There is power in simplicity. There is power in a simple block of wood.

A most fantastic day in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia with some friends of a one-hand guy (Raj) I meet online.

A most fantastic day in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia with some friends of a one-hand guy (Raj) I meet online.

It is amazing what can happen at the moment of birth. For me there was something there that had an impact on me.

I was thinking about the Dalai Lama. Then my thoughts jumped to this young girl in my old martial art school. Then I thought of Aikido and my old dojo. Then I thought of the history of how she came to the dojo.

When there is a "free day," my thinking opens and expands in areas I normally cannot engage. The more creative part of my mind has some breathing room. I think thoughts supported by thinking not pressured by the weight of daily life. It is in these timeframes when I have a lot of random one handed thoughts.

Sometimes people stare at me. In fact, it happens often. I have gotten so many types of stares and "looks," I have noted then in numerous podcasts.

I had to visit the dentist today. Not my favorite place to visit. This was my quarterly visit for cleaning. It always hurts.

Here is a short, funny, and certainly one of the craziest moments and questions I have been been asked and had in a bar in Boise, Idaho.

I had many a wild nights at this place drinking and doing other other miscellaneous drugs. But this one night toped them all.