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What I Did on My Weekend Vacation
Results of this weekend's tournaments are here if you're interested.
Saturday Epee Stuff ( Read more... ) -
Lessons Learned on the Strip: The Joy of Zen
Two weekends ago, I placed second in epee and dead last in foil (out of ten competitors) at a "lower-level" tournament. I got a silver medal for epee and a tweaked ankle for foil. Not a bad trade-off for a weekend. And I got a chance to hang out with a lot of other fencers while just enjoying the sport ( Read more... ) -
On Fencing.
News, the first: Finished dead last (out of 10) in foil today. I think. Results not posted yet. Not surprising considering it's my secondary weapon and there hasn't been foil class in about a month and a half ( Read more... ) -
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Nearly ten years ago, people from across the globe shared our loss. They mourned along with us. They cried for the lives that our people lost. And they supported us in our efforts to bring those who waged war on our country and our way of life. In the days following the attacks, we had a chance to embrace the world and become part of it. In the ( Read more... ) -
On Libya
For the record (and keeping in mind that I haven't watched any News programs since Friday and I'm hopped up on cold medicine so I'm possibly off the mark here): I'm not in favor of the way that the Libya situation is unfolding.
I might have supported targeting airborne fighters to enforce a no-fly zone but I don't agree that the destruction of the ( Read more... ) -
You Might be a Teabagger If...
Not my words here, folks, but I found myself laughing hysterically when I read this so I'm sharing it with y'all. The original can be found here. Thanks to Dave for finding this.1) You’re offended at any suggestion that the Tea Party is racist, even though nobody objects when people show up at your rallies with blatantly racist signs and slogans ( Read more... ) -
RANT: 28 Days Later
"28 days before Netflix and Redbox!"
That's one of Sclockbuster's primary ad campaigns at the moment and one that I have tremendous issues with. It stinks of "Let's cut a deal with motion picture studios to give the movies to us first and make anyone who wants to watch them go through us to get their flix fix!" In a culture of "being cool for ( Read more... ) -
RANT: "Manner Lessons From the Barrel of a Gun"
"They say that 'Guns don't kill people, people kill people.' Well I think the gun helps. If you just stood there and yelled BANG, I don't think you'd kill too many people."
- Eddie Izzard
Even though I'm sure others will chime in to provide a totally different viewpoint, I'm going to put up my opinion yet again. Mostly because of a staggering ( Read more... ) -
RANT: "Can I plead stoopidity, Judge?"
So a woman falls into a fountain in the middle of a Pennsylvania mall. Apparently she was texting a message to a friend with her and her husband's birthdates when she walked into the foot high barrier around the fountain, tripped over it and fell in the water. Hey, we've all done (and will do) stupid things so I originally felt kind of bad for the ( Read more... )
