A Capoeira é Vida

Fall 2016 the MMA school I was vigorously training at introduced a once-a-week capoeira classes from a local school. It had been almost 10 years since I last attempted this style with friends in Center City. As it so happened I would ginga before all my classes to warm up anyway so this news excited […]

Repent! Repent! The End is Nigh!

What a year it’s been. I won’t bore you with the details but it had highs and lows beyond comparison. Saw The World This past year was all about travel. Get it in while we don’t have any children to keep the complications to a minimum. And boy, did we deliver. Osaka and Kyoto, Japan […]

Of Christians and Muslims

I’m not a big fan of organized religion. I had to go to mass every Sunday until I turned 18, and never looked back. It never clicked with me despite my many attempts to have faith. This does not mean I am against it or find it worthless, far from it. It’s a critical facet […]

A Tribute to the Ladies

While not nearly as awesome or innuendo-filled as Flight of the Conchords have expressed it, I owe a large amount of who I am to the female authority figures in my life. This isn’t to say my life would have been aimless or wasted without them, but I’ve had a rather successive streak of influential […]