Author: Dr Tryhard

  • Dawn at the Roxbury

    13 SOJ bootcamp studs and 2 broga-loving tuckahoe strollers denied the fartsack any victory and instead embraced the cool gloom of NoToll. Here’s the dragon the bootcampers slayed:

    The THANG: 

    WARMERAMA: 

    • Mosey to the park entrance then back to the basketball courts and circle up
    • Welcome & Disclaimer
    • SSH’s, DQ’s, U.Soldiers, ImpSqW’s

    PEARLS ON A STRING:

    • PAX run as a group to circumnavigate the AO clockwise, stopping every 30-50 yards for variable COP’s:
    • Toll Bridge – x20 Dips OYO
    • Posts – x10 Pole Smokers IC
    • Field 1, Corner 1 –  x20 Ball Dippers, 2-ct, OYO
    • BEAR CRAWL to the Corner 2
    • Corner 2 – Tempo Mericans x10 IC
    • SPRINT to corner 3
    • Corner 3 – WWII x10 IC
    • Mosey to Field 2
    • Corner 1 – Sumo Squats x10 IC
    • BERNIE to Corner 2
    • Corner 2 – CDD’s x20 IC
    • KARAOKE to Corner 3
    • Corner 3 – Crab Cakes x10 IC
    • KARAOKE (other way) to Field 3
    • Corner 1 – Rosalita Dips x20 IC
    • LOW SHUFFLE to Corner 2
    • Groiners x10 IC
    • Mosey into the Parking Lot
    • Corner 1 – Monkey Humpers x20 IC
    • MARIO SKIPS to Corner 2
    • Corner 2 – ???
    • BERNIE to Corner 3
    • Corner 3 – ??? PHEW! …that’s a lotta rando made-up-on-the-fly exercises to remember…

    CHAIN GANG:

    • Mosey to the tennis courts
    • PAX line up on the chainlink fence
    • Chain Climbers – planking in front, walk hands up to standing then walk hands back down to plank – x10 OYO
    • Run a lap
    • Chain Smokers x10 IC
    • Run a lap
    • People’s Chain – Hoedowns x10 IC
    • Run a lap
    • Balls to the Chain – Hip Slappers x10 IC

    BURPEE PLAY DATE:

    • Mosey back to the start, stopping for x20 Dips at the Toll Bridge en route
    • Form up at the playground entrance
    • PAX completes burpees 10–>1 running the playground loop between sets

    BTTVSF for COT:

    • Counterama # 15
    • Namerama
    • Announcerama (see Below)
    • NTB took the PAX out in Prayer
    • COLD BREW COFFEERAMA

    NMS:  The gloom is BACK baby, and some really nice cool weather as well! Great group of PAX this morning hitting it hard to win the day. Apologies to the meditating shavasna gurus for YHC’s jamming tunes upon AO arrival. Sounds akin to Machismo’s efforts with the M. Yikes! Enjoyed the coffeerama tailgating with some of you guys. Thanks for permitting me the honor to lead today fellas! Yours, DTH

    Announcements (SEE SLACK!)

    • This Friday Happy Hour at Diamond Billiards after work
    • !!! NTB’s VQ !!! NEXT TUE AT NOTOLL
    • Homegrown Half Marathon 8/19
    • Pickleball Tourney 8/26

    Prayer Requests:

    • PSA from Upchuck – go get your screening colonoscopy – it’s never too early, and you may even enjoy it…

  • Banjo’s Birthday Bash

    15 hyped up party goers with 11 PAX dad’s and a gaggle of M’s and babies all circled up in Rockwood’s main parking lot to chase DTH around for 30 minutes, celebrate Banjo’s 5th birthday, and generally have FUN!

    The THANG: 

    • Circle up in parking lot
    • Welcome & Disclaimer
    • Stretch out a bit waiting for stragglers

    COP #1:

    • Mosey to the further bball court
    • Variable IC reps and silly movements to get the blood flowing
    • Chase DTH to the next COP

    COP #2:

    • Run and bear crawl to the WALL
    • People Chair
    • Hoedowns IC on the wall

    COP #3:

    • Scoot over to the hill
    • Duckwalk down, Bearcrawl up
    • Repeato for funzies

    COP #4:

    • Mosey over the middle ball field
    • DODGE BALL
    • Attempted to explain rules…gave up and let ‘em have at it
    • Penalty for taking a hit is doing a lap around the game area 

    Mosey BTTVSF for COT:

    • Counterama # 26
    • Namerama
    • YHC took the PAX out in Prayer

    NMS:  Fun times for the kids followed by watermelon on the playground, highlighted by a candy-filled piñata game. Happy birthday BANJO! Next School of Rock will be 9/2. Thanks for the honor of loving on your kids a bit. SYITG, DTH

  • Rockin Tunes, Rollin Balls

    A hefty squadron of SOJ’s finest formed up at Rockwood to refine their steel in the DTH furnace. 8-counts abounded, classic beats exhausted, and balls were skillfully handled. The envious walkers observed the following badassery:

    The THANG: 

    WARMERAMA: 

    • Mosey to the further bball court and circle up
    • Welcome & Disclaimer
    • Nancy Kerrigans x10 ea leg – welcome home brother HARDYWOOD! 
    • Don Choppers x10 IC – mash up DQ’s and Helicopters – an 8-count that was truly appreciated in accolades of mumble chatter hilarity 
    • Double-dip Lt Dans x10 IC – yep, another 8-count mashup
    • No Cheat Mericans x10 IC
    • Opus x10 IC
    • WWII x10 IC
    • Rosalita Dips x10 IC
    • 8-ct Burpee x10 IC

    COP #1:

    • Mosey around to the far lot
    • MUSICAL OPENER – yes friends, welcome back to your favorite Middle School dance  number with THE MACARENA! – Squats to the beat, hand movements extra credit (lookin at you FLORENCE and CHA CHA!), and do a burpee for each “heeeey macarena”

    COP #2:

    • Mosey to the long middle lot
    • Split into two teams, planking on parking space lines facing each other
    • CATERPILLAR – last man box jumps over his planking teammates to the front and planks up on the next line, entire team gradually progressing the length of the lot
    • Losers – x10 Burpees
    • Winners – x5 Burpees

    COP #3:

    • Mosey over to the forrest loop entrance and assemble at the gazebo picnic tables
    • PICNIC TABLE MADNESS
    • x3 Rounds alternating Wing Nuts (x10 IC) and x5 rounds of Marios (box jumps up and over picnic table)
    • Partner up
    • x3 Rounds alternating Coyote Ugly’s (x5 up/down) and Hail Mary’s (x10 dips each per round) 

    COP #4:

    • Mosey back to the middle baseball field
    • Split up into two teams
    • BURPEE DODGE BALL
    • Classic dodgeball x10 minutes but PAX getting hit with the ball are blessed with a x3 Burpee penalty and run the outside of the baseball field before retuning to play – kudos to team NTB/HARDYWOOD/MEATBALL/MUDSLIDE for wiping out the competition! 

    COP #5:

    • Mosey back to the basketball court
    • MUSICAL FINISHER:
    • Beach Boys “I Get Around”
    • PAX complete LBC’s to the beat, then break into Box Cutters for “Get Around / Round”

    Mosey BTTF:

    • 2 minutes of Squats and SSH’s

    COT:

    • Counterama # 17
    • Namerama
    • Announcerama (see Below)
    • YHC took the PAX out in Prayer

    NMS:  Spectacular showing at Rock&Roll and awesome to have Hardywood back with the PAX! Shout out to KIMURA who posted to FOUR boot camps in his very first week in F3!!! Thank you all for humoring the shenanigans. Keep headlocking your coworkers and neighbors – they need this as much as we all do! SYITG, DTH

    Announcements (SEE SLACK!)

    • Mon 3rd F SOJ Coffeerama, 0530 at Starbucks off Huguenot/Robius
    • Next Friday SOJ Happy Hour after work at Diamond Billiards
    • Homegrown Half on 8/19

  • Embracing the Hard Thing

    A dozen SOJ lumberjacks gathered in the cool gloom of the Forge, their axes and appetites whetted for whatever glorious pain DTH had in store. Here’s what the Neighborhood Watch has reported to the authorities:

    The THANG: 

    WARMERAMA: 

    • Moseyrama around the front bus loop and then circle up
    • Welcome & Disclaimer
    • Variable IC Reps to get the muscles warm top to bottom

    COP #1:

    • Mosey Off-Grid to Casa-de-DTH
    • Collect CABERS in the back yard
    • Mosey to THE BIG HILL

    COP #2:

    • Partner up at the bottom
    • P1 – Lunge walks up the hill holding the caber (extra credit to carry overhead)
    • P2 – Runs to top of hill and back down to switch with lunging partner
    • Once all PAX reach the top, return to the bottom

    COP #3:

    • Circle up for CABER REPS
    • Curls
    • Shoulder Press
    • Incline Merkins
    • Rapid Alternating Step-ups
    • Shoulder carry cabers back up the hill to the DTH back yard and deposit cabers

    EXTRA CREDIT;

    • PAX line up to roll a felled tree trunk a short distance, then switch sides to roll back again

    COP #4:

    • Mosey back to the AO and form up at the bottom of the Knolls
    • MINI DORA
    • x40 Incline Burpees
    • x80 Downhill Flutters (2-ct)
    • x120 SSH
    • Moving partner bear crawls up and crab walks down to switch

    Mosey BTTF for COT:

    • Counterama # 12
    • Namerama
    • Announcerama (see Below)
    • YHC took the PAX out in Prayer

    NMS:  Remarkably cool weather helped soften the insulting and painful nature of handling the DTH cabers, but a change is as good as a holiday, and the PAX crushed it. Last Call won the Most Grumbling Award. Understandable given the lightweight stature of his wood. Kimura won Most Improved PAX by hitting 3 AO’s in his very first week. TClaps! Bone Thugs won the 3rd F Award with some deep thoughts and words of encouragement during the COT. Also, incline burpees are waaaay nicer then regular ones. Keep posting gents! SYITG, DTH

    Announcements (SEE SLACK!)

    • School of Rock! Bootcamp for kids starting just after 8am when the R&R COT ends. Followed by watermelon and cake on the playground.
    • Every Monday 0530 Coffee Prayer&Share at Starbucks off Robius/Huguenot
    • 8/11 – SOJ Happy Hour at Diamond Billiards – come share your SOJ ideas! 
    • 8/19 – Homegrown Half Marathon CSAUP

    Prayer Requests:

    • Thugs lost his Aunt recently, unexpectedly, as she hadn’t shared her cancer battle with anyone, and then died faster than expected. Thugs’ words of wisdom were in forms of poetry and scripture, but essentially YOUR LIFE MATTERS – so don’t lose the opportunities each day to connect with those around you. 
    • DTH is making it a dry month – encouraged PAX to join him for Dry August if they wanted/needed that kind of challenge or re-centering. 

  • Needy Crush – the hottest new bromance in SOJ

    The stud magnet known as SOT pulled nine SOJ HIM’s into orbit for another episode of “Try Hard or Die Hard”, this one a farewell celebration for Royale who’s leaving for France today. Here’s how we about died:

    The THANG:

    • Mosey down to the TRACK and circle up
    • Welcome & Disclaimer
    • A courtesy warmup with SSH & DQ’s

    COP #1:

    • BLIMP’S WARMERAMA
    • At each four “corners” of the track perform the following:  x5 Burpees, x10 Lunges (ea leg), x15 2-ct Imp Walkers, x20 Merkins, x25 Plank Jacks, x30 Squats
    • Sprint the straightaways, Bernie the Curves

    COP #2:

    • Mosey to the grass hill
    • Lie flat for stargazing and controlled breathing
    • Knock out some Starfish Crunchees to warm up the abs
    • Partner up for a CORA (all ‘bout dem abs)
    • x100 WWII
    • x200 Flutters (2-ct)
    • x300 LBC’s
    • Moving partner bear crawls the hill then runs the loop back around to their partner 

    COP #3:

    • Box jump the steps up to the lot above the field and circle up
    • BURP-GROIN PYRAMID
    • Add 1 Groiner per Burpee, going up from 1 to 7 then back to 1

    COP #4:

    • Mosey to the school’s brick wall
    • WALL WORK:
    • People chair —> Hoedowns
    • BTTW for Chicken Peckers
    • Dirty Hookups, both sides

    Mosey BTTF and stretch everything out

    COT:

    • Counterama # 9 (and a gaggle of runners)
    • Namerama
    • Announcerama (see Below)
    • GREENBOW took the PAX out in Prayer

    NMS:  There’s no warmup like a BLIMPS circuit warmup, and the PAX (including YHC) was smoked before we’d reached the halfway point in this 45 minutes of Trying reeaaallly Hard. Mumble chatter was strong, and the PAX enjoyed the first romance-torn fight of our hottest new bromance – OC & NTB. Great way to send off the French student. Strong work everyone! ~DTH

    Announcements (SEE SLACK!)

    • Oyster’s Payin’ 2nd F Lunch tomorrow
    • Chap on Q at R&R
    • VQ at the Alamo Monday
    • Next weekend R&R will have the School of Rock bootcamp for kids following R&R
    • Draper’s RunFest in a couple weeks
    • OC&Co RuckFest in October

  • Soggy Jorts, Fast Hands

    15 hungry studs dutifully awaited their fearless leader in the NoToll parking lot, with Oyster (making sure a hot potato bootcamp didn’t happen) standing ready with backup cones and disc just in case their Q fartsacked… haha, yeah right! Let’s go to work! 

    The THANG:

    WARMERAMA: 

    • Mosey to the field and circle up
    • ROSIE led the PAX in a warmerama while cones were placed
    • Moseyrama lap around the Ultimate Field
    • Split up into 2 teams of 8

    ULTIMATE FRISBEE:

    • With a strong short pass game, the darker shirts led 4-0 before the lighter shirts finally made a TD. x5 Burpees was awarded to the WINNING team for each TD while the losers walked. 
    • Machismo put his legs to work in the blocking of passes. Snuff became increasingly irritable. Mr Roper got handsy. Hornydo made love to the sideline. Last Call made some effortless catches and took a bow in the end zone.
    • But you can’t get past fast hands walking the disc up the field – extra credit to Oyster, Draper, Roger Roger and OC in this department.
    • The dark team continued their dominating performance, ending the day with a 10-4 win. That’s 50 burpees making the strong guys stronger. 

    Mosey BTTF for COT:

    • Counterama # 16
    • Namerama
    • Announcerama (see Below)
    • YHC took the PAX out in Prayer

    NMS: No significant injuries were endured in the making of this softcore 8mm reel – sorry Snuff. Good to meet Balay though we really need to get this guy to a bootcamp so he knows we don’t just play spanky in the gloomy dew. Always a pleasure to play on the winning team. Thx for letting Oyster, I mean Rosie, I mean YHC lead today. SYITG, DTH

    Announcements (SEE SLACK!)

    • This Thursday, 7/20, come enjoy live music by McRib at Innsbrook After Hours (Hurley’s Tavern, 5-8pm)
    • 7/27 2nd F Lunch at Rusty Taco, 1145am
    • 8/5 – our next “School of Kid” kid’s workout after R&R
    • Don Draper is prepping a CSAUP half marathon – details coming
    • OC and crew prepping a Ruck for Cans CSAUP in ?October – details coming

  • Tuckahoe Derails the Caber-bearing Pain Train

    YHC rolled into the Forge to find Tuckahoe clown cars erupting with First Watch maniacs (all proudly wearing their nonsense shirts …you have to be one to understand), including Kubota who claimed a virgin attendance at the AO – well that changes everything! Scrapped the planned field trip for a caber beatdown to run a tour of the Forge favorites. Here we go! 

    The THANG:

    WARMERAMA: 

    • Mosey loop around the top lot and circle up
    • Welcome & Disclaimer
    • Variable IC Reps to get the muscles warm top to bottom

    COP #1:

    • KNOLLS TRIPLE NICKLE
    • x5 Jump Squats at the bottom
    • Bear crawl to the top
    • x5 Groiners
    • Run back down to the bottom
    • x5 Sets total

    COP #2:

    • Moseyrama around the bus loop with karaoke, bernie, high knees, butt kickers, low shuffle
    • ECHO CHAMBER
    • Line up in People’s Chair
    • Hoedown’s x10 IC
    • BTTW for Hip Slappers x10 IC
    • Dirty Hookup’s x10 IC each side
    • Donkey Kickoffs up to 20

    COP #3:

    • Mosey around to the Amphitheater
    • TRIPLE CHECK
    • P1 – Flutters
    • P2 – Merkins
    • P3 – Box jump steps up and down

    COP #4:

    • Mosey back around to the grassy slope
    • CLOCKFACE WWII’s
    • PAX on their Six on the grassy slope
    • x3 WWII’s at each hour of the clock

    COP #5:

    • Mosey over to the small loop
    • INDIGENOUS CURB CRAWL
    • PAX lines up in carousel plank while last man does x3 Burpees and runs to the front

    COP #6:

    • Mosey around the school and down to the handicap rails
    • AWKWARD PARTNER RAILWORK
    • P1 holds legs while P2 completes:
    • Jerkins x10
    • Cliffhanger Merkins x10
    • Dips x10
    • Each Partner completes x3 Rounds of each set of exercises

    COP #7:

    • MOUNT CHAPLAIN
    • Mosey up to the top of the Knolls stopping for reps at each level
    • x5 Burpees
    • x10 Merkins
    • x15 Ball Dippers 2-ct
    • x20 American Hammers 2-ct
    • x25 Mtn Climbers 2-ct
    • x30 Sunrise Sump Squats – stopped early since overtime

    Mosey BTTF for COT:

    • Counterama # 11
    • Namerama
    • Announcerama (see Below)
    • YHC took the PAX out in Prayer

    NMS:  What a pleasure to have the summer tour in force at the Forge today – you can always count on some hilarious mumble chatter from the First Watch gang. The Forge tour ended up producing a wonderful well rounded sweatfest, and everyone was in agreement that it was better than the caber alternative. Also enjoyed the iced coffeerama afterwards. SYITG, DTH

    Announcements (SEE SLACK!)

    • Tomorrow! Friday 7/14 SOJ HAPPY HOUR at Diamond Billiards after work, roughly 5-8pm.
    • 7/20 McRib playing music at Innsbrook After Hours

  • Le Beatdown Royale

    16 sweat-loving studs including a French foreign exchange FNG all embraced the suck with another rough ride on the DTH pain train. Here’s what happens when they Q is open to suggestions:

    The THANG:

    WARMERAMA: 

    • Mosey to the Bball Court and circle up
    • Welcome & Disclaimer
    • Variable IC Reps to get the muscles warm top to bottom, and yes some 8-count’s were implemented with scientific precision

    COP #1:

    • FRESH PRINCE’S FRESH ELEVENS:
    • Complete 11’s on the bball court with a suicide between rep sets
    • NoCheat Mericans 10–>1
    • Jump Squats 1–>10
    • Plankorama for the Six

    COP #2:

    • Mosey to the Tennis Courts via indigenous people’s run – last man completing a burpee before running to the front
    • DON DRAPER’S SUSTAINED PAIN TRIPLE CHECK:
    • P1 – Balls to the Wall
    • P2 – Chain 6”
    • P3 – Run the perimeter

    COP #3:

    • 50’s COOL DOWN
    • Six stations around the tennis courts, first man to complete 50 reps calls out and PAX moves on
    • Alabama Prom Dates
    • Mericans
    • Monkey Humpers
    • Flutters, 2-ct
    • Mtn Climbers, 2-ct
    • Nancy Kerrigans

    COP #4:

    • Moseyrama around to the big parking lot
    • PARKING SPACE LADDER
    • Bear Crawl between spaces adding one more Groiner rep each line, 1–>10

    COP #5:

    • WALL WORK
    • Hoedowns x10 IC
    • Donkey Kickoffs 5–>20 

    Mosey BTTF:

    • American Hammers x20 IC
    • Freddie Mercuries x20 IC
    • Hold Plank, review F3 Mission, Credo, Pronciples

    COT:

    • Counterama # 16 
    • Namerama
    • Announcerama (see Below)
    • YHC took the PAX out in Prayer

    NMS:  Awesome group of brothers to welcome Doozy’s French exchange student – welcome ROYALE!!! (…as in “Royale with cheese”, a quote from Pulp Fiction referencing French burgers). Special “thanks” go to Don Draper and Fresh Prince who were unable to make it to today’s beatdown but were all too pleased to connive and contribute a couple COP’s. Ugh, they sucked. The PAX would like to, ahem, “discuss” these suggestions with you two in the gloom sometime soon! Haha, well we definitely got a decent workout in today. Have to admit YHC was dragging during Machismo’s Q of School of Rock. This humidity’s is for real! Alright, SYITG gents, YHC, DTH

    Announcements (SEE SLACK!)

    • Every Monday 0530-0630, 3rd F coffeerama at Starbucks off Huguenot and  Robius 
    • Next Friday 7/14 2nd F Happy Hour from around 5-8 at Diamond Billiards

    Prayer Requests:

    • Prayers for Chekov’s shoulder which he strained a bit this morning
    • Prayers for Meatball’s daughter who’s serving on a missions trip in Ireland

  • Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Beatdowns

    F3RVA July 4th Convergence at Dogwood Dell hosted a massive PAX of 52 studs, most of whom had no idea a DTH beatdown was about to be unleashed. Here’s how these warriors crushed the workout, celebrated their freedom,  and pledged to one another their undying brotherhood:

    The THANG:

    WARMERAMA: 

    • Mosey to the circle
    • Welcome & Disclaimer
    • Variable IC Reps to get the muscles warm top to bottom (no 8-count exercises were harmed in the making of this warmup)

    COP #1:

    • Mosey down into the Amphitheater
    • Partner up for a DORA
    • x100 WWII
    • x200 Incline Merkins
    • x300 Dips
    • Moving partner box jumps to the top to complete x3 Burpees, then runs back down to switch off
    • Front-runners help the SIX complete reps

    COP #2:

    • Mosey back up to the grass circle
    • Celebration of 7/4/1776
    • x7 Burpees
    • x4 Burpees
    • x17 Booyah Merkins
    • Mosey to the top of the triangle
    • x76 SSH
    • Mosey down hill to the culdesac 
    • Circle up in plank awaiting the SIX
    • Elbow plank & Review the F3 Credo and 5 Core Principles

    COP #3:

    • Partner up for LOVE HILL
    • One partner starts the bear crawl while the other completes x20 Jump Squats and x20 LBC’s, then runs to switch with partner.
    • Each man completes x3 sets with bear crawling to the top pf the hill between
    • Some PAX modified to lunges
    • Circle back for the SIX, hug a tree, stretch

    COP #4:

    • Mosey to the Carillon Field for INTERVALS
    • Line up on the end
    • 25% Mosey to the other end
    • American Hammers IC for the Six
    • 50% Run back across the field
    • ABC’s for the Six
    • 100% Sprint to the other end
    • Catch breath then Flutters IC for the Six
    • 25% Mosey back across
    • Stretch and Plankorama for the Six

    COP #5:

    • Mosey over to the starting circle
    • Partner up for x25 LBC’s each

    Mosey BTTF for COT:

    • Counterama #52 (including x2 FNG’s and x2 LIFO’s)
    • Namerama
    • Announcerama (see Below)
    • YHC took the PAX out with the excepts below and a Prayer

    Excerpts from The Declaration of Independence

    “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.

    …And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor.”

    NMS:  It’s not often our Numberama ends on 50! Awesome to have so many RVA PAX choosing to start their holiday celebrations the hard way! A hearty welcome to Machismo’s nephew Josiah, nicknamed Bollywood, and to Bootleg’s young son nicknamed Luigi! Also great to host Jim Freeze, AKA Olaf, posting DR from Houston. And Happy Birthday to Chaplain!!! The beatdown was highly modified for a larger than expected PAX, but with 1000% humidity it was grueling and amply served to sharpen iron. Well done gentlemen! And thank you for your faithfulness. Our Region grows stronger every week – keep posting, Q’ing, headlocking, and serving – if you’re not sacrificing something for your brothers and neighbors, you’re not doing it right. Honored and Humbled, YHC, DTH

    Announcements (SEE SLACK!)

    • Pickle ball Monday at Batteau
    • State Farm VQ this Friday at Satan’s Hill
    • School of Rock this Saturday following Rock&Roll – bring out your kids! 

  • Be ye not offended…

    The Forge welcomed 13 stallions of the gloom for a hearty game of Ultimate Frisbee on the best turf field in RVA – here are the highlights:

    The THANG:

    WARMERAMA: 

    • Mosey to the end of the parking lot and circle up
    • Welcome & Disclaimer
    • Variable IC Reps to get the muscles warm top to bottom, and to pick up any LIFO’s (lookin at you McRib!)

    Mosey down to Snuff’s Back Gate (always open to a group of studly men) to access the perfectly mowed turf football field. Cleats on, cones placed, and Bodos got the teams divided up 6v7.

    The light shirts fortified with cleat-adorned Bodos and DTH made quick work to achieve a 5-2 winning streak – with much respect to the fast hands of OC, Fudd, and Last Call to take it down the field. Snuff and his all-blacks were surely disadvantaged by having an extra player and it was clear by the way Machismo was playing an aggressive handsy/footsy defense we needed to make an adjustment. Fudd defected to the all-blacks while the lighter 6-pack acquired the ever-stealthy Bennie. Seems that Fudd was the secret weapon Snuff needed and the score was quickly evened up to 5-5. YHC was feeling a whooooole lot of quality defense pressure unable to shake Dealer and NTB. It seemed we couldn’t put anything together, but then stealthy Bennie snagged a TD standing in the right place. This was then quickly answered with another TD by the all-blacks who were finding a great rhythm. Score tied again, 6-6. Now only a few minutes left on the clock, all the PAX moving like cold molasses, and a long shot was sent down range to where Snuff had an easy grab for the win… but he “lost focus” and fumbled it. Last play of the game Bodos gives the nod to his compadre in cleats and launches a missile to the other end of the field – YHC found that extra gear and made the winning catch. 7-6 good guys for the win. Boom. 

    Mosey BTTF for COT:

    • Counterama # 13
    • Namerama
    • Announcerama (see Below)
    • YHC took the PAX out in Prayer

    NMS:  The pearl of the day was derived from our very own man of the cloth. It followed Fudd handing a borrowed sweaty black shirt back to YHC, whereupon YHC appeared reviled by the degree of foul sweat the shirt contained. The good Pastor Bodos then declared something to the effect of “It’s interesting a man doesn’t mind his own putrid sweat/BO/farts but takes such great offense at another man’s stench”…to which YHC replied “now THAT can preach!” In other words, we are too quick to judge another person’s shortcomings or sin while ignoring or brushing off our own. 

    Jesus said these words in Luke 6:41-42

    “Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? How can you say to your brother, ‘Brother, let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when you yourself fail to see the plank in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.”

    May we each today humble ourselves before God to repent, to be sanctified by the Spirit, and to receive His gifts of faith, hope, and love (read 1 Corinthians 13) — that every encounter we have with others produces fruit that will last, and not judgement that divides. 

    Prayer Requests:

    • Machismo requesting prayer for wisdom and peace in running his business and hiring the right people
    • House Party taking his grandchildren back to their parents in Florida after a long 8 months of caring for them
    • Safety for everyone traveling this weekend

    Announcements (SEE SLACK!)

    • Every Monday, 3rd F Share&Prayer, at Starbucks off Huguenot&Robius
    • Next Tue, July 4th, Convergence 7am at Dogpile
    • Next Sat (7/8) DTH on Q for 7-8am Rock&Roll men’s bootcamp followed by a kid-friendly School of Rock bootcamp. Bring your kids! Watermelon and Cookies on the playground after. 
    • 2nd Friday Happy Hour at Diamond Billiards