KUNG FU IS NOT A SPORT IT IS A KILLING ART WHEN YOU CLOSELINE A YONGER BALLER WHAT IF HE EYEGOUGES YOU AS YOU GO FOR THE TAKEDOWN?!!??!?!?!!!
LOL… eye gouges… do u reeeeally think they can get a gouge on me when they haven’t practiced them at full power/speed on a live blah blah blah… f’n hobbyist ;)…
all this b-ball talk… I cant wait until Sat… I need some new kicks tho…
Originally posted by Cheese Dog
[B]Apoweyn, you’re not the only one. I played basketball for two seasons in a church league as a kid. I scored 4 points; 1 my first year and 3 the second. I sucked at b-ball, and still do. The sad thing is I have lived my whole life in Kentucky. KENTUCKY, for christsakes, where EVERYONE eats, sleeps, and breathes the freakin’ UK Wildcats!! I meet someone from the other side of the earth, they find out I’m a Kentuckian, they IMMEDIATELY think I know everything about basketball and Thorobred horse racing!!! AAAAAAHHH!!!
Sorry guys, rant over. 
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My wife went to law school in Bloomington, Indiana. We dated long distance for 2 years. So on my first visit out to Bloomington, we went with some friends of hers to a local pool hall. We’re hanging out, chatting, etc. All’s well. Then her friend Alexander tells this story about how he’s at the driving range and in the booth next to him is Bobby Knight. Alexander was all psyched because Knight had asked him how he was doing. Everyone listening is like, “that’s awesome!”
…
Me: “Who’s Bobby Knight?”
Man, that conversation went quiet quickly. I mean, I kinda new he was a sports figure. Could probably even have guessed that he was a basketball coach. But the fact that I not only didn’t know as much, but wasn’t exuberant about the guy was literally shocking to these people.
[shrug]
Hey, if he’s not going to get excited over me, I’ll be d-mned if I’m going to get excited over him.
Stuart B.
I think the common thread to any and all of these things, though, is probably that it’s an activity you feel comfortable enough with that you can relax as you perform it. Your mind is free enough of technical thoughts that you can 1) get into minutiae 2) free associate or 3) deeply contemplate something completely different.
I’ve noticed that I usually get my ‘epiphanies’ driving in the car. It’s a mechanical activity that I’ve practiced so often that it’s sorta mindless. Sorta wu wei. Focused enough that I don’t get completely distracted. But automatic enough that my mind is sorta freed up.
The trick is hanging on to that feeling after I get out of the car (which, even on my most ‘enlightening’ commutes, I’m always itching to do).
Stuart B.
yeah driving is the best… I wish I was as automatic in the ring…
Originally posted by Suntzu
yeah driving is the best… I wish I was as automatic in the ring…
I’d have said the same thing before those two idiotic accidents. 