Grab my wrist

Last night I went to Aikido for the first time since hurting my knee back in August. I had a great time, and was able to stay for the full two hour class. My knee doesn’t hurt at all, although my back is a little twingy at moments. On a side note, I finally got to wear the new gi I bought before going to Tahoe in August. It’s very different from my old one, so it feels a little weird. I’m sure in time I’ll get used to it, or get a different one.

 

We’ll see if I’m still not sore tomorrow.

Mom there's some geeky in my cereal

So I was perusing the news site Digg today and someone had posted a link to today's Foxtrot cartoon that has a binary joke in it. So my geeky curiousity was intrigued. The binary message in Jason's "Alpha-Bytes" spells out a message in binary. If you didn't know Bill amend, the artist behind Foxtrot, has a bachelors degree in Physics. He's got a bunch of stuff on his personal site. If you want to find out what the binary puzzle says:

Copy & Paste the following from the cartoon:

01011001010011110101010101001110010001010101001001000100

In to the translator located here.

Overnighters

The Overnighters is done. I’m so very, very tired. I’ll write a bit about it later.

It's ouchy right there

 

So a pain in my lower abdominal area turned out to be the start of a hernia. It was kind of a dull ache before I went to the doctor. After the examination it was out right pain for a while. The doc says its nothing to worry about right now, and that it should be ok after a few days. In the long run it may require surgery, or may go away forever. At the moment though, it hurts.

 

Ouch.

Moving pictures

In a highly unprecedented turn of events this weekend, we went to see not only one but two movies. Both of which were fabulous.

 

            As I already mentioned The Chronicles of Narnia was amazing. I haven’t read the books, and am primarily familiar with the story from the stage versions (Primarily The Magician’s Nephew), although I’m told these leave out quite a bit from the books. The movie however, I’m told is very true to the books. My nephew’s enjoyed it and were able to sit through the whole thing, which is pretty amazing considering the length of the film.

            King Kong absolutely lived up to all the hype. The acting was superb, and the effects were utterly fantastic. Peter Jackson also managed to stay true to the original, while still expanding it. I had heard that it was scary, which I didn’t find it to be. There were definitely tense moments, and ones that freaked me out (Oh the bugs, the bugs!) but not what I would classify as scary.

            The scary thing at King Kong was the number of parents that brought young children. Although none of the kids seemed to get very vocal, I can’t believe anyone would think of it as an appropriate film for young kids. I’m sure there will be quite a few with nightmares tonight.

Features of Niftiness

 

So here I am. Sitting on the couch, I need to get my stuff together to go to the gym. I am instead testing out the email posting feature.

 

We’re going to see King Kong tonight. I’m excited, it looks excellent. We saw The Chronicles of Narnia yesterday, and it was fabulous! If you have not yet seen it, then get your butt out and watch it.

 

 

Ok, I’ll send this now and go to the gym.

First post. New Year.

Well, I named this blog based on the Infinite Monkey Theorem (For a detailed explanation go here). I now have two blogs. I post sporadically in the old one, and hopefully will do more with this one. I plan on keeping the one at LiveJournal active, although I haven't decided what type of focus I want it to have. I'm sure it will all change as I explore things.

To be honest, I haven't decided what this one will be either. All I really know is that I often find myself wanting to write about things, and yet I rarely take the opportunity. I think perhaps if I find a tool that I really like it will help.