No matter how things go, I have to say I have the best club-mates in the world. Jessi1 showed up tonight to give me two bouts even though she was 2nd in the tournament yesterday and even though it's Rosh Hashanah. Kiersten and Donna and Meng were there too, and all fenced me ten-touch bouts and wished me good luck. Between those guys and all the others, they have been working as hard as they could to help me prepare for Vet Worlds and I found myself thinking this morning as I drove in that I'll ...
There is no way you can ever know what you have done for me by being there and letting me rant. Thank you fencing community for saving my life Saturday night Robin (spousal unit) and I went out to dinner with a group from the Brain Injury foundation. It was comprised of brain injury survivors and their spouses. You could tell the injury survivors by their drool bibs. We have not laughed that hard in such a long time. I was sitting next to the husband of the Chairman of the foundation ...
It's been about a month since I last ate any chocolate and I'm not touching it again. Not unless I see proof that's it's being manufactured in the U.S. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,429469,00.html Watch your food intake people! Some of the food we're eating is being made in China and the same ingredient that sickened our cats and dogs (and sometimes killed them) is being used in their manufacturing of food products for humans. I want a warning label ...
Due to the willingness of Chris the foil fencer (who had been in a 5K run the day before and did very well without training) and KidLazy (who passed up an epee tournament to come), we actually had 15 for the open sabre, but because we didn't have enough ratings it was only a D1. Meng thought it was a 3:00 tournament but we called him and woke him up, so he made it in. I had Kiersten, Nick, Ben, KidLazy, Donna, and Anthony Giunipero from the USNA in my pool. My goal was to lose no ...
I'm back from the Purdue Open and I'm both pleased and annoyed with myself over how I performed. I had 4 victories and 1 defeat and the defeat really bugs the heck out of me because that was the off-weapon fencer in our pool who was easily defeated by everyone else. I kept hitting my wrist on her blade. I could SO kick myself. This will serve as a reminder that I must never underestimate anyone or go into a bout thinking that I SHOULD win this one. I made some small ...
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