three months and to those who were able to post at DZ today! I’m fitter in body, mind and spirit thanks to you all. Warm up - Take my breath away [Read More]
blowout  buenos-dias  burt  coney  flacco  flip-flop-thats-singular  free-lunch  how-how  jigglypuff  kickback  pierogi  press-on  ripcord  saban  sabre  shut-in  term-paper