Olympic lifting humor

Olympic lifts. They have funny names. There's the clean, the jerk... the clean AND jerk. And the snatch.

We do all of these at Crossfit. And while I can generally get through a clean & jerk workout without snickering like a 12 year old boy, it's a different story when it comes to snatches.

So when my coach told me today that, "You have to be patient with the snatch," you can really imagine my reaction. Luckily, my coach has a wonderful sense of humor, heard my laughter and added, "All kinds of snatches."

Eleven months later...

I finally donated blood. New Year's Resolution complete. (For what it's worth, I've used my crockpot a bunch over the past month as well.)

Also almost donated some blood on my bike ride in to work today. Damn rain. Stayed rubber-side down, but ended up nailing my paw on a MUNI (bus) stop.

Carbon footprint of booze

Awesome. Thanks, Mother Jones. Now we can feel eco-guilt for drinking, too. I didn't know that vodka is the most energy-intensive booze to manufacture, or that tons of pesticides are used on agave plants.

Some tips:

• For beer...Kegs > cans > bottles
• Organic when possible
• Reduce shipping distance
• See the line on the map shown at the bottom of the article for when to buy CA wine, when to buy Euro-wine (Notably, Chile and Australia aren't even mentioned)