Yesterday, we noticed that my dog had a smallish hot spot on his back leg. For those that don’t know, its basically psoriasis that gets compounded by chewing and licking. We didn’t think too much of it, Teddy had these before and they cleared up on their own. I came home from work tonight and […]

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Tonight I was planning to get some pre-work done on my fence. I got a call from about 45 minutes before class asking if I could be there. I wasn’t planning on training tonight, but I’m glad I did. When I started the class up there was only four students, so we started warming up […]

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I am still questing for a replacement LCD for my digital camera. As a result, I was checking price on Amazon and noticed that they had a PDF of my camera’s manual (long lost in the piles and piles of debris upstairs). Apparently, my camera has all sorts of features that I really should’ve tried […]

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As most of you know, I’ve been playing with my RAZR’s camera capabilities. The camera on my phone does not have a flash, which isn’t that big of a deal when I’m shooting outside like I did earlier in the week. At the wedding, though, it became apparent that my camera’s photo abilities lagged in […]

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Yesterday my lovely wife and I made a trek to the Quad Cities for the wedding of my college buddy, Dan. Dan and his wife began dating as my tenure at Western ended, so I didn’t know her very well. The actual ceremony itself was only around 45 minutes, in this neat sancuary that had […]

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This morning was a beautiful morning to do kata. The desk attendant had opened up the gym to help cool it off for us, so it was nice in the gym too. and I started in on a ambitious diet of Sochin kata today… 10 slow, 10 slow/medium, and 5 medium/full speed. I made a […]

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We knew tonight was going to be interesting because seemed a little… determined when he came into the dojo tonight. The first fifteen minutes of class were probably some of the most unique basic combinations that I’ve done in a long, long time. Rising block, then double punch. Front kick and reverse punch at the […]

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Wednesday night’s class in Mapleton was a scorcher. It was easily 90+ in the dojo, the fans hardly helped to anything more than remind you that you were disgustingly sweaty. I knocked out four Sochin before class, Sensei Brewer showed up and I had let it get to 6:10 pm without realizing it. No worries, […]

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Fan Death (Caution) Originally uploaded by kang_a_ji. For those of you concerned (I’m looking at you, ), you may want to be very careful to heed these Korean signs warning you against Fan Death. Perhaps we are in a state of Fan counterstatis right now, where all the fans we keep running every night prevent […]

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Healthy Balance Walk Originally uploaded by dalcher. This shot of the Bob Michel Bridge was taken during our afternoon Healthy Balance Walk. I’m lucky I didn’t go in the river the way things were going this afternoon. I’m enjoying my new RAZR for this purpose alone… being able to take a quick shot when I […]

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