I am not one of those bowlers who can make their ball curve; I was never able to do that, so I throw straight, which is probably why I still have trouble remaining consistent, and why I still change position about five times per game.
My average is about 149-154, and my highest score ever was 221; I don't know how that happened. I also highly recommend that anybody who has the opportunity to experience "Cosmic Bowling", do so. We just got it here, and I love it.
I got my own bullwhip later on, for a junior high graduation present, but it didn't last long because a friend tried to play Indiana Jones with it (swinging from a tree branch) and broke it. Before that occured, I practiced every day with it, but never could figure out how to use it without giving myself welts and slight cuts.
Obviously I was (am) a big fan of Indiana Jones and Catwoman.
In 1998, I finally got another bullwhip, a very well made kangaroo hide one, made in Australia. The same year I discovered an amazing individual, Anthony De Longis, a swordmaster, whipmaster, stuntman, actor, choereographer, actor and the list goes on. Anyway I sent for his instructional videotape Mastering the Bullwhip Vol. 1 and was blown away at how he taught to use the bullwhip in such a simple way that makes so much sense, and is actually safe. Later on, in 2001, I got to have an actual lesson with him. Anyway, I now have knowledge, understanding, and union with the bullwhip.
People tell me I seem rather obsessed with the bullwhip, but if something causes you to appreciate, take interest in, and be a part of how things were designed to operate (circular motion, focus of effort to produce explosive results, being in sync with what's around you, etc.), then what's wrong with that?
Besides the basics, I am usually rather always questioning the previously accepted opinions of what others say the Bible says. As I state on my main page, I'm quite cautious. I'm also a literal person, so the poetic verse of the Bible is troubling for me. I just know that, for a long time, I had no peace and not much sanity while I kept considering what others told me about the Bible. One day, I decided to think for myself, concerning what the Bible/God says. I'm a little bit more relaxed now, most of the time. I still get depressed, etc., but it is no longer for the same reasons. I'd elaborate, but I want this to be a regular-sized web page.
God bless all who visit this page, by the way.
Trivia: comes from the Latin words "tri" and "via" which means "three paths", referring to the spontaneity and randomness of what "trivia" now means.
Algebra- comes from Arabic words "al" and "jebr", meaning "to reconnect that which has been broken, and of course, algebra problems are broken or split up and you have to work your way through them to find the variable, making both sides of the equal sign the same, sort of like reconnecting.
My favourite styles are Monkey, Choy Li Fut, White Crane, Snake, Drunkard, and Praying Mantis. Heck! I like just about any of them. There are also a few non-Chinese arts I really find amazing and interesting as well, such as Goju-Ryu Karate, Hwa Wrang-Do, most of the Filipino martial arts, and Wun Hop Kuen Do, plus Samurai sword katas (I really don't know exactly what Japanese art that belongs to).
European fencing also interests me as well.
I hope one day to be able to learn any of the styles I am interested in. If I do, then that will be yet another page for you to visit. Up until about a month ago, there were no such styles or arts being instructed near where I live. I intend to inquire soon about the place that just recently opened that seems to teach a hybrid of Kenpo and Wushu, somehow, and that is as close as I can get to what I'm interested in.. Long live the martial arts, and what they teach, represent, and help you do!!!
Have you ever seen a 3D movie? I really miss them. I've only seen about three or so in a theatre. I really do wish I could view just about every one of them ever made. Every once in a while one still comes out or has a segment in 3-D, about one 3-D movie each decade.
There are advances being made in this field; Disney has made a couple of 3D movie attractions, and then there is IMAX. They are moving the technology along at a very fast pace, and it is a little bit safer, as well as more effective. It's not just for entertainment. Professions that use stereoimagery technology and devices are science, medicine and geography, both here and in the solar system.
I have my own stereocamera, and take stereopictures. Mine is a prism-type, so the effect is not quite as good as it could be, but it is great.
I now have about 10 3-D movies on DVD and/or VHS, along with the impressive new "field sequential" 3-D viewing system that you need in order to view field sequential stereoimagery. I can't wait to watch 'em all.
I recently got a 3-D attachment lens for my videocamera with convergence control, so I'll be able to make my own 3-D movies. Wow-weeeee!
Whatever form it is in: whether anaglyph, field sequential, freeview (a cross-eyed method of viewing), movie, photo, comic book, I dig it.
