Clearly I didn't look that closely. That's crazy! It must be primarily for businesses, then?

I didn't notice it on the website. The woman I spoke to was very nice about it--they must realise it's a bit of a nichey thing.

Might work for large gatherings at home too.

Watching tonight's Mile High -- Perkins I think we're SOL. I base that on no knowledge. Nicole, there's hate at least partially because everyone hates Janis, and she hates everyone.

I didn't notice it on the website. The woman I spoke to was very nice about it--they must realise it's a bit of a nichey thing.

I guess so!

Do you have things to wear with a brown belt?

Nothing.

Do you have to kill a man to get a black belt? Or is it more of a reward?

It's more that you don't have to let a man kill you. There are defenses against real knives, and they describe the fighting portion of it not as something you win, but something you survive. They'll just keep throwing fresh black belts at you to see where you break.

Yeah, beth. I sure wish I had that talent.

Today seems to be an alcoholiday for me. I don't really drink much. A couple drinks a month. Today I had two glasses of wine and I'm now having what could be called Maine Mimosa (sparkling blueberry juice with Champagne [and it's actually from the province of Champagne]).

David - the first thing Matt said was "does he have all his fingers" - but you said he did well - so I am guessing he is intact. Matt's newest project is teaching an 11 yr old neighbor to make a guitar. He really is into the project, but I think the kid likes the concept of power tools quite a bit, too.

sparkling blueberry juice with Champagne

that just sounds good.

We ate too much at Sparky's. we just aren't hungry for the soup and bread brought over by neighbors....

{{{quester}}}

Congratulations ita! I was just crossing my fingers that you wouldn't get hurt today. Which, I guess you technically didn't while actually taking the test...

I guess you technically didn't while actually taking the test...

It's a gift. I kneed myself in the face in my yellow belt test and gave myself a bloody nose. Giving myself a black eye is part of a long and honoured tradition. One of the instructors cheered me up (not really) by telling me he rolled his ankle badly going back to his car after our test.

It's life that'll kill ya.

Knife defense, machine gun defense, you people need sidewalk defense.

Good to hear that the bay area-istas had a fun gathering.

Thanks, ita. There's still two other eps of Mile High on my On Demand menu thingie. I'll have to check them out during the week.

TV tonight is trying really superduper hard to break me. Probably best if I go to bed before the reality of the news starts.