Tag Archive 'Martial Arts'

And now, a word from my children

Bookworm on May 01 2008 | Filed under: Children, Silly Stuff

I don’t remember how the conversation started, but a few days ago I found myself explaining to my children that, amongst all human beings, regardless of their race or culture, there is one common denominator for beauty: symmetry. This means that whether a culture measures beauty by fair or dark skin, light or [...]

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Freudian slip

Bookworm on Feb 15 2008 | Filed under: Silly Stuff

As I mentioned earlier, I’ve returned to martial arts after a ten year hiatus.  I wasn’t good then, and I’m worse now (and definitely more rickety), but oh! how I love it.
One of the things I’m learning at this dojo, which I didn’t learn in my last go round at martial arts (since it was [...]

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