a shodan essay
I remember George Leonard as tall, kind, and extremely sweaty. My hands would always slip off his thick wrists as we practiced, him with a tattered brown belt, and me an enthusiastic 4th kyu. He...
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jb: …reminds me of Borges’ Zahir as viewed through the Aleph! Sean: OK, fine, blah, blah… Jason: What a hoot! Jason, Sean, and, um, dad….
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Sean’s name came from the fact that for generations the firstborn male was named John (even though Jason theoretically holds that position), and someone had to break that tired tradition — not by...
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Sean’s become more and more interested in fencing ever since he took a few classes with Piedmont Park and Rec last summer. He’s now an enthusiastic student of Maestro Harold Hayes at the Pacific...
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In November I received an invitation to teach a one-week workshop at the Palace Museum on two diverse subjects: solubility parameters and anoxic microenvironments. We decided that the Christmas...
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