Dragonball, kids and chi
My son grew up watching Dragonball and Dragonball Z, which means, of course, that I watched a lot of it with him (yeah, yeah, I play video games and watch cartoons with my kid,...
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Baguazhang: Theory and Applications by Master Liang, Shou-Yu and Dr.Yang, Jwing-Ming
There are four well known styles of so-called “internal” Chinese martial arts: Taichiquan, Xingyiquan, Baguazhang and Lin He Ba Fa. While I have only practiced Taichiquan from this group, this book on Baguazhang gives...
Rockets can win the division
With the Rockets win over Portland combined with the Spurs loss (stomping) at Cleveland, the Rox are now 1/2 game out of the Southwest Division lead. The New Orleans Hornets loss at home to...
Amazonclicks Reader’s Choice Award
My novel, Dusk Before the Dawn, won the AmazonClicks.com Reader’s Choice Award for March. Full detail can be seen at the AmazonClicks web site. Thanks very much to all who voted. Related posts: No...
Olympic Gods assembled for Percy Jackson
Though I’d rather see Uma Thurman as Artemis, where she could employ her Kill Bill martial arts skills, this looks like an excellent cast. Featuring Uma Thurman as Medusa and Pierce Brosnan as Chiron,...
Pidgin, or why 4 chat programs no longer suck my PC dry
Granted, my PC needs to be replaced (it is my trusty Sony Vaio that has been around the world with me for years)…but it was dragging, in some not-so-small part due to the number...
bookrev: Sunrise Tai Chi by Ramel Rones
Sunrise Tai Chi provides an introduction to Tai Chi Chuan, with easy to understand descriptions of the history and principles, plus visualizations to help with the hard-to-understand breathing/mental disciplines and a short “Sunrise Tai...
Amazon MP3s on Twitter
While we can argue whether Twitter is a “new social media” or not, one great thing about it is the Amazon MP3 twitter feed. Amazon certainly seems to be trying to put a dent...
Watchmen – Book vs. Movie
Always, read the book first. The movies are often good, but the source material is almost always better. My review of the Watchmen book is here. Read here for a good description of Alan...