This week was a pretty solid week for karate. Things kicked off on Tuesday night with a belt exam that saw some very good efforts, with a very good showing by everyone’s favorite . Congrats to her, and to everyone else that trained hard and survived the exam! The rest of the week was a […]

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Ryne Sandberg! Originally uploaded by dalcher. The last of the photo blogs for tonight is the aforementioned pic of Cubs’ Hall of Famer, Ryne Sandberg. Ryno is operating in his capacity as Peoria Chiefs manager and third base coach. He wasn’t really good about looking my way when I had my camera on him, but […]

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The dawning of a new data type… Originally uploaded by dalcher. Earlier this week, my car’s odometer rolled up to this significant number if you are a nerd. This is the maximum representable number by the short data type in Java, or for you old schoolers an int in Pascal. I was waiting eagerly all […]

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Makiwara Originally uploaded by dalcher. This afternoon, my good buddy and his lovely wife came over to cook out for lunch with Tasha and I. After eating, I decided to take a stab at converting a lone post in my back yard to a makiwara. For those of you that don’t know, a makiwara is […]

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The wife and I decided to do something a little out of the ordinary for us this weekend and went to a Peoria Chiefs game, courtesy of the fine folks over at Nelson Chiropractic. The last time I went to a Chiefs game, I was 13 or so. I had never been to the new […]

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I made it to the Saturday workout, despite a right knee that was still pretty sore. I could tell when I received a terse greeting from that he had his own plan, and I noticed that most of the rest of the class was in open swim mode. I decided to throw in with Erbe-san […]

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