Points

Tonight I have two slightly conflicting dress and appearance comments.  A 1st Lt saluted me and then told me my rank on my at was crooked, about a "million miles" to the side.  He must be an academy grad with a B.S. in business administration.  Twenty minutes later I was approaching the gate to my building and a colonel was coming towards me.  "No Salute area" sign be damned, I saluted and he greeted me with a very sincere, "Nice 'Stache."  No hint of sarcasm detected, although my sarcasm detector could be inhibited by the humidity.  Based on rank, I'm going to call it a net win for the day.

While waiting for the cleaning crew to let us back into the laundry building tonight, I walked over to the coffee shop to get another bag of beans ground.  As soon as I walked into the shop, the guys there were like "How many bags tonight?"  I only had one bag to grind and turned to watch the Bollywood show on the TV.  Someone behind me said, "Are you going to do that [crazy Indian dance moves]?"  I turned around and there was a smiling female, apparently not scared off by my Tom Selleck impersonator.  She and her male companion (didn't see rings, so I'm guessing it's a deployment relationship) wanted to me take a picture of them, so I completed my good turn daily and scored one more mustached point.

If you are male and considering wearing crocs, just ask yourself the following question first: Did John Wayne, Clint Eastwood, Steve McQueen, Tom Selleck, Errol Flynn, Clark Gable or Steve Prefontaine wear crocs?  The answer is no if you didn't realize it.  Same goes for mustaches, but the inverse is true.  Tan or sage green crocs don't make them better.  If you are under the age of 16, you get a pass.

Update: Yes I realize that the above named individuals probably wouldn't wear Vibram Fivefingers.  For that matter they probably wouldn't blog, make their own pickles or read books on improving their marriages.  I'll pick and choose stereotypes as I need them.

Warmup: 4 82lb weighted dips (I put 3 25lb plates in my backpack, which put a strain on the Oakley)
Workout: Deadlifts: 5-300, 5-315, 5-335, 3-365 and 3-385
Cooldown: 4 135lb squat cleans

My grip is failing on the 3rd rep, but this is a 25lb gain in two weeks.  If this keeps up, I should be looking at a max deadlift around 460 by the end of September.

Trying to keep the carbs down yet again...

If this would have had some roe and veal, I would have had a balanced meal.

My first time at the Fox Sports bar here and my first glass plastic cup of wine in almost two months.

This is my drinking shirt.

Also, the 'stache wins at cutthroat.

The table has multiple stains on it, has duct tape over one pocket and smells like pickles.

Final note: for those of you not familiar, we are only allowed three drinks a day.  Each drink you buy, they put a big blue chalk mark on your forehead.  If you look like you should be playing drums in a show with two other bald guys in Vegas, you don't get any more drinks.  I only had two servings of Merlot tonight.