3.08.2015

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Friday, March 06, 2015


Thursday, March 05, 2015

3.06.2015

Aikido Thursday Night - 3/5/15

Aikido players:

Mario, Marvin, and John

Ukemi:

Not on Thursdays

The Walk:

Not on Thursdays

Releases:

Not on Thursdays

Techniques:

11, 12, and 13

I hopped in at the end as uke to try to clean up some issue on Tenkai Kote Hineri

Aftermath:

None of note

3.04.2015

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Monday, March 02, 2015


Sunday, March 01, 2015

3.02.2015

Weekend update

Friday:

Lunch at Perbacco's
Aikido, but no students, so no class
Started on sourdough

Saturday:

Blueberry pancakes
Banking
Aikido
Got a yard of Rose soil for the blueberry plot
Baguettes, sourdough
Dinner at El Centinela with K.

Sunday:

More bread stuff
Nap
Big Hero 6

Aikido Saturday Afternoon- 2/28/15

Aikido players:

Tim, Marvin, Gail, Dan, and Diego (and a potential new student, Rick)

Ukemi:

None for me, watched over everyone else

The Walk:

Twice as usual.  Did some individual work with Diego

Releases:

Circular releases.

Techniques:

Tim had me demonstrate a number of techniques for Rick with Marvin and Dan as uke.

I then worked with Gail on 11 and 8.

Dan and Marvin worked on 11 and I'm not certain what else.

Aftermath:

None of note.

Aikido Friday Night - 2/27/15

Aikido players:

Tim.  No students, so we called class.  Apparently, a few minutes after we left, Marvin showed up.

Ukemi:

A full double set for me before class was to have started.

The Walk:

Nope.

Releases:

Nope.

Techniques:

Nope.
Aftermath:

None of note.

2.28.2015

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Thursday, February 26, 2015


Wednesday, February 25, 2015

2.27.2015

Aikido Thursday Night - 2/26/15

Aikido players:

Mario, and Marvin

Ukemi:

Not on Thursdays

The Walk:

Not on Thursdays

Releases:

Not on Thursdays

Techniques:

Marvin and Mario worked on 17.  They made some good progress, getting the footwork in better shape.  They managed to throw each other at least a couple of times each.

It's still rough, but much, much better.


Aftermath:

None of note

2.24.2015

Weekend update


Friday:

Lunch at Simon's in the Park Shops
Aikido

Saturday:

Blueberry pancakes

Aikido
Did some video work on Glynn Lunney's presentation
Dinner at El Centinela with K.

Sunday:


Moved 13 of the ties.  160 lbs each, approx.
Oscars
Blueberry cobbler

Aikido Saturday Afternoon - 2/21/15

Aikido players:

Tim, Mario, Marvin, Gail, and Diego

Ukemi:

None for me, watched over everyone else

The Walk:

Twice as usual.  Diego left after more individual work

Releases:

Circular releases.

Techniques:

Circular set of 1-3.

Aftermath:

None of note.

Aikido Friday Night - 2/20/15

Aikido players:

Tim, Mario, Marvin, Kim, Dan, Gail, and John

Ukemi:

A full double set for me

The Walk:

Twice, as usual

Releases:

Watched over the various pairs: Kim and Mario, Marvin and John, Dan and Gail

Techniques:

Kim and Mario worked on 1-5 

Marvin and John worked on 1-5 

Dan and Gail worked on 1-5 

Aftermath:

None of note.

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Sunday, February 22, 2015


Saturday, February 21, 2015

2.20.2015

Aikido Thursday Night - 2/19/15

Aikido players:

Mario, Marvin, Kim, and John

Ukemi:

Not on Thursdays

The Walk:

Not on Thursdays

Releases:

I had them play with the 6th release with their eyes closed for a few minutes, just to see what they could feel.

Techniques:

Marvin and Mario worked on 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, and 16.

Kim and John worked on 11, 12, 13, 14, and 15.

Aftermath:

None of note

Volleyball, 1-2

Played Recreational Buffet.  We had 6 players, they had 5.  Managed to scrape by with a win in the first game, but proceeded to lose the last 2.

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Wednesday, February 18, 2015


Tuesday, February 17, 2015

2.18.2015

Weekend update

Long weekend.  Took off Presidents' Day to use up some vacation

Friday:

Lunch at Amdiana
Aikido

Saturday:

Scheduled delivery of railroad ties from McCoy's
Aikido
Moved 11 of the ties.  200 lbs each, approx.
Dinner at El Centinela with K.

Sunday:

Did some video work on Glynn Lunney's presentation

Monday:

Moved ApolloCon's locker from IAH to Energy corridor, taking the Beltway all the way around
Dinner at Joe's

2.16.2015

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Saturday, February 14, 2015


Friday, February 13, 2015

2.15.2015

Aikido Saturday Afternoon - 2/14/15

Aikido players:

Tim, Trey, Mario, Marvin, Dan, Gail, and Diego (a new student)

Ukemi:

1/3 of a double set for me.  Mario and Trey did some work with Diego on learning to roll.

The Walk:

Twice.

Mario and I then worked with Diego on some additional reps.

Releases:

Watched over the various pairs: Mario and Gail, Dan and Marvin

Techniques:

I'm not certain what Dan and Marvin worked on, probably Sumi otoshi and Kote Gaeshi

Mario and Gail worked on 1-10 left side

We had a discussion/demonstration of Sumi otoshi and Kote Gaeshi.  We worked on just and outside the arm off-balance and reacting to uke's reaction to determine whether the throw would be a sumi or a kote.


Aftermath:

None of note.

Aikido Friday Night - 2/13/15

Aikido players:

Tim, Trey, Mario, Marvin, Kim, Dan, Gail, and John

Ukemi:

1/3 of a double set for me

The Walk:

Twice.

Releases:

Watched over the various pairs: Kim and Gail, Mario and John, Dan and Marvin

Techniques:

Mario and John worked on left side 1-10 

Dan and Marvin worked on 1-10

Kim and Gail worked on Kote Hineri

We had a discussion/demonstration of Hiki Taoshi at the end of class.

Aftermath:

None of note.

2.13.2015

Aikido Thursday Night - 2/12/15

Aikido players:

Mario, Marvin, Dan, and John

Ukemi:

Not on Thursdays

The Walk:

Not on Thursdays

Releases:

Not on Thursdays

Techniques:

Marvin and Mario worked on Hiki Otoshi. 

Dan and John worked on 13, 14, 15, and 16.

Aftermath:

None of note

Volleyball, 1-2

New season.  Actually, it started a week ago, but I showed up to play two hours too late.

We lost the first two games and managed to pull out the third.  we were up 11-2, and won about 15-10

2.12.2015

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Tuesday, February 10, 2015


Monday, February 09, 2015

2.09.2015

Weekend update

Friday:

Lunch at Table 7
Aikido

Saturday:

Blueberry pancakes
Aikido
Grocery Shopping
Dinner at El Centinela with K.
The movie RED

Sunday:

12 hours of sleep
Framing cleanup
Art Show work
Bills
3 hour nap

2.08.2015

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Friday, February 06, 2015


Thursday, February 05, 2015

2.07.2015

Aikido Saturday Afternoon - 2/7/15

Aikido players:

Tim, Trey, Mario, Marvin, Kim, and John

Ukemi:

None for me today

The Walk:

Twice.

Releases:

Watched over the various pairs: Kim and Marvin, Mario and John

Techniques:

Mario and John worked on Tenkai Kote Hineri 

Kim and Marvin worked on Mae otoshi, Sumi Otoshi

Trey and I worked on standing Koryu Dai San.  1, 2, 3, and 5.

Aftermath:

None of note.

Aikido Friday Night - 2/6/15

Aikido players:

Tim, Mario, Marvin, Dan, Kim, Gail, and John

Ukemi:

Full double set for me.

The Walk:

Twice.

Releases:

Watched over the various pairs: Kim and Dan, Marvin and John, Mario and Gail

Techniques:

Gail worked on 11, 12, and 13. 

Kim and Dan worked on Mae otosh, Sumi Otoshi and Hiki Otoshi.

Marvin and John worked on Kote Hineri, Kote Geashi, and Tenkai Kote Hineri

Aftermath:

None of note.

2.06.2015

Aikido Thursday Night - 2/5/2105

Aikido players:

Mario and Dan

Ukemi:

Not on Thursdays

The Walk:

Not on Thursdays

Releases:

Not on Thursdays

Techniques:

Dan and Mario worked on Hiki Otoshi.  We did some warm-up foot work exercises and then went into the technique.  Improvements did occur over the course of the hour.

Aftermath:

None of note

2.04.2015

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Monday, February 02, 2015


Sunday, February 01, 2015

2.03.2015

Weekend update

Friday:

Lunch at Eats Mesquite Grill
Aikido
Sourdough

Saturday:

Sourdough
Start on potato salad
Aikido
Gardening seminar
Start on Enchilada Verdes
Potato salad
5 cup salad
Chocolate chip cookies

Sunday:

Sourdough
Guacamole
Peach cobbler
Enchiladas Verdes
Oliver! on TV
SuperBowl

Aikido Saturday Afternoon - 1/31/15

Aikido players:

Tim, Trey, Mario, Marvin, Dan, Gail, John, and Samuel ( a black belt of unknown, to me, provenance)

Ukemi:

None for me, but I threw a bunch of folks with gurumas for warm-up..

The Walk:

Twice.

Releases:

Not today

Techniques:

None today

Aftermath:

I had to leave early to get to a gardening seminar.

Aikido Friday Night - 1/30/15

Aikido players:

Tim, Trey, Mario, Marvin, Dan, Gail, and John

Ukemi:

Two thirds of a double set for me before class.

The Walk:

Twice.

Releases:

I worked with Gail on her releases

Techniques:

I worked with Gail on 1 and 2

Aftermath:

None of note.

1.31.2015

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Thursday, January 29, 2015


Wednesday, January 28, 2015

1.30.2015

Aikido Thursday Night - 1/29/15

Aikido players:

Mario, Marvin, Dan, Kim, and John

Ukemi:

Not on Thursdays

The Walk:

Not on Thursdays

Releases:

Not on Thursdays

Techniques:

Mario and Kim worked on 15, 16, and 17

Dan and Marvin worked on 15, 16, and 17

John and I worked on 11 and 13

Aftermath:

None of note

1.29.2015

Weekend update

Friday:

Lunch at "The Refinery" a 1 mile walk from work
Aikido

Saturday:

Blueberry pancakes
Grocery shopping
Aikido
Matting
Electrical work at the rental
Dinner with K at El Centinela
Nighttime pictures of the T-38s

Sunday:

Battle of the Five Armies
Castle


1.27.2015

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Sunday, January 25, 2015


Saturday, January 24, 2015

1.25.2015

Aikido Saturday Afternoon - 1/24/15

Aikido players:

Tim, Mario, and Dan

Ukemi:

None for me, but I did get to throw the other guys with Kata Otoshi to get them to fall with a variant roll during warm-ups.  My goal was to be late with the throw to cause them to cross over with their left foot for a rollout.

The Walk:

Not today.

Releases:

They ran through them all with an extended end portion so they could work on the footwork.

Techniques:

Mario was tori for the day.  He ran through 1-10 with Dan as uke.  I jumped in for a bit on Hiki Taoshi.

Aftermath:

None of note.

1.24.2015

Aikido Friday Night - 1/23/15

Aikido players:

Tim, Trey, Mario, Kim, Dan, and John

Ukemi:

Double set for me before class.

The Walk:

Twice.

Releases:

Not tonight.

Techniques:

Kim and Mario worked together, Dan and John worked together.

Trey and I worked on Koryu Dai San, kneeling, 1-4

Aftermath:

None of note.

1.23.2015

Aikido Thursday Night - 1/22/15

Aikido players:

Mario, Dan, Kim, and John

Ukemi:

No on Thursdays

The Walk:

Not on Thursdays

Releases:

Not on Thursdays

Techniques:

Mario and John worked on 11, 13, 15, and 17

Kim and Dan worked on 15, 16, and 17

Aftermath:

None of note

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Wednesday, January 21, 2015


Tuesday, January 20, 2015

1.19.2015

Weekend update

Friday:

Lunch at Hubcap Grill
Aikido

Saturday:

Hiarcut
Banking
Gorcery shopping
Aikido
ArmadilloCon Art Show work
Dinner at El Centinela with K

Sunday:

Electrical work at the rental
Football

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Saturday, January 17, 2015


Friday, January 16, 2015

1.18.2015

Aikido Saturday Afternoon - 1/17/15

Aikido players:

Tim, Mario, and Marvin

Ukemi:

I got in a double set.  Mario and MArvin did work on throwing each other with the sumi otoshi warm up throw.

Mario threw me once with sumi where his hand was about 9 inches off the mat.  I got over in time, but it was a heck of an unpleasant surprise.

The Walk:

Not today.

Releases:

Not today.

Techniques:

We spent a good portion of the day working on sumi otoshi.  Did some flowing from that to Gedan ate and shihonage.


Aftermath:

Shoulder is still in need of popping or something.  Going to try sleeping with that should propped on a pillow for a few days and see if that resolves it.  Otherwise, may go to a chriopracter.

Aikido Friday Night - 1/16/15

Aikido players:

Tim, Mario, Marvin, Kim, Dan, and John

Ukemi:

Nothing for me tonight.  Watched over everyone else.

The Walk:

Twice.

Releases:

Not tonight.

Techniques:

Kim and Marvin worked together on Waki Gatame and others

John, Dan, and Mario worked together on 1-3.


Aftermath:

None of note.

1.16.2015

Aikido Thursday Night - 1/15/15

Aikido players:

Mario, Dan, Marvin, Kim, and John

Ukemi:

No on Thursdays

The Walk:

Not on Thursdays

Releases:

Not on Thursdays

Techniques:

Tonight was the night of Waki Gatame.  At the end, a couple of the pairings were working on Hiki Otoshi.  For the last 10 minutes of the class, I did a brief intro into Koryu Dai San.

Aftermath:

None of note

1.15.2015

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Tuesday, January 13, 2015


Monday, January 12, 2015

1.14.2015

Volleyball, 1-2

We played "Good Volley Ms Molly" last night, for our last match of the season.  We lost the first two games fairly convincingly.  We won the third game fairly convincingly.  It'd been several weeks since we played, so I'm not surprised by the results.

We didn't make it into the playoffs (not surprisingly), so we're off next week, and probably the following.  After that, a new season starts.

1.13.2015

Weekend update

Friday:

Lunch at Chicken Etcetera
Aikido

Saturday:

Banking
Aikido
Work on getting up to speed on the new video camera
Try out replacement software for Eudora and MT-Newswatcher if I upgrade my OS
Matting/Framing 
Football

Sunday:

ArmadilloCon Art Show work
More video camera stuff
More OS consideration
Matting/Framing 
Football

1.11.2015

Aikido Saturday Afternoon - 1/10/15

Aikido players:

Tim, Marvin, Dan, and John

Ukemi:

None for me, I was running late so did not get in any before class started.  Watched over everyone else.

The Walk:

Twice. 

Releases:

Not today.

Techniques:

We did round robin work on 11-14.

At the end I uked for everyone on Waki Gatame.  My shoulder needed popping and I thought it be accomplished with the arm bar.  The should is a little better afterwards, but it's apparent that we need to work on the technique.

Aftermath:

None of note.

Aikido Friday Night - 1/9/15

Aikido players:

Tim, Mario, Marvin, Dan, and John

Ukemi:

I got in almost a double set, my shoulders were unusually stiff. Watched over everyone else.

The Walk:

Twice.  Once with a metronome app

Releases:

Dan and Mario spent quite a while.  Mario was very high strung tonight.

John and Marvin worked together

Techniques:

Dan and Mario worked on Mae Otoshi.  I got in there a bit as uke.

John and Marvin worked on 11-14.


Aftermath:

None of note.

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Friday, January 09, 2015


Thursday, January 08, 2015

1.09.2015

Aikido Thursday Night - 1/8/15

Aikido players:

Mario, Kim, and John

Ukemi:

Not on Thursdays

The Walk:

We ran through the Walk a couple of times tonight.  Folks are having trouble synchronizing with the count, so I used a metronome app on my phone to make certain that the count was consistent.  Mario still had some issues

Releases:

Not on Thursdays

Techniques:

We worked on Hiki Otoshi.  I threw everyone a couple of times so they'd get the feel for it.  We then worked on the footwork, and then the handwork.  Still got a bit to go.

Aftermath:

None of note.

1.08.2015

Movies - Best of 2014

2014 was a very, very, very slim year at the theatres for me.  1 movie.  1.

I have not seen that few in a year in probably 40 or 45 years.

That said, it makes my top and bottom film of the year easy to choose:  Into the Woods

At the movies - Into the Woods

Into the Woods - 3

I saw this movie in 2014 while my nieces were in town.  I had very little idea what the movie was.  It turned out to be a film adaptation of a Broadway musical of a mashup of fairy tales.  As such, it was entertaining and worthwhile.  I probably would never have gone on my own.

Recognizable names, to me, from the cast: Meryl Streep, Johnny Depp, Anna Kendrick, Tracy Ullman, and Chris Pine.

The moment when Chris Pine and Billy Magnusson were singing in the river got me to laugh at how over-the-top the moment was.  Planned, I'm sure.

1.07.2015

Aikido Saturday Afternoon - 1/3/15

Aikido players:

Tim, Trey, Mario, and I'm not sure who else  We also had a visitor, a potential new student.  I don't expect him to come back, but we'll see.

Ukemi:

Watched over everyone else.

Stayed mostly off mat because of my cold.

Aftermath:

None of note.

Aikido Friday Night - 1/2/15

Aikido players:

Tim, Trey, Mario, Marvin, Dan, Gale, and John

Ukemi:

Watched over everyone else.

I stayed mostly off the mat and just chimed in with comments, as I had a bit of a cold.  I don't remember what else we did.

Aftermath:

None of note.

Aikido Thursday Afternoon - 1/1/15

Aikido players:

Tim, Trey, Mario, Dan, Kim, and John

Ukemi:

Watched over the other folks

I don't remember what else we did.

Aftermath:

Our annual New Year's Pot Luck

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Monday, January 05, 2015


Sunday, January 04, 2015

1.03.2015

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Thursday, January 01, 2015


Wednesday, December 31, 2014

1.02.2015

Books read 7/1/2014- 12/31/2014

One of the only good things about catching a bus to my job is the time to read books.  I get about 30 minutes inbound and 30 minutes outbound to read each day.  That has helped to put a serious dent in my to-be-read pile.

34 books started in the second half of the year, 31 finished.  Most of them have been in my To Be Read pile for a good number of years.  More than 10 in a number of cases, possibly 20 for a few of them.

So, for the year: 79 books completed.
There were several I did not finish: 


Wurts: a continuation of a series that I did not finish the previous book. 
Yarbro: I felt no interest in the characters.
Neville : The intro did not grab me

  1. Crider, B. - Texas Vigilante
  2. Cupp, S. A. , Lansdale, J. - Cross Plains Universe
  3. de Lint, C. - Refinerytown
  4. de Lint, C. - Quicksilver and Shadow
  5. de Lint, C. - A Handful of Copper
  6. de Lint, C. - The Buffalo Man
  7. de Lint, C. - Jack in the Green
  8. Dick, P. K. , Zelazny, R. - Deus Irae
  9. Hartwell, D. - Year's Best SF (1996)
  10. Hodgell, P. C. - The Ballad of the White Plague
  11. Jens, T. L. - Cthulhu and the Coeds
  12. Klaw, R. - Rayguns over Texas
  13. Linskold, J. - Chronomaster
  14. Martin, G. R. R. - Dying of the Light
  15. Moon, E. - Crown of Renewal
  16. Neville, K. - The Eight  (dnf)
  17. Oliver, C. - Unearthly Neighbors
  18. Park, P. - A Princess of Romania
  19. Radford, I. - Guardian of the Balance
  20. Robinson, K. S. - Green Mars
  21. Roberson, J. - Legacy of the Wolf
  22. Roberson, J. - Children of the Lion
  23. Scalzi, J. - Lock In 
  24. Scalzi, J. - Unlocked
  25. Sheehan, J. - A Private Little War
  26. Shiner, L. - The Edges of Things
  27. Sterling, B. - A Good Old-fashioned Future
  28. Tolkien, J. R. R. - The Fall of Arthur
  29. Turtledove, H. - The Guns of the South
  30. Wells, M. - The Gate of the Gods
  31. Wells, M. - The Ships of Air
  32. Wurts, J. - Grand Conspiracy (dnf)
  33. Yarbro, C. Q. - Time of the Fourth Horsema
  34. Yarbro, C. Q. (dnf) - Shattered Light