If last week was belt graduation week, then this must be fitness week. That explains the state of pleasant exhaustion, then: perhaps one of the most intense workouts I’ve had at the dojo.
… at the end of which Sensei Nolan had me do the two count basics and gave me my second belt tip. This [...]
Entries from January 2009
26 January 2009
pant pant score pant pant
16 January 2009
But we don’t live there any more
Apparently the Mexico, NY area got 31 inches of snow. Since this afternoon.
16 January 2009
Hereby resolve
For the dojo we’re supposed to come up with a list of ten goals for 2009 — not exclusively martial arts goals, but goals of any and all kinds. I view these as not quite the same as resolutions, or rather as a particular type of resolution. These are not things we’re going to try [...]
10 January 2009
32 inch computer monitor
otherwise known as our TV, which I’m using as an external monitor for my MacBook via a cable I just bought, because cables are a heck of a lot cheaper than new MacBook LCD units, which is what would be needed to restore my laptop to fully working order. Done through Apple, the repair would [...]
10 January 2009
Pre-Encoded Activation
Lyrics for another Rules For Dysfunctional Patterns song:
So you think you really know you
’til the day comes that will show you
What the multiverse might owe you
Is a kick right in the head
You behold the exposition
Of the xeno-inquisition
And your precious prime position
Is a zeppelin of lead
Once you thought you’d beat the dealer
But now Everett and Wheeler
Not [...]
8 January 2009
Actually it’s fine, as long as you don’t need more than the upper left corner of the screen
Well, I suppose I can be thankful I was wearing my backpack when my feet went out from under me on some very slick ice yesterday and I slammed flat on my back on the brick walkway. The backpack may have kept me from hitting my head. I bumped an elbow a little but I [...]
6 January 2009
Migratory shunning
If LiveJournal goes dead, you may still find my (LJ, pre-December 2007) archive at InsaneJournal.
5 January 2009
Christamas hath made an end, well-a-day
Heather went back to work Friday, and most of the local school kids and University staff resumed their labors today; but the New School had a day off (for the kids, not the teachers) and I took one more day myself. So tomorrow it’s back to work.
Did I mention the New Year’s party? No? Heather’s [...]
