I’m still on vacation, but wanted to put up a quick picture of Jamie and the Purple Haze gi I dyed for him a few months back.
Picture was taken with my iPhone, so it’s not that clear.
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Quick Post of Jamie’s Purple Haze Gi
The one where I train less BJJ but learn to Swing…
Not THAT kind of swing… sheesh. This blog is strictly PG, for Pete’s sake. I mean East Coast Swing. For Christmas, I signed my wife and I up for dance lessons. I have always wanted to do this, but have never taken the plunge because of my chronic back pain. [...]
I Survived the New Year and All I Got Was This Lousy Shirt
Christmas was awesome, but… there were a few snags. For some reason, someone gets sick in our house for Christmas. Every year. Sometimes it’s only one person, and sometimes, such as this year, it makes a run through the entire house.
Christmas morning we awoke to the sounds of my oldest puking loudly in the bathroom. [...]
New Club Patches
Here’s a quick picture of the new Foster Lotus Club patches. I think they look really cool. Can’t wait to sport it on the back of a gi.
Scramble Stuff: MMA without attitude
I wanted to post a couple of pics of my new Scramble Stuff shirt. As I said before, it’s a very thick, soft shirt. The quality is noticeably higher than the typical t-shirt. It shrunk up just a hair, too, so that it has a slightly fitted feel to it. I’m 5’10” and about 180lbs [...]
New Old Friends
I raced home from work to pick up the baby and called my other kids on my way back so that they would be waiting for me when I got home. They took the baby inside and I was outta there, fifteen minutes to get to my chiropractic appointment.
Sidebar here: it’s GREAT having older [...]
Good Class Yesterday
I came to some conclusions and made some decisions. A few weeks back, I mentioned that I was going to work with a chiropractor that I trust. Dr. Sean trains with us at my school and were it not for him, I would likely never consider chiropractic care as a viable option. The only problem [...]
Update and Closeout of the Mustaches vs Cancer campaign
First, I want to thank everyone who checked out my mustache website, and a special thank you to all of you who donated some of your hard earned cash to the pediatric department at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.
The campaign as a whole earned just under $50,000, a considerable sum. I feel [...]
So, seriously. How hard is it to become a cyborg?
I’m serious. My back has let me down again and I’m done with it. I’m ready to go into some mad scientist’s secret laboratory and undergo some painful surgery that replaces my skeleton with adamantium, or perhaps some combination of gyros and advanced cybertronics. Hell, I’ll take $6 million worth of bionics. Whatever.
Wednesday, [...]
A Different Approach to Jiu Jitsu Merchandise
One of the things I’ve mentioned several times over the years is how I’m not a big fan of the blood, chain link fences and violent themes on most MMA and BJJ merchandise. It’s not that I don’t like blood or violent themes. Hell, my favorite video game is Fallout 3. I [...]
