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Today in news you didn't care about...

So, my "hair transformation" (a lovely term that someone I follow on Fitocracy brought up) from short hair and chin stubble to long hair and longish beard also effected a hair care transformation.

Before: Shampoo hair every day; no particular beard care.

After: Rinse hair with water every day, shampoo and conditioner once a week; shampoo beard every...
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This morning I finally did my first three-plate (a.k.a. 140kg) deadlift. Made it a double, because most good things are better as doubles.

I think I'm also starting to get the hang of barbell good mornings.

So, I had this dream last night that was definitely not safe for work (most people's work, anyway), which makes me think it is probably just as well that I so infrequently fall asleep at my desk. I am pretty rubbish at remembering dreams, but this is more or less how it went down (no pun intended):

There was this very charming person I was...
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Today I found a video on YouTube where three young ladies had a little competition on who could do the most reps deadlifting 315lbs. The one who came in third could "only" do 11 reps, the winner more than twice that. If everything goes well, I hope I'll soon be able to do one or two.

When Cersei and Daenerys finally meet on-screen, Linda Hamilton will appear out of thin air and shout: "Come with me if you want to live."