Day: June 11, 2020

First my workout: glute pain was a minimum but I did a longer warm up and I only jogged an untimed 2 miles
Then weights:
rotator cuff
pull ups: 4 sets of 10, 4 of 5 (last 2 sets were chin ups)
bench: 10 x 132, 10 x 154, 10 x 154
rows: 3 sets of 8 x 134 trap bar
seated shoulder: 3 sets of 10 x 44 dumbbells
trap dead lifts: 2 sets of 10 x 184
plank for 2:30

It was ok; I am feeling a bit sluggish. I need more “write that paper” motivation as well.

NASCAR’s announcement about the “confederate flag” (yes, the union jack and battle flag..not the honest to goodness CSA flag)

I welcome it. Yes, some might associate that flag with “southern heritage” and for some, it might still be that. But it was co-opted as a “resistance to integration” flag by so many (think the 1948 Dixiecrat candidate) and so I feel it is poisoned in this country…not that its original use was that good.

And yes, it was the flag of my high school (my second one anyway), flown at football games..and our band played “Dixie” (our school was 55 percent Mexican-American!) and I was so into the “school spirit” thing that I had crossed flags on my bedroom wall..in between was my 1974 Yokota High School football team picture.

There is our yearbook. It still gives me a “yuck” reaction.

The point: what was once mainstream is now better recognized for what it really is, and “good riddance.” I really didn’t think I’d live to see the day when NASCAR did that…