I realize that I haven't had a very informative post since we left for NY. Here's the skinny:

New York was fun. I intend to write a longer post about it later.

BJJ was awesome. Up until March 11 everything was really beginning to click. I was catching higher belts, I was becoming a lot more technical and not relying on my strength (which is ( Read more... )

http://www.listerscominghome.co.uk/

I was watching the Biggest Loser last night with Jo (eating nachos and drinking coronas in celebration of Mexican Food Day, since nobody really cares about the Battle of Peublo because beating the French is like waking up in the morning) when the challenge for the final four contestants was announced: RUNNING A MARATHON!!!!!111 ( Read more... )

That's the point where my greed over-powers my common sense.

Lost your Job?

Lost your job? Subdue a dude

Unemployment can make you want to choke somebody.

At Gracie Barra Ballard, that’s okay.

The Brazilian jiu-jitsu academy recently began what it calls the Tough Times Training Program. Anyone who’s been laid off in the past 3 months is eligible for free classes three times a week. Just provide proof that you’re ( Read more... )

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009139412_webmisdemeanors28m.html

Seattle University professor's report calls misdemeanor courts "alarming"

Misdemeanor courts throughout the country - including many in Washington - are in a state of shambles, with people convicted without lawyers, public defenders swamped with impossible caseloads ( Read more... )

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Bill Nye Boo'd In Texas For Saying The Moon Reflects The Sun

• Posted by Morgan Matthew on February 21, 2009 at 3:45am
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Report: U.S. health care system is a liability
Americans spend a lot more than top countries, but aren’t as healthy

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29641091/


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AIG massive payments to banks stoke bailout rage

By John O'Callaghan and Lilla Zuill

http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSN1548789520090316?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews

WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs Group Inc and a parade of European banks were the major beneficiaries of $93 billion in payments from AIG -- more than half of the ( Read more... )