Olympic sports -- I've always admired the biathlon, which involves transitioning from all-out totally exhausting crosscountry skiing (damn hard in itself) to precision target shooting, as quickly as possible, and vice-versa, several times in rapid succession.
Willow: That's a work ethic! Buffy, you're developing a work ethic! Buffy: Do they make an ointment for that?
'Beneath You'
Natter 60: Gone In 60 Seconds
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Theodosia - Aug 27, 2008 2:51:49 am PDT #5606 of 10003
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Sparky1 - Aug 27, 2008 3:21:29 am PDT #5607 of 10003
Librarian Warlord
I'm going to have to go find Hilary's speech and watch it for myself.
I've always admired the biathlon
I've always thought that one of the reasons ashtanga yoga made so much sense to me (it's huge on linking a breath to a movement) was because of my experience target shooting and having to pay attention to the inhale/exhale/heartbeat/when to squeeze the trigger. When meetings are driving me nuts and a I need to zone out I will sit there and figure out where my breath & heartbeat are so I'd know when I could shoot a tranquilizer dart into the speaker and get the hell outta there.
I'm not sure it's the most mentally healthy visualization technique out there, but it gets me through.
Theodosia - Aug 27, 2008 3:38:47 am PDT #5608 of 10003
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
::laughs like a drain::
SailAweigh - Aug 27, 2008 3:50:34 am PDT #5609 of 10003
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
I ♥ Sparky.
Jesse - Aug 27, 2008 4:14:08 am PDT #5610 of 10003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
because of my experience target shooting and having to pay attention to the inhale/exhale/heartbeat/when to squeeze the trigger.
Heh -- I just finished re-reading a Jack Reacher book in which that featured heavily.
sumi - Aug 27, 2008 4:29:17 am PDT #5611 of 10003
Art Crawl!!!
Also, I'm reminding myself that gymkata =/= gymkhana
You know - there might be some survival value to being able to gallop a pony while holding an egg in a spoon. You never know.
So, we're keeping tumbling? Should Orienteering be part of the survival Olympics? Or maybe something like rally (in car racing)? Dog sledding?
amych - Aug 27, 2008 4:33:51 am PDT #5612 of 10003
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
there might be some survival value to being able to gallop a pony while holding an egg in a spoon
For the chicken, there certainly is.
Gudanov - Aug 27, 2008 4:58:48 am PDT #5613 of 10003
Coding and Sleeping
Any of the Democrats are lesser evils than McCain. Don't think any of them are ready for or have faced the full extent of the mess Bush has left them. (Or maybe they all have, but can't really hint at it because that wouldn't be being positive. And not being positive is practically a criminal offense in the 21st century US. Turn that frown upside down. Or else.)
Hey, watch the negativity. Next thing you know you'll be saying that we can't cut taxes, increase defense spending, and balance the budget all at the same time and that would be unamerican.
sumi - Aug 27, 2008 5:00:04 am PDT #5614 of 10003
Art Crawl!!!
For the chicken, there certainly is.
Well, not if the egg is smashed.
amych - Aug 27, 2008 5:04:02 am PDT #5615 of 10003
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
That's what I was saying. It may not be a survival skill for you to be able to carry the egg, but for the chicken...