I want this day back
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At least 3-4 hours of it, which was the time I spent deciding I needed a
new external HD, buying one in haste from the local big box, trying to
install i...
ah, the Virgo writerbrain.
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The past week, foreshortened by recovery and then my mom's birthday dinner
and the lecture, has been much about me utterly unable to focus. I didn't
know w...
Green One Off Needles
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Green One, (3rd pair of socks, first green) seemed like such an
easy-going, cooperative pair of socks at first. The cuff ribbing...the
careful decrease t...
Flying Submarine!
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I spent most of yesterday over at Aquarena Center, riding herd on the media
gathered to watch an unusual sight--the removal of the 400-plus-ton
Submarine T...
How things are going so far.
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It's been a while since I posted so here is what's been shaking lately:
Class is now three days a week, same time same place. The last class we had
was a o...
Master Ken is the Face of STD
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Master Ken is the Face of STD
twitter.com facebook.com askaninja.com Ameridote is fake, Master Ken is
about to get schooled.
From: digitalfilmmaker
Views...
Once more onto the beach, dear friends...
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A long walk down Somerset lanes and then on the almost deserted beach at
Brean Down. Huge trees thrown up onto the beach by the sea - shows how
powerful th...
Kuzushi in kosotogari
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The second technique we teach in judo is kosotogari, and we teach it as a
response to a deashi gone bad.
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You will recall in deashi we teach to push uke on...
The Beastie Boys & A Theory
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First, one of my favorite Beastie Boys tunes, and one of my all-time
favorite videos:
I wasn’t blogging last week when MCA (a/k/a Adam Yauch) passed away...
Five Years Ago and 24 Years Ago
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About 5 years ago I decided to pick up the trumpet. I had played in middle
school and in high school. I pretty much quit when I went to UC Santa Cruz.
Th...
Updated Spanish to English Dictionary for Kindle
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A German hacker named Marc Sturm has taken my original free Kindle Spanish
to English translation dictionary and improved it for current models of
Kindles....
BLACK DAWN - The last quote of the day!
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Counting down ...BLACK DAWN is coming to the US, Canada, UK, Australia and
New Zealand on May 1! Check out the preorder links on your local
independent boo...
Six Sentence Sunday
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And to celebrate my first foray into Six Sentence Sunday, here's a little
tidbit from the current WIP, *Behind the Iron Cross*:
Friedrich took a quick gulp...
Chapter 61: The Spirit of Aikido
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A strange title to a blog post I think you'll agree, but its something that
I've come to reflect on in recent weeks.
I am not sure if its my recent injury ...
ApolloCon 2012 Pre-Reg Rate Increase after May 1st
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We are nearly at the end of April, and that means we're coming up to the
next increase in the pre-reg rate for ApolloCon 2012, June 22-24, Houston,
TX.
C...
Random Quote #24
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подаръци Moral certainty is always a sign of cultural inferiority. The
more uncivilized the man, the surer he is that he knows precisely what is
right and...
Took Class Sunday and Monday
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Went to Shohdokan on Sunday morning. Pete taught. After stretching we went
straight into some line techniques to warm up. It was nice warming up that
way. ...
Unity Day
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This was an event organised by the mayor of Glastonbury, in conjunction
with the Pilgrim Reception Centre, to celebrate the number of different
faith group...
Let your mind go, and your body will follow
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This past weekend, I watched one of my all-time favorite movies, *L.A. Story
*. It seemed the fitting end to spring break this year. I haven't watched
it in...
Tracking Mymom
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*Mymom has a guilt.*
*"I don't let you play on LiveJournal enough, ConneryBeagle."* That's what
she says.
*Twitter was talking to LiveJournal so at least ...
::sends in cleaning crew::
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Okay, it's a bit dusty in here.
I'm working 12-14 hour days. I'm also working some weekends. I had 69
billable hours last week and had to make myself not w...
Trust Your Training
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(Reprinted from www.everettaikido.com) It seems that every month or so, I
get asked about whether aikido is “effective” as a martial art. I don’t
particula...
It looks like a hiatus
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Hello blogger friends!
It seems I fell off the edge of cybernetic space and have disappeared from
here for a while. I think Temporary Reality is going to ...
Club is Wound Up
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The club won't be practising at the Bridge any more. Sorry for that.
There are a number of other Aikido clubs in the region. Some of the Sho
Shin Kan stude...
A Poem
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Don’t Cry for me
Don't cry for me now I have died, for I'm still here I'm by your side,
My body's gone but my soul's is here, please don't shed another tear...
Living in the Long Rhythms
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The encouraging thing about the yin yang symbol is that at the center of the strongest portion of one aspect you have the tiny seed potential of the other. T...
In memoriam
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Today was the Seiichi Sugano Sensei Memorial Seminar at the New York
Aikikai with Yoshimitsu Yamada Sensei, Donovan Waite Sensei, and Jikou
Sugano Sensei...
This is WAY overdue
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So the experiment failed...mostly due to lack of planning on how to
actually load the videos on my part. For that, I apologize. I moved my mats
over to min...
Writer's Block: Prone to puns
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How would you describe your sense of humor in six words or less?
View 1939 Answers
Monty Python meets The Carol Burnett Show
Up and Running
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Thanks everyone for the advice, and the help. Timdesuyo.com and
Timothybuerger.com are both up and running! I've also got the fan page up
on Facebook, and ...
Baycon 2009 Programming
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Finally got it. See y'all there! Saturday 4:00 PM: Diversity 2.0 If half the 'Verse was settled from Asia, where were the Asians in Firefly? Is media casting...
Winter in Austin
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The world continues to turn each and every day . . .
It is full winter here in Austin, temperatures warm up most days but dive
back down near freezing at n...
Mexico
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Back from Mexico.... and I had a wonderful time. I am glad I got to take a
little time off relaxing. Now at work and home I have to play catch up from
the ...
Tango, tigers and tears...
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Howdy from our last day in South America!
We have been in Buenos Aires since this past Monday and have been enjoying
our final week in South America. On W...
Two days later and I'm still feeling it
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Kat Sensei’s teaching style is different when it is more ‘advanced’
students. It was just Sempai C, Nert and myself last night, so instead of
the traditi...
Uchi Deshi Day 8: Easter cooking
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Same deal as yesterday but Xavier stayed with Connor all day long. I felt a
little bad about that, but not enough to trade. Connor threw up all over
the pl...
"Mind like water"
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We were reminded by Sensei repeatedly at Camp that even when you're waiting
your turn in a group session, to be aware of what is going on and being
"on". W...
jobs near iwama
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Just a heads-up. There is a good possibility if one or more job openings available in Iwama or a nearby town starting as early as the beginning of January.F...
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