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SoC: Space, Stuff, Psionics, and Angels
Space is a big place. The wings, the wild, the vacuum, the nothing, the rant ( Read more... ) -
A collection of blessings
These may seem familiar; I have taken poetic license with some to suit me. I'm polytheistic in an eclectic-agnostic sort of way.
Most of these are Celtic.
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Zany Ideas
My brain has this unusual way of entertaining itself. I don't want to forget these.
* Recording a video of E. performing Aikido moves from behind a colored sheet (as a shadow). Edit in scenes of E.'s shadow yawning, stretching, and drinking tea to make it all look easy, Globetrotter style.
* Using voice changing effects in Halloween tracks (I know ( Read more... ) -
Stellafane Convention?
Have you ever been there? (You = whoever is reading this.) It's an amateur astronomers' convention.
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Tastes like Monty Python's chicken
I get a call from my kid (he's in the 7-10 age range) today. It went a little something like this...
"Dad, don't freak out, and don't call poison control."
"Ohhkayyy. Why, what's up?"
"I ate a rattlesnake."
"The whole thing?"
"No, just a piece of it."
"Did you eat the venom sacs?"
"No."
"Was it cooked?"
"Yes."
(Phew.) "What did it taste like?"
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Why did I choose Aikido?
My discovery process went like this...
Desire for social expansion > MeetUp.com > Guard Up! Family Swordsmanship... in Burlington, MA > Yahoo! Yellow Pages search for martial arts closer by > Tae kwon do schools (largely Korean, very popular in Lowell) > an American Gyo-Ryu school in Lowell > Wikipedia research + Interest in Japan + Interest in ( Read more... ) -
My first Aikido lesson at Aikido Jinsei Dojo
Edit 2009-06-30: I trained in a pair of sweat pants, not jeans.
Oh neg I she moss? (Onegai shimasu? The u at the end is nearly silent.)
I arrive at the dojo about seven minutes late. I sheepishly open the door, hoping that class is not yet in session. It is not. I had already changed to my training clothes before arriving, a pair of jeans sweat ( Read more... ) -
Off to my first Aikido lesson.
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A hole in one!
This one didn't put up much of a fight until it was over land. It broke the line while kotarusromanus was trying to remove the hook! It then flopped around and landed itself in a small hole in the ground. I didn't know what to do... kotarusromanus immediately knew that we had gardening gloves buried in our gear. He expertly used them to recover his catch.
We eventually ( Read more... )
