Promo: Of Warministas and Bodybuilding

Now there's something you don't see every day on The J-CAM: Muscle & Fitness Magazine. (You can probably tell, but I'm not much of a body builder). But there's a reason for it this time. Our very own Joe Bastardi has a 8-page spread in the January 2007 issue. It's quite a read.

Some of the events in Joe's life that they quote:

- Gave weather while dressed as a turkey on Weather World (which they incorrectly called Weather Watch)
- Performed as the singer of The Hooligans in various dive bars (once in a bear costume)
- Served as a judge at a chili cook-off in Tucumari, New Mexico (there's a joke in there somewhere)
- Been appointed town weatherman of Lewisville, NC (and probably other towns he doesn't know about)
- Been named honorary police chief of Shreveport, LA (I'd love to know the story behind that one)
- Trained a two-time Olympic Wrestler (Kerry McCoy - 2000, 2004)
- Trains every day at Body Works gym here in State College (and also in his home "dungeon")
- Started lifting in college to improve his quickness as a wrestler (he still wrestles today)
- His father was a meteorologist (and Joe started at age 5)

(WXKF)*

And that's just in the first few paragraphs. The colorful article also draws a comparison between the most devastating hurricanes, which grow in size and intensity before they hit land, and Joe, who insists on doubling his water consumption and gaining strength before a show. And they gracefully call Joe's approach to Global Warming "un-Gorelike" and speak of his term "warministas" which Joe reserves for "folks such as Gore who fear Global Warming" to quote the article.

(AP File Photo/Pat Little)

Unfortunately the article is not available online, so you'll have to pick up a copy at your local newsstand.

*Bastardi poster used with permission from KFTX.com, "Real Country" 97.5 FM, Corpus Christi Texas.