MY WEEKLY PERSONALITY ANALYSIS

Ok, ok... this is really the most accurate personality test EVER. You're Ulysses! by James Joyce Most people are convinced that you don't make any sense, but compared to what else you could say, what you're saying now makes tons of sense. What people do understand about you is your vulgarity, which has convinced...

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ONCE UPON A TIME IN ATHENS

So, with my money problems cleared up (in a way), I could attend club last night. It was as intense a workout as I've had in awhile. I've had more excruciating, but my arms felt like lead after all the punching techniques we did. Last session was basically a Bando seminar given by a guest instructor. This guy was the quintessential mix of humility and expertise. The way he moves reminds me very...

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IF IT AIN'T THE I.R.S....

It's freakin' banks nowadays. There was some glitch with my account and I couldn't go to MMAC on Tuesday. But, it's all good now, so I'll get to go tonight. Maybe I should post a b!+ch slap to them. My biggest gripe isn't necessarily the account glitch, as much as the fact that I can't afford the pittance being asked for this one vintage (it "out-Shaft's" Shaft's coat) leather coat that fits ...

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I GOT SERVED

I got told that a comment I made about his blog wasn't appreciated. I didn't mean it all like that, but I guess it could've been the ennui I was suffering from that day. Oh, well. I'll go on the record and say check out the blog. You can actually learn a thing or t...

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WANTED

If anyone out there knows where to find a decent quality sound file, preferably .wav or .mp3, of Jet Li's final line in "The One"... you know it: I am Yu Law... I'm nobody's b!+ch..." etc. etc., tack a comment on here or on my tagboard and let me know where I can get ...

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"CAN YOU TAKE ME HIIIIGH ENOUGH...?"

Yankee or Dixie? 47% (Yankee). Barely into the Yankee category.All right! I guess I get to hang out with Ted Nugent, Tommy Shaw and that dude from Night Ranger, now. Ed. note: I apologize if that was too obscure a reference for some of y...

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THE BEES KNEES

E's torn miniscus is giving her problems again; it hit last night without warning, as usual. She gets so depressed over it, and I can't blame her. E struggles a lot to be active, especially through the busy-ness of her grad program, but at this point, even tai chi is giving her problems. I know it's not easy watching me staying trim and fit, doing all sorts of stuff, when all she wants to do is...

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AMERICAN IDLE

Slow weekend, slow week, slow life. So, I went and did something I haven't done in awhile, just crawled through random blogs off of Blogger's home page. Let's see how long this new blog lasts: Bloggin For Your Nog...

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QUIZTIME

Quotes from Either President of the United States George W. Bush or Senator/Chancellor/Emperor Palpatine from the Star Wars Movies by Jason McGregorTest your knowled...

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MY WEEKLY PERSONALITY ANALYSIS

Right on, baby! what decade does your personality live in? quiz brought to you by lady interference, l...

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ONCE UPON A TIME IN ATHENS

Oooh, yeah... finally getting into some interesting techniques! Real useful stuff, like some of the simplest takedowns I've ever been taught. Not to mention cimande limb destructions. Although, I wonder how many feathers I'd ruffle if I mentioned just how many of those "time-wasting, useless, dead forms" I learned between tkd and kung-fu actually have similar movements. Eh, I've got enough troubles...

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ONCE UPON A TIME IN ATHENS

I claimed my first casualty last night. Well, my second if you count the fact that I shredded my own knuckles my second night of pad drills. I'm glad I took the advice to start wearing shoes to club. I stepped on a partner's big toe and bent part of his toenail back while doing pekiti-tirsia knife drills. Y'know, I hate to say it, but he's -- let's give him a name, howabout SPEAKMAN (as in "Jeff")...

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SNOOCHIE BOOCHIE NOOCHIE

ITEM ONE The song that's been inundating my thoughts since I first saw the movie Office Space last week -- Damn It Feels Good to Be a Gangster by the Geto Boys. Damn it feels good to be a gangster A real gangster @$$ n**ga plays his cards right A real gangster @$$ n**ga never runs his f**king mouth 'Cause real gangster @$$ n**gas don't start fightsHell, yeah! ITEM TWO Valentine's Day: Had to work...

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MY WEEKLY PERSONALITY ANALYSIS

Nggghhaahhh!Grrr arrr Rum and Monk...

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ONCE UPON A TIME IN ATHENS

ITEM ONE Hehe... yeah... heh heh... hm... heh heh heh... knife drills are cool... ITEM TWO Additions to my Non-Amazon Wish List One 24"-26" iron pipe One axe handleITEM THREE Once again, I ask myself the age old training hall question, applicable regardless of art: You don't wanna kill the buzz of your fellow students who want to learn and seek out training partners who they feel will stretch them...

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MY NON-AMAZON WISH LIST

A used laptop off of EBay for no more than $200, incl. shipping. Yes, my standards are pretty low. I'll take something as low as a Pentium II. I just want something functional that was made in this century (i.e. the 21st). My half-decade old machine, for as well as it's served me, is truly on its last legs. A new bo-staff to replace one that was stolen awhile back. I haven't practiced my kung...

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SNOOGINS, REDUX

E and I watched Clerks last night, as Mallrats was unavailable. While I enjoyed the movie slightly more than I did the last time I watched it, E seemed to hate it a little more....

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ONCE UPON A TIME IN SLACKERSVILLE

E would say that I need to be kinder to myself. I did, after all, slightly injure myself at work three days ago, twisting some ligament that connects the left thigh bone to the hip bone, I believe. What do I know? I'm not a doctor nor do I play one on TV. All I know is muay Thai drills didn't seem the thing to be doing. Heck, my 30-year-old @$$ is still feeling the after-effects of repeated takedown...

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SNOOGINS

This week has sort of turned into an unofficial Kevin Smith filmfest at our house. Between Saturday and last night we've seen Dogma, Chasing Amy, and Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back. For some reason, I enjoyed Strike Back waay more last night than I ever did. E felt the same way about Chasing Amy. I'm guessing it was the company. Next on the agenda: Mallra...

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ETERNAL SIGNIFICANCE

A gem from 1965 -- that's 39 years ago, for those of you who don't cotton ta none o' that fancy book learnin'.Send The Marines words/music by Tom Lehrer What with President Johnson practicing escalatio on the Vietnamese and then the Dominican crisis on top of that it has been a nervous year and people have begun to feel like a Christian scientist with appendicitis. Fortunately in times of crisis...

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HOW?

Courtesy of site meter: Referring URL http://search.msn.co...%3d0%26pn%3d2%26&q=a Search Engine: search.msn.com Search Words: a How on earth does someone get to this blog doing th...

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AN EXAMPLE TO THE FREE WORLD

The eating habits of American kids are widely considered a good example of what other countries must avoid.E. Schlosser, Fast Food Nation, 20...

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MY WEEKLY PERSONALITY ANALYSIS

Schedule's full once again tomorrow, so here it is. you are the "I hate you so bad" happybunny. You hate everyone and eveything and yournot ashamed of it. which happy bunny are you? brought to you by Quizi...

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"EVERYBODY'S MARCHIN' TO MARS"

It's amazing how the dated views (c. 2001) of a comedian, in this case my favorite, Dennis Miller, can be relevant today. For instance... I get cross-eyed with rage when I hear that there are thirty-five students in a third-grade inner-city public-school class sharing one textbook while the AV-squad jerkoffs at NASA have lost contact with yet another billion-dollar piece-of-shit Radio Shack transmitter...

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FAITH

It's nice to know there are things in this world you can count on. For instance, I didn't watch the Super Bowl last weekend. I was working, and didn't care much in any case. But, I heard about "the incident" -- you know the one I mean -- and I wanted a picture. Somehow, I just knew Mr. Ellis wouldn't let me do...

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MISCELLANEA

First off, let me say that Chapter 8 of Fast Food Nation is not for the faint-of-heart. Secondly, I added a Creative Commons License -- just because I cou...

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INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

What's a guy to do when he spends an evening at home on a Friday night, surrounded by his girlfriend and three nubile Asian women from different exotic cultures, with dishes of fruits and cheeses, sipping fine beer and red wine? Sit around and discuss the socio-historical-political-linguistic attitudes of Japan, Korea, China and the Philippines, of course. Get those fantasies based on Full Metal...

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SARNAC ADIRONDACK AMBER...

... is now my favorite be...

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