Well, it has been a long time

It has been a long time since I have posted anything here, but I have decided to make this a more frequent thing.  From Oct of 2009 to July of 2011, my life was a weird ride, having been unemployeed with a highly specialized IT skill, finding a job that paid what I was worth was difficult.

During that time I spent a lot of time contemplating the universe, and teaching at a self defense school.  We focused on close quarters combat oriented principles, relying on active sparring and full-contact fear management classes to refine our understanding of the confrontation and subsequent physical engagement.

During that time I spent some cycles observing people, my family, strangers, friends, to see how they addressed their surroundings, which is to say almost not at all.  As a sheepdog, constantly searching for the wolf, that is especially painful to deal with.

Hopefully, I find some ways to work through it.