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Well, in many ways, brutalism never left, sir. It's always offered the same high-quality buildings at aesthetically pleasing designs.

The Staten Island Ferry is free and gives a fairly good view of both the Statue of Liberty and the south side of Manhattan, if that sounds appealing at all. Many people do this just for the sights, so you can basically follow the waves of humanity as they depart and go right back on the next ferry.

The High Line is a very cool urban park built on top of an old elevated railway and is free to enter and exit at your leisure. The north end of it is right by Vessel, which is a cool bit of architecture.

The first floor of the Whitney Museum is free as well. And The Bronx Zoo is free on Wednesdays.

Maybe it's just because I have a child that will not stop using "bro", but I agree. I don't recall using "dude" in nearly this level of frequency, even as a huge fan of mutant turtles of the teenage variety.

A nation full of people that skip leg day smh

Man, I was just replaying this album this morning and here it is on hexbear. Something is putting us on the PUP wavelength.

For vertical versus horizontal, you got it exactly. It's which way your body is oriented to the direction of the movement. So a pull-up is a vertical pull, you're perpendicular to the ground when you do it. An inverted row is a horizontal pull, since you are (mostly) with your body parallel to the ground. This just works different aspect of the pull/push. For example, your triceps have three heads in them. Different push exercises will hit different heads.

I personally have been using Rogue bands for a while and would stand by them for the most part. Their bands are included in their free shipping program, three ships free. So, save up for three levels of resistance and go for them to save a little cash. The tube bands might be better for your purposes, but go with whatever feels right for what you want to get done. Their "echo" branding is like their budget level stuff, which I've gone with on a variety of things and never felt like it was low quality.

Generally speaking, a good program minimum kind of thing is one push, one pull, one legs.

So, something like the push-ups, the inverted rows and some bodyweight squats is a balanced day. Maybe dips, pull-ups and nordic leg curls another day for variety. You want to try and do a vertical pull and push versus horizontal push and pull if you can to really round things out. And then something more quad focused and something more hamstring focused.

I know you're looking purely for bodyweight stuff, so a recommendation for you if you can swing it is to invest in some suspension training straps. TRX is the big name brand on this, but you can find other people making them these days. Really really let you do a wide variety of movements and you can easily change the difficulty by doing stuff closer or further from the anchor point. Can help you work up to pull-ups and dips if those are too difficult for you to start. If you don't want these, or can't install them safely anywhere, some resistance bands can be good. Make sure you spend decent money on bands, you can get some cheap-o ones, but I guarantee you they will snap and break. You do not want that, especially if you're working out around kids.

As a FYI type thing, here's my program minimum. It's what I do on days I need a break from lifting but won't be walking or biking anywhere that day. Even though I have a home gym, I try to keep them to just bands and bodyweight stuff. Though I do have an ab roller in this as well, which is not a bad addition to any routine.

• 50 band pull aparts
• 50 dips
• 50 pulll-ups
• 25 ab roller from knees
• 50 inverted rows
• 50 push-ups
• 25 internal rotations w/band (per arm)
• 25 external rotations w/band (per arm)
• 25 ab roller from knees

Oh, man. I hadn't thought about these guys for a minute. And now you tell me they have new stuff? Amazing.

I really dug A Skeleton Key in the Doors of Depression, but it's been four years since that came out. So glad they're still around.

Depends on the context, but I find it best when someone says like "oh, I'm too tall to fit into that shirt" to say something like "You're not too tall, the shirt isn't tall enough". Redirect it to a conversation about the context rather than their body while at the same time, letting them know it's them that's fine, it's the clothing or whatever that has the problem.

Did not expect to learn today that they fixed Brussels sprouts, but this timeline definitely adds up to about when I started enjoy them. Now I need to find an original!

Brussel sprouts is a big one for me. Grew up on a farm, so when they were in season, we had 'em and I hated 'em. Now, I'll take them pretty much every time. Roasted, fried, whatever. They rule.

I remember not liking sushi as a kid either, but then again, when I was a kid I lived in the midwest. When I had sushi on the coast, my opinion did a complete 180.

"You can only trust yourself and the first six Black Sabbath albums." - Henry Rollins