Rain, rain, go away!
Sunday, May 3rd, 2009 Posted in Lifestyle, Sports and Fitness | No Comments »When the alarm went off this morning at 6:30am I almost cried. Sunday is usually the one day of the week that I am able to sleep in late. The kids were spending the weekend at Grandma's house so it ...
Krav Maga Orange Belt Promotion
Sunday, April 26th, 2009 Posted in Krav Maga, Lifestyle, Martial Arts, Sports and Fitness | No Comments »Over the past few months I have been training pretty hard in preparation for promotions in the various martial arts styles that I am studying. Last month, I successfully tested for my 1st degree Black Belt in IPS Shotokan, and ...
Late Night Workout for Insomniacs
Friday, April 24th, 2009 Posted in IPS, Krav Maga, Lifestyle, Martial Arts, Sports and Fitness | No Comments »My recent bouts of insomnia have made my workouts a true late night exercise. I am really starting to think that this must be how vampires live. It seems that the last few weeks have been a focal point for ...
Runnin’ for Chowda: Year Two
Monday, April 20th, 2009 Posted in Lifestyle, Sports and Fitness | No Comments »I just got off of the phone with Ski and was shocked to hear her sound so energetic. She slid up to Beantown this weekend to run in her second Boston Marathon and had just finished when I got her ...
Go Trek Yourself
Sunday, April 12th, 2009 Posted in Comics and Sci-Fi, Entertainment, Lifestyle, New Media, Sports and Fitness, Tech Job Scene, Technology | No Comments »This is either one of the funniest, or the creepiest, things I have seen on the web in awhile. You got a black vulcan spitting the lyrics of Rakim in an offbeat monotone fashion. Yes I realize that I am ...
Black Belt Ceremony
Thursday, March 12th, 2009 Posted in Lifestyle, Martial Arts, Sports and Fitness | No Comments »I am so proud of my baby. She finally earned her Black belt in Karate. She had been practicimg very hard over the last few months in order to get ready for the testing. It was obvious that all the ...
Early Morning Krav Maga Workout
Sunday, December 28th, 2008 Posted in Krav Maga, Lifestyle, Martial Arts, Sports and Fitness | No Comments »This is a brief video taken by my kids as they watched their father sweat through an early Saturday morning workout. I really plan to get in better shape for the New Year. Luckily I have the next couple of ...
Fame can sometimes be a kick in the a$$!
Saturday, December 20th, 2008 Posted in IPS, Lifestyle, Martial Arts, Sports and Fitness | No Comments »As this year comes to a close it is ironic how people, places, and things from my past are starting to resurface as if almost by design. My recent re-dedication to the martial arts has almost seemingly summoned alot of ...
Oberlin College Basketball Scrimmage
Friday, December 19th, 2008 Posted in Digital Video, Oberlin, Sports and Fitness | No Comments »Some of my old basketball friends from Oberlin have been bugging me to post this video for awhile. This is the intra-team scrimmage from the 1986-87 Season Midnight madness kickoff for the Oberlin College Basketball team. I still get a ...
Black men can jump. Well, at least we could in the past.
Monday, December 15th, 2008 Posted in Alma Mater, Digital Video, Lifestyle, New Media, Oberlin, Sports and Fitness | No Comments »I finally got off my butt and digitized some old footage of me playing basketball back in the day. The tape is from my senior year at Oberlin College. I had the tape laying around my mom's house for ages ...
