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I put together this test to help me prepare for Saturday. If you’re curious about martial arts and Shuri-Ryu in particular, you’ll enjoy this. Otherwise, you might just skim… 🙂 [...]

Let’s make something clear: I have sparred at the dojo less than half a dozen times. The first few times I did it, Hanshi was surprised at the ease of my performance. I was too…How did I learn [...]

Sorry no post last night. I still haven’t made it back to my own house yet through all this snow storm. Internet connection was spotty all night…Making the trek back up Fork Mountain today.

I have just worked out for 45 minutes at home on karate basic moves, then driven to class for an unexpected 75 minute hard core workout. At the end of class, Dori came to the side door and handed [...]

Still sick, but Oh My Goodness: Check out the Lost Crossings fundraising site NOW! We’re getting there! We can do it! Go team! Go Mitchell and Yancey Counties! Go friends and businesses and [...]

Been sick for two days…And tonight my car died in the middle of highway 261. More soon. The experience was cause for creativity, I’m just to beat to put it into words right now. Check [...]

It is a day of business work. I, the recently laid off barista, tie up loose ends: I apply for Family Planning Medicaid. I apply for a student loan deferment. I apply for a reduction in my [...]

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Reality hits. I have been laid off and given less than a week’s notice. This, from a place that I worked at for four years. While I cannot object to the terms of my termination, I wholeheartedly [...]

I came home from Chicago, after spending money like a fool, to discover a letter in my mailbox stating that I no longer have my job. I will not go back to the Coffeehouse next week for the start [...]