• Adjustable loop - use a tension knot
  • Adjustable grip hitch
• Fixed size loop
  • Bowline [king of knots]
  • Figure eight loop [secure]
• For making loops in the middle

There are my favourite xkcd strips right now. Hehe! Geeky comics.
xkcd 203
xkcd 206
xkcd 207
xkcd 179
xkcd 138
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I confess I've been lurking instead of posting recently. Bad the ocrow! You may have noticed some spam comments appeared here recently. It's all been tidied up now, I think. To stop more of this sort of thing happening, new user accounts now have to be approved by the admin (me).

I wish I had more time to post photos and write long articles. In the mean time here's a video that I can't stop watching. It was presented at Cannes 2001, directed by swedes Ola Simonsson and Johannes Stjärne Nilsson. Music for one apartment and six drummers.

Hello all!

This is Kalina, reporting in from Portland, Oregon.

I spent Thanksgiving at Rob and Laurie's house. Their home is one of those places that radiates light, warmth, and family, so even though I don't see them often, it feels like going home for the holidays. Their little boy Sam is getting more adorable with age. He's full of stories now, and over the course of the evening I was both a speedboat and a magic crocodile. He demonstrated yoga for us (he knows the poses by name) and since Laurie cooks with him often, he's good at improvising recipes. While we were there he developed a plan for "bread soup," which inexplicably had no bread in it, but is made of vanilla, chocolate, whipped cream, pumpkin seeds, and peppers. I'm in!!

When the Dark comes rising, six shall turn it back;
Three from the circle, three from the track;
Wood, bronze, iron; water, fire, stone;
Five will return, and one go alone.

Iron for the birthday, bronze carried long;
Wood from the burning, stone out of song;
Fire in the candle-ring, water from the thaw;
Six Signs the circle, and the grail gone before.

Fire on the mountain shall find the harp of gold
Played to wake the Sleepers, oldest of the old;
Power from the green witch, lost beneath the sea;
All shall find the light at last, silver on the tree.

Just re-read the Dark is Rising, which I first read when I was younger than 11-year old Will Stanton, the last of the old ones.

Julie left me Arthur and George to read in that grand tradition of traveler gift giving, “I'm one lighter, Enjoy!” She wanted to know what I thought of it…so here goes.

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hi. well i'm back in oakland. things with nathalie didn't quite work out as planned. the future? who knows? not me...

i'll be in vegas november 3-5 for the national war tax resistance gathering and coordinating committee meeting! these folks are sure to be snazzy dressers - you should come!!

meanwhile i'll continue to try and transform sad into excited. sigh. love hurts.

missing you all!! how the hell are YOU????????

- joseph

For once, I’m working a lot, both at ACT and in my private practice…But where I’ve really been is in the Fisher and Son’s funeral parlor. I've spent the last few months obsessively watching and dreaming Six Feet Under. It’s hard to respect so many hours of dedicated TV time, bottom sore from couch surfing, but it felt creatively productive. The show broke up some stagnancy. Things look different. I feel more awake.

Glenn described the aesthetic of ACT's MFA actor training as "undefended presence", (note, not reflected in mainstage productions). That's really given me something to chew on relative to the craft of Alexander Teaching.

Angela posted photos from the bon voyage party.

Starting with dreams and dreaming
Through attachment and separation
The puzzle of pain
Follows punishment
There you will find your solution