05 April 2007
Less Hulk, More Bruce Lee (Fast Company Magazine)
The striking power of Michael Jager. Tags: Art,Hobbies,Hobby
Tags: Hobby,Self Defense,Capoeira
04 April 2007
'Meet the Robinsons:' A colorful cascade (The Frisco Enterprise)
Poor Lewis. Left on the steps of an orphanage as a swaddling babe. Repeat victim of adoption attempts that somehow blow up in his face, literally. Visionary teen-age scientist who can't quite get the wires to connect. Tags: Hobby,Sport,Self Defense
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01 April 2007
Heaven has its place for Melio and his mule, Queen (Delta Democrat Times)
While going through some memorabilia, I came across a yellowed clipping from The Commercial Appeal, dated May 28, 1986. It's a story about a man and his mule. Tags: Sport,Sports Memorabilia,Sports
Tags: Sports Memorabilia,Hobbies,Hobby
26 March 2007
SPECIAL EVENTS (The State)
MODEL TRAIN OPEN HOUSE: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. March 31, Arsenal Hill Park building, Lincoln and Laurel streets. Admission and parking in adjacent city garage, free. Associated Model Railroads of Columbia and the Atlantic S Gaugers groups will run trains of...
25 March 2007
Sports Collection Relieves Stress for Hoops Coach
The coach of the cinderella team in this year's NCAA women's basketball tournament is one of us. Tags: Sports,Hobbies,Hobby
Tags: Sports,Sport,Hobby
Theater preview (The Sentinel)
Swing dancers among talented acts in Follies Entertaining Tags: Ping Pong,Hobby,Pingpong
Tags: Hobby,Pingpong,Ping Pong
22 March 2007
Student volunteers needed for Appalachian Trail maintenance (East Tennessean)
Saturday marks the first of two ETSU Student Appalachian Trail (AT) Maintenance Trips scheduled for this spring. Students will be helping to build a new section of the trail at Iron Mountain Gap outside of the town of Unicoi, Tenn. Members of the Ten...
21 March 2007
Conflict Resolution: A Casualty of Non-Violent Martial Arts
To the ancient Romans, the concept of a non-violent martial art would be nonsensical. Their literal definition of martial was belonging to Mars, the god of war. Modern usage of the term martial arts, however, is hardly related to ... Tags: Capoeira,Hob...
19 March 2007
Neal Stephenson on 300
The near exhaustion of Asian martial arts themes has led a small but growing number to begin reconstructing, or imagining, the forgotten martial arts of the West. And science fiction, by its nature, has had to equip itself with a full ... Tags: Hobby,N...
Region report: Competitors played role in DM&E loans fate, Thune says (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - Sen. John Thune says potential competitors helped derail a 2.3 billion Federal Railroad Administration loan for the Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad Thune, R-S.D., said signs were favorable that the loan application would be a...
16 March 2007
NFL
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A learning curve for Beckett (Boston Globe)
Josh Beckett should have everything that's missing from the rest of the team's starting rotation, the youth that's missing from Curt Schilling and Tim Wakefield, the familiarity of the American League hitters that's missing from Daisuke Matsuzaka, and ...
12 March 2007
Climate change is main theme of Earth Day (Pocono Record)
Dear EarthTalk: Is there any theme for Earth Day this year, and what can I do to participate Tags: Canoe,Boats,Hobby
Tags: Sport,Canoe,Hobby
06 March 2007
GRRR! Anna Nicole's Sideshow (Fox News)
Mike Straka Grrrs about the Anne Nicole Smith legal circus and journalists who complain but still cover it. Tags: Art,Sport,Ninjutsu
Tags: Sport,Hobby,Martial Art
03 March 2007
Kannapolis officials headed to Washington (Independent Tribune)
KANNAPOLIS - A delegation from Kannapolis will be going to Washington, D.C., this month. City Manager Mike Legg said he and members of City Council will meet with U.S. Rep. Robin Hayes and the staffs of Sens. Elizabeth Dole and Richard Burr. Tags: Hobb...
01 March 2007
Star Trek Auction Update: Week 10
The Voyager Ping Pong Set is pretty cool. How about playing Ping Pong with an actual Star Trek prop Right now it is less than 200. As I said last week, this is a good week for bargains I think. Pay attention to the items currently ... Tags: Ping Pong,...
28 February 2007
Honus Wagner baseball card nets $2.35M (AP via Yahoo! News)
The "Mona Lisa" of baseball memorabilia, an almost mint condition 1909 Honus Wagner tobacco card, arrived in Los Angeles on Tuesday in the company of an armed guard but without its new owner, a mysterious Southern California collector who she...
10-year-old tae kwon do black belt leads his class (Rapid City Journal)
SIOUX FALLS Ten-year-old Seth Kersten is both student and teacher in a world where courtesy and honor are as important as strength and flexibility. Tags: Ninjutsu,Hobby,Art
Tags: Hobby,Sport,Martial Art
22 February 2007
Remembering Lew Burdette, boyhood and becoming a baseball fan (Savannah Morning News)
Lew Burdette died the other day, and reading about his death in a three-paragraph item in the Morning News sports pages saddened me a little. Tags: Hobbies,Sport,Sports Memorabilia
Tags: Hobbies,Sports,Hobby
21 February 2007
I Went to EUROPE!
Not really.. But guess where I was Can you I have to admit I know Selangor Valley pretty well, and I've never even heard of this place, let alone been there. Europe indeed, was a hectic day, need to sleep now...and sigh back to work ... Tags: Self Defe...
20 February 2007
Tanzania: Security Guards Undergo Martial Arts Training (AllAfrica.com)
Thirty security guards, employees of Ngurdoto Mountain Lodge and Impala hotel, have graduated from a three- month martial arts training. They specialised in Tae Kwondo, a Korean self defence art and sport. Tags: Self Defense,Arts,Hobbies
Tags: Self De...
AUDITIONS/SUBMISSIONS (The State)
SUPPORT GROUP BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT GROUP: 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Winyah Community Hospice Care, 305 Stoneridge Drive, suite B. Facilitator will be the Rev. Charles Creech. (803) 798-4030 Tags: Boats,Hobbies,Sport
Tags: Hobbies,Canoe,Hobby
19 February 2007
Is it just my browser?
When I use the "Gauge Classic" scheme to view the forums, embedded links show up as underlined text. In the "Gauge New" scheme, the links are only highlighted when you roll over them. Is it me Is it Firefox Or what :confused: Tags: ...
13 February 2007
Going ... Going ... Gonzales
Attorney General Gonzales got hauled in front of the Senate Judiciary committee this week. Ahhhh, Senate committees actually doing their jobs of oversight. It's like I'm living in America again. I'm sure the feeling will pass. ... Tags: Self Defense,Sp...
11 February 2007
A Study In The Way Of The Chinese Martial Art by Bruce Lee
The Tao Of Gung Fu : A Study In The Way Of The Chinese Martial Art (Handwritten essay by Bruce Lee dated May 16, 1962.) Gung fu is a special kind of skill, a fine art rather than just a physical exercise or self-defence. ... Tags: Sport,Art,Ninjutsu
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