Belated congratulations go out to Big Gene Rychlak who is the first man ever to bench press over 1,000 lbs. The actual bench was 1,005 lbs at the IPA Nationals, Shomokin Dam, PA on November 21, 2004. Way to go Big Gene!
For the end of the world was long ago- And all we who dwell today As children of some second birth, Like strange people left on earth After a judgement day. (G. K. Chesterton, The Ballad of the White Horse)