When you are bench pressing a barbell be careful how you put it down as the arm and shoulder do not rotate in all directions equally.
From looking at this picture my pectoralis tendon is not ruptured, which is what they say can happen from bench pressing. And, I wouldn’t consider any kind of surgery like this anyhow in Kuwait.
The performers are Mei Han’s Red Chamber with John Reischman and the Jaybirds. The instruments include an iluqin, mandolin, bass, pipa, guitar, sanxian, banjo, and ruan. The song is “Katy Hill.”
Link from Boing Boing
Great music. Now all they need is a Shamisen
I have been trying to tell the kids that instant messaging is a waste of time and concentration. There are a number of reasons why, particularly that the non-verbal interaction — body language and facial expression — is a large part of how we communicate, not just the words.
Tragically, there are now a whole lot of people who never have those conversations. The interventions, the brutal honesty, the, “you know, everybody’s pissed off because of what you said last night, but nobody wants to say anything because they’re afraid of you,” sort of conversations. Those horrible, awkward, wrenchingly uncomfortable sessions that you can only have with someone who sees right to the center of you.
E-mail and texting are awesome tools for avoiding that level of honesty. With text, you can respond when you feel like it. You can measure your words. You can pick and choose which questions to answer. The person on the other end can’t see your face, can’t see you get nervous, can’t detect when you’re lying. You have almost total control and as a result that other person never sees past your armor, never sees you at your worst, never knows the embarrassing little things about yourself that you can’t control. Gone are the common quirks, humiliations and vulnerabilities that real friendships are built on.
Velly interesting…
From Boing Boing
And more at A Years Worth Of Japanese Food
And here is a link to Gongfu Girl’s tea related videos on YouTube Here’s one on a simplified Japanese Tea Ceremony.
Blowing your nose to alleviate stuffiness may be second nature, but some people argue it does no good, reversing the flow of mucus into the sinuses and slowing the drainage.
Counterintuitive, perhaps, but research shows it to be true.
From the New York Times
Link from Here There and Everywhere
Thinks haven’t changed much have they?