I neglected my Perfect Pushup routine last night, so I elected to throw in with my good buddy and knock those out. We did the first set before class started and in between the first and second class we knocked out the other sets. Class tonight was sparsely attended. There were four yellow belts, , […]

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I’ve decided to do a NaBloPoMo style list tonight, because I’ve been rolling around in the wonderful stink that is my favorite music the last few days. This list comprises my favorite complete albums, where I consider the entire album as a whole and not component individual tracks. My Top Ten Favorite Complete Albums The […]

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I did go ahead and make a purchase of an Xbox 360 yesterday! I bought Halo 3 to go along with it, which really takes me back to my old days of first person shooting (FPS) glory. Technology has come a long way… the environment of this game is beautiful, and I can hardly explain […]

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Today’s was quite possibly one of the most difficult workouts I have ever done. We did basics up and down the gym, taken directly from the Shodan and Nidan black belt exams. At one end of the gym, we did pushups, the other situps. had us do pushups and situps to failure and then each […]

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When Christmas came around, there were several large ticket items that I wanted but I wanted to save so I didn’t have to charge any of them and betray my budget. So I started saving. I was looking closely at the Asus Eee PC, an iPod touch, or an Xbox 360. Honestly, the Xbox had […]

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Tonight it was a small class… mostly yellow belts, one blue belt, , Erbe, , Lawrence-san, , and me. We took turns running the class through a basic test syllabus. We split the class into groups for kata, and I ended up with the yellow belts. I ran them through kata focusing on mental intent, […]

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I almost skipped the Perfect Pushups tonight… I was really tired all day and just didn’t feel like it. Then I started thinking… its just six minutes. It’s only 60 pushups. I shouldn’t wuss out. So I didn’t. Interestingly, the regular and close sets were by far the easiest tonight. This is the first time […]

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Today is my lovely wife’s birthday! We celebrated with dinner out to Olive Garden, her #1 favorite place, and then we went over to Borders for some book browsing. Happy Birthday, sweetie! 🙂

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I am sad to echo the news that has been circulating around the media today… The Father of Dungeons and Dragons, Gary Gygax, passed away Tuesday morning at his home in Wisconsin. Thanks to , who gave me his original D&D sourcebooks, I had a reason to seek out Gary at last year’s GenCon. Gary […]

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Tonight was a lesson in hip action courtesy of Sensei Quinn. I was having some trouble keeping my rear foot down and utilizing my hip action correctly, but by the end it was starting to feel more natural. It was a constant burn all class long, and I was definitely sweaty by the end. I […]

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