Today I went to the Isaak Walton League indoor range and shot my bow. Been practicing quite a bit, actually. I am a novice, but I am told I do quite well for a beginner.

Here is my bow:

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(raises a glass)

"To finding the strength to change that which I can.. the serenity to accept the things I cannot. And the wisdom to know the difference. Cheers."

So school is a place of books, youth, learning and preperation.. my old stomping grounds call to me. I believe I will be back in school within the year, unless something particularly ( Read more... )

Life..

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The gym is a good place.  There I can release the energies that thrive within me - expel bad feelings and slowly become stronger.  From crunches to leg ups to pull downs to bench press to tricepts and bicepts and curls and cycling.  The steam room and the sauna are quite amazing.  The steam room is treated with menthalated medicines.  It opens the ( Read more... )

To continue in the vein of my last post, I continue to learn and teach myself the ways in which I can become more proactive:

( The have's and the be's )

I have been doing a significant amount of research and studying about human nature and the cognitive ways in which we navigate the terrain of our daily and long term lives.  In that time I have come to an understanding of the ways in which I have been reactionary or proactive in the ways I deal with circumstances encountered.  I will quote some of ( Read more... )

Years ago, and I do mean YEARS ago - I was the co-sysop of a bulletin board system one could dial up to from home with their (gasp) 14.4bps modem. This BBS was the absolute craze, and I met a great number of people in those days chatting the hours away, or posting messages and topics of conversation on the msg bases. There was a particular base ( Read more... )

Archery is a wonderful thing. Drawing back thebow string, arrow nocked and setting the sights on a target 20 yards away is a process of determination and concentration. I enjoy the symbolic nature of the entire action. It is empowering in the sense that when the string is released, so too is the energy within me. The arrow strikes home with a ( Read more... )