So, i forgot my secureid token at work today. this has a couple repercussions. 1) i can’t get any work done tonight. 2) my token is on my keychain which means i forgot my keys at work as well. a nice little first day of the week we have going here.

basking in my idiocy, i turned on the tube today and caught a couple of episodes of american chopper. fantastic. i love that show. is it just me, or does it get better every year?

anyway, two hours of american chopper and i start channel surfing and come across the United States Arm Wrestling Championship and i’m instantly entranced. i’m getting flashbacks to Over The Top, the best (only) arm wrestling movie ever made. i want to see the interviews. i want to hear someone say “I turn my hat around and I become a machine.” i want to hear “Tell you the truth, the truck is, uh, you know, the most important thing for me. I… I don’t really… it doesn’t matter if I, uh, become the champion or anything. That’s, that’s not the most important… I… I need this truck.” needless to say, i’m disappointed with the interviews. no noteworthy sounds bites to speak of.

there are a couple interesting things though.

the stats: the matchups come up and the screen graphics show the head to head in which there are three stats: age, height and weight. i find height to be an interesting choice. i guess you might be able to get a little more leverage, but . . . is it really that important?

the gear: these guys are armed with chalk bags. also, when there are too many fouls, they bring out this strap and tie the two people together by the hand.

the categories: weight class, righty, lefty, men and women. holy cow.

so, yeah, arm wrestling. rockin. almost better than stomping bugs on a monday night.

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