My Xbox Live Vision camera arrived today! I immediately tore open the box and tried to make an MTmini out of a cardboard box and a frame. The only problem is that I didn’t have a suitably sized frame and my box was slightly oversized for the piece of paper that I had handy. The […]

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Tonight Tasha and I were watching “I Love the New Millenium” on VH-1, and an ad for the ASPCA came on. It was longing shots of sad little puppies and kitties that were left behind by Very Bad People. Yes, this is bad, but they had to set the commercial to strains of Sarah McLachlan‘s […]

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I was catching up on my multitouch forum yesterday and decided to poke around on the Internet for components. One of the major pieces to the puzzle is the projector or LCD monitor, and thanks to some good advice from some forum-goers I decided that I would end up going the projector route. I decided, […]

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I arrived a bit late to Mapleton this morning and ran a few laps with . , , and Oedewaldt-san were already working on kata. Mike and I opted to work on some basics to warm up, and then work on some of of the same body shifting drills that we did on Thursday. joined […]

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This week seemed exceedingly long at the office. I joked it was in part due to the fact that I really had two Fridays (one false Friday on Wednesday when I was supposed to take my vacation, and the real one today). I’m glad its over and I’m looking forward to the oncoming relaxing weekend. […]

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Tonight’s workout was well paced for my energy level.  The first class was basics and stance training, mostly in place without a lot of moving.  I was able to work up a sweat but I wasn’t totally exhausted.  The second class consisted of some body shifting drills, and I think they were very timely seeing […]

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Well, when I started work today I had plans to spend an enjoyable few days surfing the couch and getting caught up on some TV.  I had cleared all possible meetings and prepared enough stuff to be done in my stead.  Unfortunately, that all changed in my 3 o’clock meeting. You see, one of the […]

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groundhog Originally uploaded by dalcher. On Sunday, we went to let Teddy outside and saw this kindly fellow gnawing away on some weeds that had grown to proportional heights by my makiwara. I grabbed my camera and got two shots off before he got spooked and hauled his groundhoggy behind out of the yard! In […]

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It is a very sad state of affairs when your Friends page has not budged since Friday.  I used to have to spend an hour reading my blogs each night, now I have to spend an hour watching TV instead… I’m going to throw down a challenge to everyone on my friends list, you know […]

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While I was waiting to pick Tasha up, I noticed this bumper sticker that was affixed to one of the cars in the parking lot. It was a black sticker with white writing on it that read: “For the first time, a civilized nation has full gun registration! Our streets will be safer, our police […]

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