"Straining under Strongman-level poundage, huge bodies don't just shake — they vibrate. Competitors' eyes distend; their faces turn deep, vascular hues; delicate veins and capillaries blow out and burst. Sometimes blood rushes to the head so quickly it will just start pouring out someone’s nose. 'Don't worry,' MC Mark Henry assures us as a clean-up … Continue reading Making America Swole Again

"...anyone who’s gone out of sane consciousness knows that a door once opened is never satisfactorily shut." —Difrancesco, Alex. "How to Disappear." Longreads.com. April 2017.