and have inspired me to begin the upgrade process for my MythTV rig. While not technically for my MythTV box itself (at least, not yet) I did buy this to help us archive our shows. Until I am much more proficient with patching the kernel and other assorted scary things, this drive is going to […]

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Last night Tasha and I were successful in our mission to train with the Mapleton crew. Tasha and I got there fifteen minutes early so we decided to do some sparring that became suddenly musical a little way into it. Tasha’s really a lot better at that than she lets on. I see from Sensei […]

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Last night was a pretty laid back workout. McCabe-san and I got to beat the crap out of the youth. Everyone always says you have to make things fun for kids. Sometimes, you just have to make them do pushups, situps, and other things that are not fun so they understand how regular Karate technique […]

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As evidenced in both my and ‘s blogs, this weekend was an asskicker as far as workouts go. I had been slogging around the house and office like a wounded yak the last few days, yesterday I was so profoundly sore that my lats hurt to the touch. Last night was spent hanging around the […]

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Pumpkin beer tastes very good and has a very nice cinnamon aftertaste. It actually contains an interesting property… the beer gas that it creates also has a not-so-nice cinnamon after…well, it’s not taste… afterstink. I seriously fear the deuce that will come of this. Since there is saki in the mix, I estimate it will […]

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After the seminars were complete, we all made for the St. Charles dojo for the dan test. We were all eagerly anticipating this, as Sensei Hartman and Sensei Brewer were up for their next rank. Sensei Brewer had to instruct, which he did at the last instructor training seminar. He also had to provide a […]

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This weekend marked one of the best karate experiences I have had in recent history. The day began bright and early at 4:15 am when my alarm rudely crashed me out of dreamland. and stayed at my place so they wouldn’t be horribly late, so we all got up and moving. We arrived at the […]

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By the time I had arrived at class last night, I had decided that if I was granted authority to lead warm-ups I would do a little more strengthening than normal. Sensei Hartman told me I could lead warm-ups, so I treated everyone to two sets of push-ups and 110 crunches. (For the record, yes, […]

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Last night I got to teach at the Boy’s and Girl’s Club. My assigned task was downward block, and I wanted to work the kids out relatively hard. During the day, I was inundated by advice from Oedewaldt about how to teach children. I told him to stop talking to me like I had never […]

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Last night I went to a visitation for a more distant family member. Surprisingly, everyone there was handling it very well. People were laughing and making comments about how great of a guy Art was… even his wife was handling things extremely well. My sister made a comment about how this seemed very much like […]

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