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My car has now driven 100,000 miles. Hooray for the car, hooray for me. Interestingly, that makes it the same “age” as me (reading 100000 as a binary number rather than a decimal one). In other news, I went to an “open sparring” night at judo for the first time. They do open standing techniques . . . → Read More: Car
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Competed in my first Judo tournament yesterday. Got second place in my weight class (out of three). It was a small, informal competition hosted by my school in Braintree. The very first thing that happened was that one of the competitors got his arm broken. That was an f-ing wake-up call, let me tell you. . . . → Read More: Our newfound ability to gather web statistics on the corporate page has outed this as my blog to my employers. I got an “Is this you?” note from one of the owners. Well, that and the picture of myself that I posted there. That can’t have helped. After the shock wore off, I found myself . . . → Read More: Go team!
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67% Bill Richardson62% Mike Gravel62% Chris Dodd61% Barack Obama60% John Edwards59% Mike Huckabee58% Hillary Clinton57% Dennis Kucinich56% Ron Paul55% Joe Biden54% John McCain50% Rudy Giuliani46% Mitt Romney44% Tom Tancredo43% Fred Thompson2008 Presidential Candidate Matching Quiz . . . → Read More: Note the units, I’m more middle ground than anyone you know. Does the rock star life appeal to you? Ready to step up? The still, reflective sadness of carefully packing away the beautiful ornaments and decorations. It is balanced by the wonton wanton glee of steadily smashing and eating through the gingerbread house. Truly, the ancestors were wise. –UPDATE– Yes, yes, I misspelled the word. Sheesh. On the first Friday of any given month, the Judo club I’ve been attending has an “open workout.” Anyone, from any school (or no school) is welcome to participate. Tonight was the first one of these I’ve been to. I learned a couple of valuable lessons: 1) If someone has a big “USA” patch sewn . . . → Read More: Judo open workout I have just discovered the game “Rock Band.” It is the most stunningly awesome computer game ever, and I will own it tomorrow. That is all. |
