Instructions: 1. Go to Wikipedia. 2. In the Search box, type your birth month and day (but not year). 3. List three events that happened on your birthday. 4. List two important birthdays and one interesting death. 5. List one holiday or observance (if any). March 17 Events 1756 – St. Patrick’s Day is celebrated […]

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On our back deck, we’ve got a grill that is wired into our house’s gas line. It came with the house, but for reasons unknown to me we’ve never really tried to use it before. On a whim, I decided to see if it would function so I fiddled with the knobs on the side, […]

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After the gasshuku, my Dad and I went to put the gates up. The instructions said repeatedly to measure the opening for the gates to exactly the size advertised on the gate, as industry standards dictate that the gate measurement includes the necessary clearance for the hardware. Apparently this is not the case. Our two […]

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Today was the annual gasshuku! Things started promptly around 11, the first class was basics. We did lunge punch, reverse punch, front kick (both front and rear leg), and we did some great partner drills. We took frequent breaks for water and Erbe’s magic Gatorade concoction, which was really good. The second session consisted of […]

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