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[PHOTO: George Hernandez based in Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.]George Hernandez: Exploring

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"Both the victor and the vanquished are but drops of dew, but bolts of lightning —thus should we view the world." -Ouchi Yoshitaka (1507/1551).

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20120321 164427 Z Space Elevator, Going Up news.discove … ator-120225.html Cool, Engineering, Nanotechnology, Space, TECH Whoot! It may be possible to have a space LIFT within my lifetime! 2050 isn't so far away.
20120316 172100 Z Britannica Goes All-Out Digital www.britanni … al-encyclopedia/ Cyber Life, Funny, Sad, TECH Sad: Encyclopædia Britannica stops printing after 244 years. Funny: I found out through Wikipedia.
20120301 155806 Z Introducing "enclothed cognition" - how what we wear affects how we think bps-research … gnition-how.html Chill, Funny, Psychology, Science, TECH Aha! Yet another excuse to work while wearing a white lab coat!
20120207 192222 Z Go Asia, China, Games, Go, Japan I recently watched all 75 episodes of the anime "Hikaru no Go" and it has revived my interest in Go!
20120109 185816 Z Convert an Orange Into a Candle with a Little Kitchen Oil lifehacker.c … ttle-kitchen-oil Make, Play I guess I'll abuse an orange tonight.
20120109 182102 Z Climate Change Is Undeniable and Must Be Addressed Now, Says Former U.S. Senator Ted Kaufman thinkprogres … ufman/?mobile=nc Sustainability, TECH, USA, World Sadly no amount of evidence will convince the climate change deniers.
2012-05-07t18:20:48 Z | TAGS: Biology, Fauna, My Stuff, Ramblings, Writing
Worm Sandwich
Worm sandwich. I'm writing this note while eating a sandwich. I had to go out in the drizzling rain to get the sandwich. I was looking down to avoid the puddles and I noticed the various worms on the sidewalk. There was one that was heading towards a water filled line in the sidewalk and I paused on my journey to witness his. I thought that he was going to cross the "valley" of water and I wanted to see that, but instead he went into it, submerged for his full length. I supposed that it was safer in the crack then out of it, given the foot traffic, but wouldn't he drown? Perhaps he was coming up for air now and then? I stuck around for a few moments, but he just squirmed around in the bit of dirt there. I continued on my own journey to get a sandwich and on my way back I checked on the worm and he was still submerged. There were other worms on the sidewalk. One was just a foot away who was also submerged but dead; Other worms were squirming or dying or dead. I don't know what drives a worm's existence. What sort of biofeedback or biochemistry motivates a worm. Do annelids strand themselves when it rains because of air, sex, acidity, or what? Why do they dig? There must be something in their biology that says dig or die. I think they feel pain or at least squirm more vigorously if partially squished. So many questions. Human brains are more complex but we're all basically worms with limited thoughts and choices and actions. In any case, I've finished my sandwich and it's time to post.
2012-04-17t19:14:35 Z | TAGS: CrossFit, Gear, Health
CrossFit WOD 2012-04-15
CrossFit WOD 2012-04-15 [http://www.crossfit.com/mt-archive2/008300.html]
Fave recent workout that I did: http://www.crossfit.com/mt-archive2/008300.html. Chest-to-bar pullups, 30" box jumps, and GHD situps. Loved the box jumps! I don't have a GHD station, but this set up works: bench, power cage bar set at proper height, and a barbell pad (usually used for back squats).
Improvised GHD setup
2012-03-10t16:09:58 Z | TAGS: Boxing, Conditioning, CrossFit, Family, Health, Kids, Knives, MARTIAL, Mind, Play, Psychology, Self Improvement
Workout buy-ins

I do buy-ins with other areas of my life, but the buy-in technique is clearly demonstrated with workouts. I was doing The Open portion of the 2012 CrossFit Games (http://games.crossfit.com/workouts/the-open) the other day, when it hit me that the 5th week of it will roughly coincide with the release of the "Hunger Games" movie! I then sold myself on the idea of doing my workouts as if I were preparing to be a participant/tribute in the Hunger Games. I was also inspired by the competitors in the 55+ category!

Here's another recent examples of the buy-in technique: I was warming up the other day and noticed that I was already mentally and physically tired. I then thought that when I'm fatigued is a good time for someone to attack me. I instantly got a "fuck you" attitude and decided that my workout would be 3 rounds of heavy bag work, where each round was 3 minutes. I was energized and vigorous and proud for overcoming the fatigue. I do a similar technique when I take a hot shower: If I notice that have any hesitation about suddenly switching to a cold shower, then I've sold myself on the idea that I must then suddenly switch to a cold shower.

One more buy-in: I sometimes have a hard time getting the kids to do martial techniques with me. But just yesterday I was fooling around with a jump rope and iron whip techniques and the kids were laughing it up. I switched to doing a knife fight with the jump rope handles as the knives. The rope forced some measure, and the handles were so un-knife like that it seemed less violent. Basically it was different enough that the kids bought into it and wanted to try it out!

A buy-in gives any project drive and gets results!

2012-03-07t16:10:36 Z | TAGS: Beauty, Chill, Cool, Life, My Stuff, Play, Poetry, Ramblings
Watch the wind 
Watch the wind
    uproot and uplift
        the discarded debris
    of paper and plastic
into fanciful flights
    overhead, on high,
        soaring out of sight.
2012-03-05t19:57:53 Z | TAGS: Chicago, Education, Family
A really brutal admissions year
A really brutal admissions year [http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/education/ct-met-cps-selective-20120302,0,5806321.story]
Makes me appreciative that my daughter Connie got accepted by the selective-enrollment high school of her choice as well as the International Baccalaureate high school of her choice. Connie worked really hard and is very talented, but I'm sure that many who didn't get in are the same. However the line has to be drawn somewhere and I'm sure the other kids will do great elsewhere.
2012-02-18t23:09:10 Z | TAGS: Books, Conditioning, Go, Literature, Music, My Stuff, Politics, Ramblings, Reading, Videos
I disappeared
Instead of checking Facebook, G+, reddit, etc, I've been selfish! I've been reading books (Douglass, Dickens, Emerson), playing (Go, piano), watching Netflix, avoiding election news, dining out, working out, doing lots of work work, slumming with family, and ... ah rats! We all that stuff whether we surf or not, but I admit that I like to disappear now and then. And yes, I was also to lazy to send Christmas cards again!

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