Behemoth's Daily Intake

• Two cans of Dr Pepper
• Goji juice
• 591 mL Powerade
• Turkey sandwich w/ cheese
• Ham & cheese slices
• Bottle of Arizona Green Tea
• NOS energy drink
• Hot Dog
• Medium Coke
• Steak & mushrooms w/ two rolls
• Garden salad w/ thousand island dressing
• Goji juice
• 591 mL Powerade
• Drumstick ice cream cone
• Can of Coke
  

Behemoth's Training Log

• Full Squat (no belt) - 206 lbs x 10 repetitions, 284 lbs x 3 repetitions, 306 lbs x 3 repetitions

Behemoth's Daily Intake

• Two butter tarts
• Double cheeseburger
• 950 mL Gatorade
• Sun-Rype Fruit Source bar
• Goji juice
• 591 mL Powerade
• Can of Diet Coke
• Sour Cherry Blasters
• Ham & cheese submarine
• Turkey & cheese submarine
• Can of 7UP
• Steak & mushrooms w/roll
• Can of Coke
• Sun-Rype Fruit Source bar
• Piece of ice cream cake
  
• Two chocolate chip muffins
• Large glass of chocolate milk
  

Behemoth's Training Log

• Speed Deadlift - 145 lbs x 10 repetitions
• Standing Press - 206 lbs x 4 repetitions

Behemoth's Daily Intake

• 591 mL Aquafina Plus
• Two cups of coffee
• Saskatoon Berry Beaver Buzz
• Two bacon & egg breakfast sandwiches
• Can of 7UP
• Two chocolate cupcakes
• Goji juice
• 591 mL Powerade
• Large mixed berry smoothie
• Three cheeseburgers
• King Size Almond Snickers
• Two cans of Coke
  

Behemoth's Daily Intake

• Can of Coke
• Cup of coffee
• Two glasses of grape juice
  
• Bacon & eggs & toast
• Glass of orange juice
• Can of 7UP
• 591 mL Powerade
• Chili
• Double cheeseburger
• Large Coke
• Goji berries
• Goji juice
• 591 mL Powerade
• Glass of chocolate milk
  

Behemoth's Daily Intake

• Two cups of coffee
• Can of Coke
• Two pieces of pizza
• Glass of water
• Bacon & eggs & toast
• 591 mL Powerade
• Two chocolate cupcakes
• Cup of coffee
• Can of Red Bull
• Caesar salad
• 1/2 of a chicken club submarine
• Can of Coke
• Cup of coffee
  

Behemoth's Daily Intake

• 591 mL Powerade
• Protein shake
• 1/2 of a banana
• Two cups of coffee
  
• Caesar salad
• 1/2 of a chicken club submarine
• Can of Coke
  

Behemoth's Training Log

• Speed deadlift - 123 lbs x 10 repetitions, 123 lbs x 10 repetitions, 145 lbs x 10 repetitions
  

Behemoth's Daily Intake

• Large glass of chocolate milk
• Cup of coffee
• Can of Coke
• Cup of coffee
• Two McChicken sandwiches
• Large Coke
• Two ham & cheese sandwiches
• 710 mL Powerade
• Can of 7UP
  

Behemoth's Daily Intake

• Chicken salad sandwich
• 591 mL Powerade
• Can of 7UP
• Saskatoon Berry Beaver Buzz
• Double Whopper w/cheese
• Medium Coke & fries
• 591 mL Aquafina Plus
• Two pieces of chocolate fudge cake
  

Behemoth's Daily Intake

• Can of Coke
• McVitie's Digestives
• Glass of water
  
• Can of Diet Coke
• Bacon & eggs & toast
• Glass of orange juice
• Can of 7UP
• Piece of chocolate fudge cake
  
• Large glass of chocolate milk
  
• Cup of coffee
  
• Two glasses of water
• Can of Coke
• Turkey & cheddar sandwich
• Rold Gold pretzels
• Can of 7UP
• Two Mars bars
• 950 mL Gatorade
  

Behemoth's Daily Intake

• Can of Coke
• McVitie's Digestives
• Can of Diet Coke
• Donut
• Rold Gold pretzels
• Two double Croissan'wiches
• Glass of orange juice
• 591 mL Gatorade
• 591 mL Aquafina Plus
• Spaghetti & meatballs
• Can of 7UP
• Piece of chocolate cake
• Cup of coffee
  

Behemoth's Daily Intake

• Two cans of Coke
• McVitie's Digestives
• Glass of water
• Cup of coffee
• Bacon & eggs
• Large glass of orange juice
• Two Mars bars
• Large glass of chocolate milk
• Donut
• Two loose meat sandwiches
• Can of Dr. Pepper
• Bowl of strawberries & whipped cream
• Glass of orange juice
• 591 mL Powerade
• Cup of coffee
  

Behemoth's Training Log

• Speed Deadlift - 112 lbs x 10 repetitions, 123 lbs x 10 repetitions
• EZ Bar Curl - 112 lbs x 5 repetitions
• Standing Press - 206 lbs x 3 repetitions, 206 lbs x 4 repetitions

Behemoth's Daily Intake

• McVitie's Digestives
• Can of Coke
• Can of Diet Coke
• Bacon & Egg Bagel
• Two Bacon & Egg McGriddles
• Large Orange Juice
• Large Glass of Chocolate Milk
• 591 mL Powerade
• Large Iced Cappuccino
• Half a turkey & cheese sandwich
• Piece of fried chicken
• Two pieces of bread
• Rold Gold pretzels
• Double chocolate donut
• Apple fritter
• Cup of coffee
  

Behemoth's Daily Intake

• Roast Beef Sandwich
• Saskatoon Berry Beaver Buzz
• Can of Coke
• McVitie's Digestives
• Glass of water
  
• Pork Chop Sandwich
• Piece of Carrot Cake
• 591 mL Powerade
• Cup of coffee
  

Behemoth's Training Log

• Standing Press - 201 lbs x 4 repetitions, 201 lbs x 5 repetitions
  
• EZ Bar Curl - 103 lbs x 6 repetitions
• Speed Deadlift - 112 lbs x 10 repetitions
  

Virginia Tech gunman's family speaks

Allen G. Breed and Aaron Breed writing for The Associated Press, via Yahoo! Canada News:

The family of Virginia Tech gunman Seung-Hui Cho told The Associated Press on Friday that they feel "hopeless, helpless and lost," and "never could have envisioned that he was capable of so much violence."

"He has made the world weep. We are living a nightmare," said a statement issued by Cho's sister, Sun-Kyung Cho, on the family's behalf.

It was the Chos' first public comment since the 23-year-old student killed 32 people and committed suicide Monday in the deadliest shooting rampage in modern U.S. history.

Raleigh, N.C., lawyer Wade Smith provided the statement to the AP after the Cho family reached out to him. Smith said the family would not answer any questions, and neither would he.

"Our family is so very sorry for my brother's unspeakable actions. It is a terrible tragedy for all of us," said Sun-Kyung Cho, a 2004 Princeton University graduate who works as a contractor for a State Department office that oversees American aid for Iraq.

"We pray for their families and loved ones who are experiencing so much excruciating grief. And we pray for those who were injured and for those whose lives are changed forever because of what they witnessed and experienced," she said. "Each of these people had so much love, talent and gifts to offer, and their lives were cut short by a horrible and senseless act."

Authorities are in frequent contact with Cho's family, but have not placed them in protective custody, said Assistant FBI Director Joe Persichini, who oversees the bureau's local Washington office. Authorities believe they remain in the Washington area, but are staying with friends and relatives.

Persichini said the FBI and Fairfax County Police have assured Cho's parents that they will investigate any hate crimes directed at the family if and when they ever return to their Centreville home.

The family statement was issued during a statewide day of mourning for the victims. Silence fell across the Virginia Tech campus at noon and bells tolled in churches countrywide in memory of the victims.

Guns in America: After the Massacre

From Economist.com:

Despite the shootings in Virginia, Americans don't seem to want more gun control.

It is surely an American oddity that, after the worst mass shooting in the country’s history, some are already saying that such horrors would be less likely if only guns were easier to own and carry. Americans love firearms. The second item in the constitution’s bill of rights, just after freedom of speech, religion, assembly and the press, is the right to bear arms. It is part of the national religion.

Mass killings remain rare events, whatever outsiders might think, and they also happen in other countries, including those with tight rules on gun ownership. But life in modern America is punctuated frighteningly often by such attacks. Making any sort of accurate international comparison is tricky, but some attempts have been tried. The International Action Network on Small Arms (IANSA), an activist group, counts 41 school shootings in America since 1996, which have claimed 110 lives, including those in Virginia this week. IANSA also looks at school shootings in 80 other countries. Culling from media reports, they count only 14 school gun killings outside America in the same period. Putting aside the Beslan massacre in Russia—committed by an organised terrorist group—school shootings in all those countries claimed just 59 victims.

As striking are the overall rates of violent death by handguns in America. The country is filled with 200m guns, half the world’s privately-owned total. Residents of other countries may fret that criminals, gang-members and insane individuals are increasingly likely to use guns and knives. But in comparison with America, few other developed countries have much to worry about. The gun-murder rate in America is more than 30 times that of England and Wales, for example. Canada—like America, a “frontier” country with high rates of gun ownership—sees far fewer victims shot down: the firearm murder-rate south of the Canadian border is vastly higher than the rate north of it. America may not quite lead the world in gun murders (South Africa probably holds that dubious title) but it has a dismally prominent position.

What might be done to improve matters in America? The intuitive answer, at least for Europeans and those who live in countries where guns are less easily available, is that laws must be tightened to make it harder to obtain and use such weapons. Not only might that reduce the frequency of criminal acts, goes the argument, but it may also cut the number of accidental deaths and suicides.

Virginia Tech Massacre

Sue Lindsey writing for the Canadian Press, via Yahoo! Canada News:

A gunman massacred 32 people at Virginia Tech University in the deadliest shooting rampage in modern U.S. history Monday, cutting down his victims in two attacks two hours apart before the university could grasp what was happening and warn students.

The bloodbath ended with the gunman committing suicide, bringing the death toll to 33.

Investigators gave no motive for the attack. The gunman's name was not immediately released and it was not known if he was a student.

At an evening news conference, Police Chief Wendell Flinchum refused to dismiss the possibility a co-conspirator or second shooter was involved. He said police had interviewed a "person of interest" in the dorm shooting who knew one of the victims but he declined to give details.

"I'm not saying there is someone out there and I'm not saying there is someone who is not," Flinchum said.

Ballistics tests will help explain what happened, he said.

"Today, the university was struck with a tragedy that we consider of monumental proportions," Virginia Tech president Charles Steger said.

"The university is shocked and indeed horrified."

But he was also faced with difficult questions about the university's handling of the emergency and whether it did enough to warn students and protect them after the first burst of gunfire. Some students bitterly complained they had no warning from the university until an e-mail that arrived more than two hours after the first shots rang out.

Lighted Tractor

Lighted Tractor
Originally uploaded by m_andrew.

A lot of people hang lights for the season, but this person tricked out their tractor.

My Christmas Tree, Part 2

My Christmas Tree, Part 2
Originally uploaded by m_andrew.

Here's a pic of my newly arranged Christmas tree. Maybe not the best picture in the set, but I have many more to choose from. Please note that "Married With Children" was playing in the background at the time.

My Christmas Tree, Part 1

My Christmas Tree, Part 1
Originally uploaded by m_andrew.

I think "My Christmas Tree, Part 2" is a better picture, sans Peggy Bundy.

Criminal Connection

We try and keep the criminals out, I swear!

From Castanet.net:

ATM Suspects Cuffed

by Kelly Hayes - Story: 23974
Nov. 14, 2006 / 11:30 am

It looks like Kelowna RCMP may have cracked an ATM theft spree.

Last week, half-a-dozen ATM's in Kelowna were broken into outside local restaurants or pubs.

Police managed to track down two suspects at the Dilworth Motor Lodge in Kelowna.

Both are from the Lower Mainland and police suspect they may be responsible for similar thefts in Kamloops and Vancouver areas.

Both suspects are 29. Their names have not been released.

They could have at least gotten the name of the property correct. It hasn't been the Dilworth Motor Lodge for two years.