Sheos
The early years of the new millennium I was something of an Überjock: training six days a week at Sifu/Guro Ron’s (Monday thru Friday nights, and Saturday mornings) on both the Chinese side of...
Caviar Ravioli with Lobster Sauce
The back story: When I was just a little critter, twelve maybe, we took a trip down to Washington, DC to see the sights. For whatever reason, while we were there we went to...
My Three Concussions
Thrice now I’ve had what the medical guys call mTBI (mild traumatic brain injury), i.e. concussions. Mountain biker + martial arts student, so that shouldn’t be all that surprising. Two weren’t especially noteworthy; the...
Stinky Trail Gnome
Hi! I’m a trail gnome! What this means in practice is I carry (some) trail tools with me – notably a Silky Katanaboy saw and a Gerber E-Tool (a folding shovel) – and, as...
The Baargain Nooz
It must’ve been thirty years ago now: the phone rang, and in those days (pre-Caller ID), to know who it was, you had to answer it. So I did. “I’d like the number for...
The Dilman
A short film screenplay. Use the EmbedPress print and download links if desired, rather than those for the page.
Frittata!
You NEED to add this to your culinary repertoire. What’s a frittata? Well, you can think of it as “scrambled eggs with stuff” or (if you must) a crustless quiche. (Since I can’t eat...
Simian Spankus Interruptus
Many years ago now, BF (Before Facebook), Guro Ron used to have – as part of the website for the school – a traditional webforum, where all sorts of topics martial arts related and...
ChatGPT… and Me
With all the talk about ChatGPT, I decided to give it a whirl. Since I’m a mountain biker and spend a lot of time on my big orange beast: I started with: Fair enough....
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