Sep 7, 2012
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Las invasiones por parte del ejército norteaméricano no serían otra cosa que amables negociaciones para conseguir petroleo a fin de que la NASA envíe cohetes a colonizar otros planetas, según nos contó Michael Marx.
Michael Marx, el astrónomo menos hostíl de la NASA.
Dusting off the ol' fencing equipment.. by Brian Farrell
I thought I was retired, but maybe not? I have been invited to fence with a fencing club in Santa Monica this Monday night. This will be emotional for me to pick up the foil again, because it was such a huge chapter of my life.
I was a Junior Olympic foil fencer..took 32nd place. I was eliminated by a 4 ft 9’ Norwegian kid and I’m still bitter about it.
I trained with 8 time Olympian Michael Marx at Notre Dame University and I was offered a partial scholarship to fence at NYU, but I turned it down to learn to surf at UC Santa Cruz. No regrets. I learned to surf in Santa Cruz and had a blast.
My high school fencing coach was the coolest dude ever: Colby Vargas. Colby had a mullet, sported a skull & crossbones earring, and loved Iron Maiden. Interestingly enough, the lead singer of Iron Maiden, Bruce Dickinson, was a top level fencer himself.
When you train to be fencer, you develop strange large muscles in abnormal places. I had a huge muscle on my right hand. I could crush a walnut using only my thumb and index finger. Also, your thighs get enormous.
Polyester fencing knickers can double as rock star apparel. I know this, because I was in a Guns 'N Roses Tribute Band.* Many of my readers know that I was Duff McKagan for 3 years of my life and my fencing knickers were along for the ride.
Fencing isn’t a spectator sport, because the action happens so fast with subtle nuances and has complicated rules. So, if you’re looking for validation from a crowd..or your parents, you won’t get it from being a fencing champion. No one cares, so fence for your own glory.
Fencing, like wrestling, is a one on one battle. There’s no teammate to blame. If you lose, you’re to blame.
Let it also be know that fencers make great lovers, because they have excellent “point control.”
(*scroll down my blog to read about my Guns 'N Roses Tribute Band)