No disrespect intended but can I give you some advice/suggestion

[Trembling Eagle]

I was at the gym last night when a show called The Man Whose Body Exploded came on t.v.  It was about a bodybuilder, Gregg Valentino, who lifted weights and juiced and bugged people to lift weights until his muscles exploded and now his body looks like a panty hose full of oranges.  It's a cautionary tale I think and it reminded me of this thread.

I guess to the uninitiated it may by hard to tell this look from some who actually trains and even say takes actual anabolics...I think it's pretty clear.

Right. Clearly the difference is that instead of looking like a horrifying freak from having weird huge baseball-sized lumps under your skin, you look like a horrifying freak from having your veins stick out one full inch from your skin.

clearly.

lol i saw that argument coming a mile away

[RayL]

As a creative guy and avowed gym rat, I'd like to weigh in here.  I think it's unfair to dismiss out-of-hand performance enhancing drugs for artists.  The inclusion of testosterone in a carefully designed hormone regimen can improve musicianship and overall well-being.

Renowned sports pharmacologist and awesome guitar player Reggie Parsons claims that adding test to his drugs regimen improved his guitar playing by four notes-per-second.  Test has the additional benefit of packing on beef for drumming, and may even enhance areas of the brain associated with spatial cognition, improving time-keeping capacity.

In the other direction, adding estrogen to one's routine can improve upper-register vocals.  Sven Jansen of Chain Mailmen reputedly used estrogen to hit those amazing high notes well into his 40s.

Personally, I'd never go near the stuff.  I don't work out either - it needlessly stresses the body and ruins the joints.

Anyway, that's my two cents.

Duck

[Steve of Bloomington]

Wow, that's 3 notes per second faster than I can play.

In my own realm apparently Erdos was something of a speed freak, he got a lot done anyway...

As a creative guy and avowed gym rat, I'd like to weigh in here.  I think it's unfair to dismiss out-of-hand performance enhancing drugs for artists.  The inclusion of testosterone in a carefully designed hormone regimen can improve musicianship and overall well-being.

Renowned sports pharmacologist and awesome guitar player Reggie Parsons claims that adding test to his drugs regimen improved his guitar playing by four notes-per-second.  Test has the additional benefit of packing on beef for drumming, and may even enhance areas of the brain associated with spatial cognition, improving time-keeping capacity.

In the other direction, adding estrogen to one's routine can improve upper-register vocals.  Sven Jansen of Chain Mailmen reputedly used estrogen to hit those amazing high notes well into his 40s.

Personally, I'd never go near the stuff.  I don't work out either - it needlessly stresses the body and ruins the joints.

Anyway, that's my two cents.

Duck

[RayL]

You must be one of those machines turns coffee into theorems, right? Actually, that was Paul Turan's quote - Erdos's assistant, if I'm not mistaken. Sounds like Erdos was turning more than just coffee into theorems.  Imagine what he could've done with some testosterone!

Wow, that's 3 notes per second faster than I can play.

In my own realm apparently Erdos was something of a speed freak, he got a lot done anyway...

As a creative guy and avowed gym rat, I'd like to weigh in here.  I think it's unfair to dismiss out-of-hand performance enhancing drugs for artists.  The inclusion of testosterone in a carefully designed hormone regimen can improve musicianship and overall well-being.

Renowned sports pharmacologist and awesome guitar player Reggie Parsons claims that adding test to his drugs regimen improved his guitar playing by four notes-per-second.  Test has the additional benefit of packing on beef for drumming, and may even enhance areas of the brain associated with spatial cognition, improving time-keeping capacity.

In the other direction, adding estrogen to one's routine can improve upper-register vocals.  Sven Jansen of Chain Mailmen reputedly used estrogen to hit those amazing high notes well into his 40s.

Personally, I'd never go near the stuff.  I don't work out either - it needlessly stresses the body and ruins the joints.

Anyway, that's my two cents.

Duck

[Steve of Bloomington]

Originally, yeah, but now the coffee is getting converted to code mostly.

Eventually performance drug testing might happen in the hard sciences, but for now academia seems content to let people sacrifice their bodies for science.

You must be one of those machines turns coffee into theorems, right? Actually, that was Paul Turan's quote - Erdos's assistant, if I'm not mistaken. Sounds like Erdos was turning more than just coffee into theorems.  Imagine what he could've done with some testosterone!

Wow, that's 3 notes per second faster than I can play.

In my own realm apparently Erdos was something of a speed freak, he got a lot done anyway...

As a creative guy and avowed gym rat, I'd like to weigh in here.  I think it's unfair to dismiss out-of-hand performance enhancing drugs for artists.  The inclusion of testosterone in a carefully designed hormone regimen can improve musicianship and overall well-being.

Renowned sports pharmacologist and awesome guitar player Reggie Parsons claims that adding test to his drugs regimen improved his guitar playing by four notes-per-second.  Test has the additional benefit of packing on beef for drumming, and may even enhance areas of the brain associated with spatial cognition, improving time-keeping capacity.

In the other direction, adding estrogen to one's routine can improve upper-register vocals.  Sven Jansen of Chain Mailmen reputedly used estrogen to hit those amazing high notes well into his 40s.

Personally, I'd never go near the stuff.  I don't work out either - it needlessly stresses the body and ruins the joints.

Anyway, that's my two cents.

Duck

[Tom Scharpling]

I will reiterate my on-air claims here.

I could beat Trembling Eagle in a fist fight, no matter how tough he talks.

I could beat him in a footrace.

I could beat him at ANYTHING he chooses.

If I had four days to prepare I could bench more than him.

And until I receive a photo of this young man who puts every aspect of my existence me under the microscope, he is BANNED from calling in.

Tom. 

[daveB from Oakland]

And until I receive a photo of this young man who puts every aspect of my existence me under the microscope, he is BANNED from calling in.

Tom. 

See http://www.friendsoftom.com/forum/index.php/topic,51.msg86939.html#msg86939

Not sure if the photo is real or not ... you'd have to ask TE. Also, he says he "looks nothing like that anymore".

I also wonder if Eagle could give us any vague idea of what region of the world he's calling in from ... so much mystery!

I was curious to hear what TE had to say (if anything) to Zach G. Oh well. Maybe next time. Or six months from now. Or whatever.

[Chris L]

I picture him as a cross between Tom Noonan and John Cena.

[jbissell]

I also wonder if Eagle could give us any vague idea of what region of the world he's calling in from ... so much mystery!

I thought he mentioned Seattle at some point on the board.

[Trembling Eagle]

jeezus
u guys believe everything you see posted on the internet?






Since Tom is so determined to get a jpeg
here u go guys


*******
*edit*
I changed my mind

[Sarah]

jayzus
u guys believe everything you see posted on the internet?

[theyellowchair]

I'm so glad T.E. acquiesced and is no longer banned.

For real! T.E. FANS STAND UP!

[Chris L]

*******
*edit*
I changed my mind

I saw it, and I was right.

[Trembling Eagle]

*******
*edit*
I changed my mind

I saw it, and I was right.

Did you guess there was something "urban" about me?

I didn't want that to get out now I'll feel even more ostracized from the FOTs.

[John Junk 2.0]

*******
*edit*
I changed my mind

I saw it, and I was right.

Transgender?