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Thanks for the tip. I just started reading it and I am enjoying it very much.

I'm currently reading Moby Duck. This is a story about a shipment of child bath toys that falls overboard and end up being found on beaches throughout the word. While that's the "plot" the book is really more about the pervasivness and problems with plastic pollution. But that's not why I...

Starve him to death. :shrug

Came out of DC China town. Dean Chin was one of the promoters. There may have been others.

That particular school does staff work early on.

Here are two in Columbia. I've tried and recommend the Jow Ga. I plan on trying the Ju Jitsu next month. There is alos a Ninjutsu school in the area but I don't have the link. http://www.jowtigers.com/ http://combatju-jitsu.com/ Jow Ga does weapons including swords but initially you learn...

FWIW, the Sifu of my Kung Fu Sifu required his students to also do Tai Chi. He was born and trained in Hong Kong.

I think the book was written for $. I have no issue with that, in itself, but I think it was a selfish decision. His identity was going to eventually be revealed and I think that will put his family and friends at risk. I'm assuming that there are no national security issues. If there are...

I recently finished Confront and Conceal by Sanger. It is about Obama's foreign policy issues and actions. You may have heard of it since it was recently in the news for reporting that the US and Israel created the Stuxnet worm. The book is organized into sections by counties. There are...

The problem with that theory is that the pollen that bees collect is sticky. This makes it more likely to stick to the bees but it also makes it too heavy to float around in the air. Allergies caused by wind blown pollen would be different pollen than that collected by bees.

Regardless of any hyperbole in the title, thanks for posting that link. Some really great and poignant pics. I've never seen that shot of the Chinese Tank Man before.

State Farm currently has an advertisment on Maryland State highway emergency vehicles (think tow truck). eta - our taxes still went up ;-)

Dignity is over-rated if it gets in the way of comfort. ;-) I started doing something similar last winter due to some sinus issues I was experiencing. I used a syringe contraption that we happened to have in stock for some reason that I can no longer recall. Anyways, I really liked its...

How does robbing some struggling storefront owner and random burning of property equate to getting even with bankers? I don't see the connection.

I've been struggling to understand these riots. Materialism just doesn't adequately explain it IMO. It looks more like a morals thing to me. This link uses the term "feral children" and that has a ring of truth to it from where I sit. But where I sit is in North America so I could easily...

That is an informative link. Thanks for posting it.

According the the WSJ, they are dealing with more than just spent fuel in some of these pools. WSJ Link In addition, a standard practice at Japanese nuclear plants—to remove fresh fuel from a reactor and park it for weeks or months in a less-protected "spent fuel" pool during...

Thank you so much. :bow That's certainly a reliable source in this regard.

I question why they haven't actually distributed iodine pills to the population. Seems like a simple and economical measure that could save a lot of ilness in coming years if things deteriorate any further. I've read reports that they are stockpiling iodine but it's not going to do the people...

If the containment vessel is significantly breached and we end up with another Chernobyl-like 30K exclusion zone it will be hard to paint this as an engineering success. Just sayin'. eta - To be clear, I am very impressed with how plants held up except for the obvious fault with their...

Muammar or Charlie Quiz

The military is trying to impose cultural and political shifts in both Iraq and Afghanistan. Both countries have a large motivated segment of the population that resists these changes. Unless there is a large motivated local contingent to counter-balance the restistance, I believe these...

Current price for a basic Kindle is ~$140. The next step up is ~$190.

I Inherited Ms. Shuto's Kindle when she got her iPad. I like it a lot. In fact, I find myself reading a lot more with this device. I'm not sure exactly why though. Part of it is the convenience. The unit is very easy to take almost anywhere. Part of it is the instant gratification aspect...

The WSJ recently ran a series on all of the tracking going on. Here are a few excerpts, comments, and links. Access may require a subscription. link The largest U.S. websites are installing new and intrusive consumer-tracking technologies on the computers of people visiting their sites—in...

Mexico has huge problems with corruption and I wouldn't be surprised if that corruption was funded in large part by drug money, a lot of which originates from US consumption. If the $ amounts I've read about are true, it will be very difficult for Mexico to clean it's own house. Here's one...

The rolls and hardfalls get much easier with practice. But when you think you're doing well rolling on a mat, try it on a harder surface. For me, at least, it showed that there was still some improvements I could make in my technique.

I took my second Judo class last night and had my butt kicked in randori. I can't wait for the next class.

My wife purchased an iPad and I've inherited her old Kindle. I like it. I like it a lot. I like the idea that I can shop online and get immediate delivery. I like the electronic bookmark feature that allows me to mark passages that I may want to refer to at a later time. I've also download...

Why any parent would want to spend all that money to have their children simply 'passed on' without really learning anything is beyond me, but they certainly exist. There's much cheaper forms of babysitting available.