So I have one of those guru friends, you know the one that eats wierd food, pracices tai chi and has that calm don’t srtess anything zen kind of attitude. Well he seuggested I get into some ba gua, I had never heard of this martial art mediatation kind of thing, but after an hour long conversation about the future benefits of it, he caonvinced me to look into it. I have not yet been able to find much information about it, but I did just find this DVD about Ba gua, which I may have to order just see some demonstration of what it’s about actually doing it.

Apparently there are not many teachers of this unusual movement system, but you can get similar benefits by doing tai chi, and from what i understand there are many health benefits to these internal martial arts as they are called, so I may do some classes and try to reap some benefits. It sounds great. we’ll see!

Posted: January 2nd, 2008 under Interesting.
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So I got a phone call from some friends asking me if I wanted to go the movies. Sure I do, I’m tired of being cooped up in the house and I’d love to get out for a bit, a nice excuse to dress up a bit and see some friends. I had not idea what this alien versus predator movie was about, but any excuse to get out of the house works for me. Well the movie was okay, the people in the theater were a bit annoying, but the popcorn was good.

It was nice to get out and see some people I hadn’t seen in a while, but I think I will be choosing a different theater next time, the seats were not comfortable, and many of the patrons at this particular location were not real manners people. Sorry guys, if you want me to join you next time, you are going to have to find a showtime that fits at another location.

Posted: December 26th, 2007 under Films.
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So I think everyone has seen the commercial or free credit report dot com, and I finally got a friend to get on there and get one, I think the site may have changed since the last time that I got a free credit report there. Of course there is an offer there, little is really free easily these days. Now if you read the fine print you find out that you can get a federal mandated yearly free credit report from annual credit report dot com. So save yourself a step and go there first.

Posted: December 19th, 2007 under Interesting.
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The nation of haves and have notes – an interesting poll at the pew research center sheds some light on how different age groups think of themselves as haves and have nots. The funny thing to me is how many people are missing the big picture. I believe there are many people who think they are haves, but do not really see that their future is bleak. With the weakening dollar and the price of everyday items going up, people are not seeing that the future is not so bright for them

Sure it is easy to believe that everything is hunky dory when you have a flat panel tv and an xbox to play, but I know nay people who thought they had it well until they found themselves out of a job and no way to catch up with their current lifestyle. Add to that the lack of good retirement options, and how many people can’t afford the basic health care that should be available, I think with more education and a peek at the bigger picture, polls like this would show that there are many more have nots than people realize.

I found a post about this poll at the random thoughts worpal blog.

Posted: December 18th, 2007 under Interesting.
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Well I’ve been pretty disappointed with the option for TV lately, and from the commercials I’ve seen on what’s coming up for the next season, it appears that I will be watching more movies and video on demand, and have less tv shows to gab about with my girlfriends.

You know when you hear a ton of commercial for American gladiators, and they mention American gladiators with grandma in the commercial, that the TV networks are really stretching to make some BS sound like something big. I certainly hope we get more movies on demand next month, I’ve burned through most of what’s available already.

Posted: December 16th, 2007 under TV.
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