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Random Friday Video: US Naval Academy Performance Kings Firecracker

paul — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 18:47:57 +0000

Check out these jump rope pros!

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Random Friday Video: Flash Mob Dances Do Re Mi

paul — Fri, 28 May 2010 11:07:12 +0000

I know people love to get together to dance. And flash mobs are a relatively new and interesting phenomenon. But this. Flash mob dancing? I love it!

A random flash mob does Do Re Mi (from The Sound of Music) in the Central Station of Antwerp, Belgium.

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Random Friday Video: The Ultimate Victory Dance

paul — Fri, 07 May 2010 11:10:53 +0000

If you want to celebrate a great victory, nobody does it like the Albanians do. Or did.

Try out the Albania Victory Dance with some pals after your next triumph.

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Surfing Census to Study Surfing Habits

paul — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 14:07:30 +0000

The San Diego Union-Tribune recently reported that Surf-first.org was launched by “Surfing Magazine journalist Matt Walker in association with the Surfrider Foundation” in order to get a scientific and all-encompassing picture of “who surfers are; where they come from; what they do for work; how, when and where they surf; and where they spend their money in relation to their surfing habits.”

The study will help surfers use the same demographic and analytic information that other powerful lobby groups use when facing political and environmental issues. And why shouldn’t surfers have that ammo as well?

Surfing is not a “beach bum” sport for a minor segent of society with no real direction. The surfing community holds local, regional, national and global competitions. Surfers hold productive jobs in all levels of society. The Surfrider Foundation has made huge strides with its environmental mission. Not to mention, we have a far more unique perspective when it comes to environmental issues. (I haven’t surfed in years, but still consider myself a surfer)

I strongly urge active and inactive surfers to take the survey at Surf-first.org. The information is kept anonymous and it will help strengthen the collective voice of the surfing community.

Protected: Video Flashback: A Day at the Beach

paul — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 21:20:16 +0000

Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg and the Nipmuc Indians

paul — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 13:13:40 +0000

In central Massachusetts, on the southern end of Worcester County, east of the town of Webster, lies Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg.

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A couple of Internet sources explain that the lake’s name is Nipmuc (Algonquian) for “You fish on your side; I fish on my side; nobody fishes in the middle.” I suspect that the Native American name of the lake stems from fishing disputes among local Nipmuc Indian villages and how they resolved border and fishing disputes. (It’s a shame politicians these days can’t come up with such a logical solution. We stand to learn a lot from our Native American cultures.)

Today, the lake is commonly known as Lake Webster, but honestly, that’s no fun at all. If you go to the lake, there’s a large sign with the lake’s Nipmuc name on it and it claims to be the home of the Nipmuc Indians, although the tribe covered a large area in the New England region.

Some info about the Nipmuc Indians

“Nipmuc Indians are the original people of central New England, and are among the “Eastern Woodlands” or Algonquian Indians of the Eastern United States. Before the arrival of European settlers in the 1600s, the Nipmuc (or “Fresh Water People”) lived in numerous band encampments, or ‘villages’, near bodies of fresh water in a territory (called ‘Nipnet’) which extended from the present day Vermont and New Hampshire borders, through Worcester County in Massachusetts, into northern Rhode Island, and into northeastern Connecticut as far south as Plainfield” – Nipmuc Indian Association of Connecticut

Who can say that lake’s name five times really fast?

Protected: M figures out that getting dizzy can be fun

paul — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 13:09:23 +0000

Protected: Chasing bubbles at Grandma’s house

paul — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 12:26:27 +0000

Protected: M the Cowboy saves the day

paul — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 19:55:21 +0000

Protected: M exhibits his chicken farmer genes

paul — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 02:18:10 +0000