I haven't been terribly active on this site for a long time. Most of my posts here have been written on DW and cross-posted to here ( Read more... )

For those interested in qigong and are in (or feel like coming to) the Memphis area, I will be holding a 2-day qigong workshop the last weekend in March. Let me know if you're interested and I'll shoot you the details. :-)

Honestly, I didn't give a tinker's damn about the game tonight, although I did think it was interesting that we've had 50 Superbowl games and none of them have gone into overtime before ( Read more... )

In 2017, BE Princess Leia.

Fight on the front lines. Strangle the fascists with the very chains they would have you wear. Be a motherfuckin' General!

Can you imagine a more fitting tribute to Carrie Fisher than if women started living up to that?

Rest in peace, Princess. I'm sure Artoo was waiting to welcome you.

To my friends who find a spiritual significance in today's date... a Blessed Midwinter's Day to you ( Read more... )

On this anniversary of one of our darkest days in recent memory, I've been thinking.
( Proceed at your own risk. )

"Space: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. Her five-year mission: to explore strange new worlds; to seek out new life and new civilizations; to boldly go where no man has gone before."
( The challenge? )

50 years ago tomorrow marks the date of a cultural shift that is still being felt today.
( Warning: There be Geekery ahead )

Well, this week has gotten off to a VERY interesting start, thanks to a pair of phone calls I've had.

In the last two days, I've spoken to my sensei from Nashville and to my grandmaster -- yours truly has been promoted!

( Thinky thoughts ahead )

( Thoughts ahead on BLM and police, be warned )