It's Founders Month at The Thicket. Each week, a former or current Site Q has the honor of the Q. What better way to kick things off than exploring some of this awesome site's features.
Greetings. Disclaimer. Typical Warm Up.
1. Devil's 1/4 Mile.
-Bear Crawl length of field.
-Crab Walk
-Lunge Walk
-Travelling Burpees
2. Moseyed to the picnic tables behind the school for some good, old fashioned Elevens with Derkins and Dips.
3. Mosey around to the bus parking area for Bear Crawl Serpentine around all of the buses.
Mary
-Gas Pumps
-Tempo LBCs
-Slow, straight-legged Freddie Mercury
COT
As I was grappling with having to go to work today, I turned to the Q Source for inspiration and comfort. Per the Q Source, work (or Mammon) is a Relationship, not a Pursuit. Moreover, of all the various Relationships that we as Men nurture and manage (i.e., Ms, 2.0s, etc.), our relationship with our work is arguably the least important:
"Few would argue with the logic of placing work behind family and Community. Even Goo Nation has its Oprah Bombs about the proper placement of work, like no man on his deathbed wishes he spent his life working more and there are no trailer hitches on a hearse. And yet, the temptation to elevate Mammon to the forefront of the relationship target is ever present. If unchecked, it becomes workaholism in full bloom. Once there, like every -holism, it will swallow everything else in a man’s life. It will consume him.
Because it is easy, affirming and controllable, the temptation to elevate the importance of Mammon is compelling. The HIM recognizes this temptation for the Jester it is and resists it. Through Preparedness he keeps Mammon in its proper place at the outer ring of his Concentrica.
The HIM may love his work, but he does not live to work. Instead, he works to enrich the lives of those he loves and with whom he lives."
Moleskin
-Nighthawk won the Beard Competition at Pittsboro's little festival thingy Sunday afternoon. I fully expect him to not shut up about it for at least two weeks.