( Cops and Cthulu Jokes )

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A very experienced paramedic and a brand new one are paired in a truck. They are running a call. The patient needs a breathing tube. The breathing tubes paramedics use come in long paper packages, with a plastic coating on the inside. Obviously, time is of the essence because the patient in question can't breathe. The older paramedic calmly looks ( Read more... )

( Moment of Brilliance )

My. Ribs. Hurt.

We were doing a quite different exercise that night. Not the usual kind of training. When things are usual, we train to protect ourselves. But my teacher, who knows the unique demands my training has, sometimes tailors it to me. On that night, we trained to protect others. Large groups attacking. The directive? Protect the person ( Read more... )

You know, I think I figured something out.

My whole life, people have always commented about I seem to move around without being seen or heard. Nine times out of ten, I don't even mean to do it. I just do. It kind of happens by accident.

I think I finally figured out how I do it. It's kind of funny that I've done it subconsciously for so long, but ( Read more... )

Today, I found someone truly precious. I went to the local Supercuts for my monthly trimming. Last time, an Asian lady I'd never met before cut my hair. She did a really good job. So good, in fact, that I actually got a lot of compliments (which is saying something for me... supermodel I ain't). I didn't get her name during that first visit, so I ( Read more... )

This started as a comment on a friend's LJ, but I think I'll expand it into a full-blown rant.

I remember when I first got a keikogi. I was really excited, because now I had the strange uniform that made me fit into the strange new dojo environment. It was heavy, double-weave, unbleached cotton. I put it on and had two distinct thoughts that I ( Read more... )

We've got a fellow who has been in the dojo for about two years now. Nice enough guy. Great psychologist. Sometimes a little slow on the uptake on aikido, but his learning problems become learning opportunities for me.

Case in point: this evening.

Now, I'm usually a pretty gentle teacher. I like to slowly, gently lead people down the path of ( Read more... )

This is shamelessly cross-posted from another blog I maintain.

As you might guess by reading this blog, martial arts have a near and dear place among the chambers of my heart. Were you to look at my schedule, you might not think the same thing. I get to the dojo once a week and spend a little bit of time every day practicing.

I've been thinking a ( Read more... )