1) call from cardiologist, main version:Call from cardiologist as requested. I suppose I can thank Discover for being doofuses - had they not already wakened me at 8 for the fraud I called them back about last night (new card en route) I might have been less coherent than I was. Short form, continued improvement; the base problem is the narrowed/ ( Read more... )

New Flyingfeet classes:

This coming Monday through 8/29 = intro 6 count swing, 7:30.

9/12 - 10/3:
7:30 - Argentine Tango
8:30 - Showstoppers: dips, drops, stops. This one doesn't necessarily need a partner (although balance is good). Intermediate, though that can be lindy, 6count, blues, or maybe for some stuff even waltz. "The first class ( Read more... )

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So it turns out that Paul the Psychic Octopus favors Spain for the Spain/Germany World Cup semifinal. With one exception in 2008 he's correctly predicted the winner of all of Germany's matches. (Fortunately for the current German psyche the one incorrect prediction was also a Germany/Spain match, which Germany lost when predicted to win.) [Edit ( Read more... )

1) Behind the cut, the latest flyingfeet mass email. ( Ballroom Sampler & Jitterbug start Monday; Tango Bootcamp/live music Milonga; Foxtrot workshop. )

Well, if you're willing to help hang a huge military parachute inside Glen Echo's Spanish Ballroom in prep for the Veteran's Day Dance on Saturday: Due to some scheduling conflicts w/ Glen Echo, we've been informed that we need to hang the parachute tonight if we are going to get it hung at all. This is an urgent call for anyone who can come out ( Read more... )

Dance stuff: ( WentJamCellar! )

1) I love xiphias's post, musing about the legal ramifications of suing a Djinn, and different concepts of jurisdiction in different countries.

2) New Flyingfeet classes tonight: 7:30 Tango; 8:30 Lindy part II.

3) Yeah, that. Clear all day except 7-8pm. Every day. I suppose I'll eventually look up what happened... ayup.4)I'd no idea how many computer ( Read more... )

1) further to The elderly frappuccino story, I foraged in the front of the florida fridge (this is where they live and found some veggie sushi. Ate a carrot sushi. Wondered why it tasted fermented. Best before 8/10. Brought it over to show Dad, who decided he liked the fermenty taste (admittedly, so had I before I realized its cause), ate a ( Read more... )