Being There

So I guess someone must have linked me somewhere important, because I’ve started to receive a lot of spam comments. They are all gibberish with weird html links, but apparently this is the way they test the system to see if they can get through - then they start to send the real spam.
Rest assured, [...]

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Well, the true blog post killer wasn’t the time before the bar exam, it was the time afterward. I was in my friend’s wedding and I learned to rock climb and I spent some time in Bend, etc etc.
Back in action faster than you can say Michael Phelps has funny lookin’ ears. (Note: NOT faster [...]

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Time for locked down bar study mode. I doubt I’ll be posting anything for a couple weeks. I do have a Batman ARG post in the works that may pop up. 
In the mean time, I command you to do two things. Go see The Dark Knight, and learn this dance.
Ciao!

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Getting ready to land, originally uploaded by Medopine.

On Sunday I went skydiving. My friends got a group together so I said what the heck. I’m not cool with heights normally. It was pretty awesome though. So here I am getting ready to land the parachute. Well actually the tandem instructor is landing it. I’m just [...]

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So a few months ago I started doing Brazillian Jiu Jitsu. I didn’t know anything about martial arts or jiu jitsu in particular, but after some reading up it seemed like this was the art to start with. What is jiu jitsu, you ask? Well my standard answer is: It’s like wrestling, only more technical. [...]

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So I don’t exactly have much time right now to blog but I thought I’d list a few things that I’m planning on writing about when I get around to it…

Brazillian Jiu Jitsu
The Supreme Court’s recent ruling on habeas corpus
KBR/Haliburton in Iraq
A photo essay of something or other local
Restaurant review of the Brazil Grill in [...]

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Tiye eyes, originally uploaded by Medopine.

This is my kitten, Tiye. That’s pronounced “Tie.” She’s named after an Egyptian queen. Such striking eyes!
Uploaded some other stuff to my flickr if you want to check it out.

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When thinking about creating a personal site, I mulled over the different approaches that I’ve been reading about in various other blog posts on the subject of organizing and presenting the social data that we all seem to have scattered around the web these days. Atomic Playboy brought up several different approaches, including Jon Tan’s [...]

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We can lift ourselves out of ignorance, we can find ourselves as creatures of excellence and intelligence and skill.
After finally deciding to tackle this blog project in earnest, I spent most of this evening trying to make it look decent and come up with a title that doesn’t suck. I like this one; simple, a [...]

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