“I guess it comes down to a simple choice, get busy living or get busy dying”- Andy Dufrene “Owens, you have to stop opening essays with Shawshank Redemption quotes”- YHC’s Junior English teacher Birthdays make YHC emotional. This is a known fact. A day for self-deprecating humor about YHCs body …
As the PAX slowly trickled in at the Peltch on the morning of Holy Saturday, we tried to guess whose car was pulling in as soon as we could see the headlights down the road. But one car mystified us, even as it pulled to a stop in the parking …
4 PAX gathered in the gloom of an ominous Holy Thursday morning. Lightning flashed and rain threatened throughout, but off in the distance, there were breaks in the clouds that promised a hopeful future. But, until then, there was much to endure: Warmup: SSH, AC, Cherry Pickers, Chinooks (gonna be …
YHC had an interesting idea that could either be a memorable challenge, chock full of valuable life lessons, or it would be a total cluster, and nothing in between. So, with a record 6 PAX gathered at The Stage in the gloom of a gorgeous morning, we commenced. Warmup: SSH, …
“Once I was sad for a PAX who must jog, until I met a PAX who had no log ” – Ancient Chinese Proverb YHC found inspiration deep in the hardwood bottoms of north La this weekend after a trip to visit parents. A recent storm dropped a fine red …
As three PAX rolled in right on time on a windy morning, mumblechatter was subdued by both the news of a major change in the life of one PAX (answered prayers!) and the major pain that YHC knew awaited them. Warmup: usuals plus some Moroccan Night Clubs to warm some …
Everything had come together. It was time. Late night event meant YHC didn’t have much time to plan for the next morning’s beatdown, and the newer guys were dropping like flies with excuses as to why they weren’t gonna make it. So, knowing that there would just be three to …
One by one, reports of Monday morning pax absences flooded the group line late Sunday night. Superflu, airport delays, late Mass, Enron early morning crypto trades? All seemed legitimate but each took a bite out of my already dwindling morale. YHC prepared for his darkest hour, a solo castaway beatdown …
Kilo warned us it might happen. “Bring a towel,” he said. “It might be wet out there,” he said. But, little did he or the rest of the PAX know the level of carnage that YHC had in store for this cold, windy, soggy morning. Of course, Cardinal may have …
Strong showing in the gloom of the stage on a cool bayou morning with 4 PAX for our first 5:30a beatdown. Goose supplied the coups, Kilo made seven traffic violations on his way in and Perc rounded out the group and told the Monday meetings they can wait. This beatdown …
