I’m still feeling vaguely of crap. The cold is starting to move out of my head and into my chest. I wasn’t able to leave the office until nearly six tonight, which is why I didn’t make it to the dojo. Tasha made it back from Cedar Rapids, its good to have her home. I’ll […]

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Behold, my new workbench (minus top). What you see here was crafted by my grandfather, who has been woodcrafting for a LONG time. This workbench began life as a loft bed for a guy that I used to tutor in Java programming. He didn’t want it anymore and offered it in trade for my services. […]

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Yesterday was very busy… right after work Dad and I went to pick up the frame for my super-awesome workbench. My grandpa told me that if I wanted it could be my Christmas present… what a gift! I will post some pictures of it tonight once I get home. After that I went over to […]

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Well, I’m nearing the final half-day of my vacation as we speak. It was nice having some time off, but I’m not very excited about the mound of work I’m sure I have waiting for me tomorrow morning. Today I installed some new weather stripping in my front door, that’s just how exciting I am. […]

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Matt and I arrived around 8:30 today, mostly because of a fairly in-depth conversation we were having about external to karate issues. We elected that the best course of action to safeguard my hearing would be to do kata today, so kata is what we did. After some quick warmups, we did the basic four […]

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Rest in Peace, Mr. Miyagi.

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Due to a large amount of pressure from my family and wife, I decided to go to UrgentCare to get my ear looked at. They said that there is a small perforation in my left eardrum and that my hearing loss will likely go away in a week to ten days. Until then, I just […]

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Tonight we did more work in three groups, one for kata, sparring, and basics. The class went well, I’ve found that teaching sparring at different levels presents some interesting challenges. I’ve found that we have some exceptional yellow belts in Mapleton, both Lexi and Jesse are very skilled for their rank. The white belts had […]

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Today marks the release of the new Xbox 360. I have an original Xbox, and I was marginally excited about the prospect of the new generation… until the price came out. For me, the biggest problem with the original Xbox was the lack of a good game library when it came out. I barely played […]

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I decided to sleep in today. That’s right… all the way to 10:30 am. And it felt good. My Mom had called me to ask if I wanted to join her for lunch. She works at a grade school so her lunch hour is noon to one. I elected to go a little early and […]

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