Learn how to ...

• retain 90% of everything I learn
• drive a stick shift
• the art of bonsai
• self-hypnosis
• identify the constellations
• hand-bind books
• deal with difficult people
• blacksmith
• make violins
• blow glass
• roll my Rs/trill
• more about botany
• calligraphy
• archery
• ice skate
• weave fabric
• bartend
• basic carpentry skills
• more about mythology
• to be a better story teller

Words I use way too often and those I need to start using

• remotely
• abridged
• eloquent
• sultry
• correlation
• semantics
• docent
• sensual
• revelations
• emphasizing
• timid
• frugal
• suffice
• pretentious
• innovations
• contemplating
• quixotic
• pious
• pretentious

03.2013

• Veronica Franco
• Penmanship Styles
• Downton Abbey
• RadioHead

• Vines/moss

• Micron Pen
• Zhen Chef's Knife

• Bridge to Iran
• First Position
• Craigslist Joe
• Hungry for Change
• Food Matters

• Pit bull is not one breed of dog. it's a generic term for quite a few breeds, but there is only ONE American pit bull terrier.
• There will always be one breed of dog seen as the "bad" one. Before pits, it was German shepherds. Before GSDs, it was the rottweilers, before that the dobermen. You can coincide media induced fear with every one of those breeds
• There is no jaw-locking in any breed.
• There was a comparative bite pressure test between a Pit Bull, a Rottweiler, and a German Shepherd. The Pit Bull had the lowest PSI .
• Responsible ownership is sorely lacking in these breeds. Bad owners whose dogs become dangerous due to improper breeding, socialization, care and training. Not to mention the ones that are chained up 24/7 and become frustrated as well as the ones that are taunted and teased by ignorant ...