Get to the choppah

  Arnold.  

  So we are driving in the, now ridiculous snowfall to Greenville hoping to see Carolina Baseball. Amanda admonished me for not posting yesterday. I just didn't have anything. But, today the games will be contested for the first time at the Arnold Sports Festival. I have people that are near to my heart braving the Ohio cold today in the name of the ancient sport and strength. Eric, Adriane, Joe, and all the Sorinex guys at the Mighty Mitts, stay warm and good luck. 

  Arnold. 

  Think of him for a second. Now think about a scrawny, threshold of poor, son of an Austrian policeman. After serving in the army he becomes successful enough as a bodybuilder to move to America to pursue his dreams and becomes the icon of the sport.  Not just a movie star, top grossing star in the world at one time. Some real estate tycoonery, a Kennedy, and a president's council on fitness later...  

  I don't know any other guy out there with his own tribute metal band (Austrian Death Machine), or as many various homage/parodies out in the world. Not to mention his own festival that is basically the Olympics for a bunch of non Olympic sports. Power lifters and strongmen will never get to go to London or Athens, but they damn sure look forward to and work to go to Ohio every year. Few of us really get to put our stamp on the world and Arnold is like a graffiti tagger with his mark all over everything. 

  So praise be to Arnie Strong and to the power of strength and athletics for wich he has become the symbol. And...out of legit ideas.