Ye Olde Target Can Originally uploaded by dalcher. This is one of the more tangible results of our trip to the shooting range this week. Today my Dad, Grandpa and I went out and shot a bit, fortunately there wasn’t anyone else on the range today because I needed to sight in my Walther P22 […]

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I’ve been a little bad about blogging the workouts this week, but it has been good. We had a great class on Tuesday… we got to do some sparring, and it became obvious that I need to work on my “attack and escape” tactics. We’ve been working hard lately to get used to attacking and […]

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I intermittently worked on my Linux box for awhile tonight. I got Remote Desktop, Folder Sharing, and my screen resolution issues worked out without too much trouble. I almost embarked upon installing Beryl on the system, but I want to find a tutorial detailing how to do it on a Voodoo3 graphics card. Historically, I’ve […]

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In addition to the aforementioned instructor training clinic, I was able to fire up the riding lawnmower that was left over from my grandparent’s move to Florida. After a few practice trips around the yard and me realizing that I had to drop the deck down with a lever that was not labeled appropriately, I […]

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Saturday was our much anticipated instructor training clinic. The day started with our very own , teaching the sparring concepts of stalking and how to apply this mindset to students of different skill levels. He decided to work things backwards, letting us dive right in with free sparring with new opponents. I expected this part […]

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Last night’s workout was a good one… HHOP was closed for renovations last night, so we proceeded to do some partner drills focused on intent and distance. and I had a good time with them, there was a good give and take going on. That reminds me… we had a nice low-impact round of slow […]

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Today the newest version of Ubuntu Linux, titled “Feisty Fawn” dropped. I couldn’t help but jump at the opportunity to upgrade my upstairs desktop and see if the newest version of this distribution helped matters much. The short answer is: a little, but not much. First thing’s first, I attempted to run the LiveCD on […]

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Hardback or trade paperback or mass market paperback? Usually mass market paperback, if I like it I usually pick up a hardback edition to keep in the collection. Online or brick and mortar? Buy online, browse brick and mortar usually. Barnes & Noble or Borders? I like the atmosphere of Barnes and Noble better, however […]

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I’m feeling much better… I have no idea what was wrong with me on Tuesday, but the clouds parted for Thursday and Saturday and things are shaping back up again. We had a long night last night and I didn’t get into bed until 3:30 am, so I surprised myself by getting to the workout […]

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Tonight’s workout was extremely hard for me. Tonight’s difficulties were clearly a combination of a tough workout and my week of work-related absence, but that doesn’t make me feel much better. The first class was started in overdrive by , handling strengthening and stretching all at the same time. I thought things were going pretty […]

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