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Thomas Rye on self-defense.

Sean Berger — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 22:21:28 +0000

Thomas Rye recently posted a detailed piece on self-defense and martial arts. I think this to be the perfect follow-up reading assignment for anyone that hopes to defend their man-bag from the forces of darkness.

“There’s 1001 ways to hit a man, but the ones that are extremely efficient comprise a much shorter list.”
— Thomas Rye

the reason for ________

Sean Berger — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 22:03:59 +0000

the reason for ________, originally uploaded by seanberger.

word games!! reply with a comment & fill in the blank.

Sudoku.

Sean Berger — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 04:34:26 +0000

I’ve known about this little thing called sudoku for about two years now, but it wasn’t until last week’s holiday break when I took aim at the ever-popular craze.

I love them. And it makes great sense: one thing I love about my profession is the creative art that’s found in problem-solving. In fact, I get the same problem-solving high from building and executing a css layout (or debugging a few errors in php), as I do from a good sudoku puzzle. What’s next? Those little paragraphs from physics class? I loved those as well. Three days ago I caught myself re-thinking a scenario involving a certain Train A and a certain Train B departing at different times from the same starting point at different velocities.

Wow. How about a nerdy yet collective “hooray” for puzzles?

I love shoes!

Sean Berger — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 02:14:46 +0000

These are awesome. I think i’m going to buy them.

Psalm 90. A meditation.

Sean Berger — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 07:28:42 +0000

If a thousand years to You are like grass sprouting up, then that counts for about five days, because I cut my grass about every five days and every week when I cut the grass, new grass just completely replaces the old and nothing really remains but that old lawnmower which has been owned by someone else for decades.

And decades pass, but yet this grass-cutting machine continues to guzzle unleaded fuel like I drink espresso and though its blades seem like somewhat of a safety hazard to me, the grass continues to need its cutting. Behold, the old is gone and the new has sprung forth.

Yes indeed, new life has sprung forth! The week’s grass has sprung forth, a new generation of people in desperation have sprung forth and who will mow the grass this week?