mcr at sandelman.ca
Tue, 05 Jun 2007
I got home today around 6:30pm.
Liam ran to the front door to greet me, and then immediately started crying and poking his knee. He talked about a boom on his knee, and while I was wondering he then poked my knee and worried about my boom!
Such a very sensitive person. It's really amazing.
Seems that he is feeling my pain. Only I'm not actually in pain, I just walk very slowly now.
It started on Saturday evening. Four and half hours into my Karate Black Belt test (at http://www.douvris.com/ ) I jump backwards while sparring, and at the time (I think), someone else who is sparring near Ray and I, also jumps back. Only I jump first, and they land on me, and my left knee takes the impact.
My knee cap was on the side of my leg. Sensei Dom put it back, and the pain went away. I tried to finish the test using a spare brace, but that didn't work, so I had to watch for the last 20 minutes. On Sunday morning, I didn't get to take part in the demonstration at all, I had to watch.
I did receive my belt though. I am now officially "Sensei Michael"... If you like, you may approach and receive wisdom.
(see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_on_the_Floor, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ti_Kwan_Leep )
On Monday, I saw a sports medicine doctor at the Carleton Sports Medicine Clinic. I got an X-ray this morning (along with my teeth cleaning), and saw my physiotherapist. Third injury in the past 8 months... To be fair to Karate, none of the injuries would have needed attention except that I didn't want to stop training, and they prevented me from training.
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Wed, 06 Jun 2007
I finished reading Rainbows End by Verner Vinge.
It's set in 2025, and he finds a neat way to introduce us to the world of 2025: through the eyes of a 75 year old who has just been cured of Alzheimer's. He has to catch up on the past 20 years, just like the rest of us.
This book should be read by everyone who is a member of the IETF technical community. Particularly those who do router security, ad-hoc networks, and pwe3...
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I got a copy of the Jack Whyte's The Lance Thrower from Amazon some time ago. It was very hard for my relatives to find that on my Xmas book list. It was, I thought, the continuation of the book Clothar the Frank from Whyte's Arthurian series.
I started reading it, and thought.... gee he's really recapping a lot. As I read more, I realized that someone he was saying it all again. Only maybe with fewer words.
Well, today I learnt the truth.
The Lance Thrower is the US edition. Clothar the Frank is the Canadian (maybe world) title, and is definitely a longer book. That also explains why the book was so hard to find.
So, I guess I'm still waiting for the next installment in the series that started as The Skystone.
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