Hello there, Pals! Here’s to a late start again! It’s past 1 p.m. here and I had a rough morning so I almost forgot about the thread. Have you ever experienced sleep paralysis? It’s terrible. (that wasn’t the reason I had a rough morning; it was just a contributing factor) My early morning hot flushes (I call them flush instead of flash because the word flash suggests that it’s fast but it isn’t…) returned and they are ruining my sleep cycle so I’m sleepier in the morning. On the bright side, my laser treatment started today so hopefully, I’ll be able to go back to my good old strength training soon. I do like no-equipment routines but… you know how I’m in love with strength training.
Since my treatment started at 7 a.m., I didn’t work out in the morning but I’m planning to do so after work. I’m so used to working out early, I don’t even know how I could go home and jump straight into my workout clothes without whinging about it. 😊 What about you? Has anybody been doing only bodyweight routines lately? By the way, I’ve always admired those who can do callisthenics but I saw this video yesterday about two youtubers, one of whom doesn’t do callisthenics at all, and even though he’s really muscular and strong, he could hardly do the exercises the other guy could. Callisthenics require a lot of patience and practice, that’s for sure!
Let’s move on to our fact-finder fragment, which is going to be short today. Have you ever wondered why some spies are called ‘moles’? (I doubt it but bear with me) Well, because of the novelist John le Carré. Do you know him? It’s a pen name, by the way. He was working for the security services when he began writing and the Oxford English Dictionary notes that espionage picked up the word ‘mole’ from le Carré’s works. Le Carré said that the word may originally have been a KGB term for what the Americans would have called a ‘sleeper’ agent. He is also credited with creating the phrase ‘honey trap’.
All right, Pals, that’s it from me today, here’s a picture of a lovely little brain. I mean walnut.
Perspiration Pals 12 March 2025
Hello there, Pals! Here’s to a late start again! It’s past 1 p.m. here and I had a rough morning so I almost forgot about the thread. Have you ever experienced sleep paralysis? It’s terrible. (that wasn’t the reason I had a rough morning; it was just a contributing factor) My early morning hot flushes (I call them flush instead of flash because the word flash suggests that it’s fast but it isn’t…) returned and they are ruining my sleep cycle so I’m sleepier in the morning. On the bright side, my laser treatment started today so hopefully, I’ll be able to go back to my good old strength training soon. I do like no-equipment routines but… you know how I’m in love with strength training.
Since my treatment started at 7 a.m., I didn’t work out in the morning but I’m planning to do so after work. I’m so used to working out early, I don’t even know how I could go home and jump straight into my workout clothes without whinging about it. 😊 What about you? Has anybody been doing only bodyweight routines lately? By the way, I’ve always admired those who can do callisthenics but I saw this video yesterday about two youtubers, one of whom doesn’t do callisthenics at all, and even though he’s really muscular and strong, he could hardly do the exercises the other guy could. Callisthenics require a lot of patience and practice, that’s for sure!
Let’s move on to our fact-finder fragment, which is going to be short today. Have you ever wondered why some spies are called ‘moles’? (I doubt it but bear with me) Well, because of the novelist John le Carré. Do you know him? It’s a pen name, by the way. He was working for the security services when he began writing and the Oxford English Dictionary notes that espionage picked up the word ‘mole’ from le Carré’s works. Le Carré said that the word may originally have been a KGB term for what the Americans would have called a ‘sleeper’ agent. He is also credited with creating the phrase ‘honey trap’.
All right, Pals, that’s it from me today, here’s a picture of a lovely little brain. I mean walnut.