I once went to an Advincula seminar, in which Sensei Advincula made the remark that students come to his seminars, learn the "right" way to do things, then go back to their dojo and right back to doing it the way they had been taught before. I didn't say anything at the time out of respect for Sensei Advincula, but I was thinking, Well yeah. We have to do things the way those who will be testing us want them done.
I have the highest respect for Sensei Advincula, but I am of the Don Nagle/Ken Pittaway/Bill Pogue lineage. I am tested by a board which is certified through Bill Pogue's association. From here on out, I will be board tested. Once you reach 1st kyu, your sensei cannot test you any more. Shodan and above requires being tested in front of the board. I have to do things the way that lineage teaches them.
Because I was so busy, I didn't knit anything but the rest of the December mid month KAL:
The lady who posted about hating sent an explanation to the list. She said it was "hatin", not "hating" as if dropping the g and pronouncing it in vernacular somehow made it ok. She said it was something her kids got from a movie and they say it all the time, so it doesn't mean anything. Personally, I think that if that's the way she feels, she needs to pay more attention to what her kids are watching and saying. But that's just me...
Lou is an artist. She has recently begun doing a painting of the week. About a month ago, she painted this handsome fellow. I was rather taken with this painting. A bit later, she asked me to send her my address because she wanted to send me a Christmas Card. Darned if she didn't send me the cowboy:
He now occupies a place of honor on my computer desk--right next to the ceramic nativity my Aunt and I made some 25 years ago--instead of being piled with the other Christmas cards to be discarded once the holiday season is over. Thank you Lou. He looks even better in person.
I was emptying my bulk mail folder this afternoon. Every so often I glance through the titles and senders before deleting them all, just to make sure a legitimate e-mail hasn't been put in that folder by mistake. It's happened before. I just had to laugh at some of the subject lines:
- Are cankerworm do exuberant
- With resolution to protactinum
- Are cantilever a public
- Her be vapid
Do they honestly think that anyone would regard those as legitimate e-mails? As phrases, they don't even make sense. One was even dated Friday Dec 20, 2002. I mean, come on--how stupid do they think we are?
I guess a few Nyquil free nights have woken my brain up considerable, because I've yammered on quite a bit this evening. Sorry about that...Today's Pic: Biscuits with home made Alaskan Fireweed Jelly sent to me by my sister who lives in Fairbanks.
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3 comments:
You get a higher class of spam than I do, Becky. The subject lines in half the spam I get aren't printable. Fireweed Jelly? Will you pass a drug test after eating that? :-)
Buck, I get those kind, too, but this is a G rated blog. :)
Hmmm, I don't know about that drug test. Kind of reminds me of a story my cousin told me. His hobby is beekeeping, and once someone asked him if bees would make honey from a marijuana plant. He replied that if it had a flower, bees would make honey from it. But don't get excited--you won't get high from it.
You are welcome for the cowboy. Thanks for posting him.
Fireweed jelly - sounds interesting!
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