... Aesop 1 week St Michael & St George We will start basic grammar structure and word families this month and carry them on through all the Language Art Blocks. We will also do nearly daily short math drills both oral and written (but not necessarily both on the same day). October (Nature Stories/LA) 1 week Plants 1 week Insects 1.5  week Animals 1/2 week Halloween prep November (LA/Saints/Nature ...

Total Immersion

...book from the library.  And I've been reading it.  Even though there isn't that much that's totally new information to me, I'm trying again.  This evening, I went to the YMCA and tried swimming drills, making a conscious effort to press my chest and head down so that my legs would feel "weightless".  I don't think it worked, but I really did try, and kept my arms long, attempted to power through...

Sick Day the Second

... is that I'll have gone about 3 weeks without serious exercise by the time the dojo reopens. Today would have been a great class (the last class before a break always has a few extra drills added to it). Mad science from yesterday/today: re-ran numbers for maximum-strength materials, and also worked out what you could do with it. The maximum strength is determined by two constraints: the ...

Everything You Want (Part Four)

...bump into them, murmuring apologies if he did. He couldn’t help but let his mind wander to Bojan. This was what he was probably doing as well – running. Laps around the training pitch before starting drills in his case. He wondered if he had spoken to Gerard yet, and if anyone besides those who had witnessed it knew what had happened. He wondered what would happen when he returned home from the ...

Happy Holidays, frackin_sweet!

Recipient: frackin_sweet Title: A Squire's Tale Pairing(s): David Cook/David Archuleta. Word Count: 17,431 Summary: When Page David became Squire David, there was surprisingly little fanfare. (Or, the one where Cook is a knight and David is his squire.) Rating: NC-17 Disclaimer: We are in no way officially affiliated with David Cook, David Archuleta or their representation...

Love, AC - 08/05/08

...killed her (and the thought of trying to beat her up without killing her was somehow more horrifying than that of simply maiming her) she’d find a way to come back and punish them. The drills were tedious in their repetitive nature, designed to bore the basics of fighting with sword and shield into their brains until they were second nature, and the Sergeant Major couldn’t recall a single recruit ...

...And Out to the Wilds - Ch 24 Posted

... life in space as well as familiarize themselves with a starship setting.   We’ll be sleeping in officers’ quarters tonight, and performing day-to-day actions tomorrow, such as diagnostics, battle drills, maintenance and repair, in the case of you, Lenny, treating random crew ailments.”             By the time they reached holodeck thirteen, the boys were in a far better, much more excited...

Gift fic for froidaux

To: froidaux From: Santa Johnny HAPPY HOLIDAYS! Title: One more time (for a simple twist of fate) (1/2) Pairing/Group: Akanishi Jin/Kamenashi Kazuya Rating: NC-17 Warnings: AU, 14602 words. Notes: Bundles of thanks to L for the handholding and encouragement and to B for the lovely beta.

.... I went to Robot Wars back in October. That was awesome fun. Most of the robots were featherweight, which is up to 13 and a bit kilograms. They were almost all using motors from electric drills, mostly because they're cheap and they're easy to replace when they shred themselves. The rules of robot wars are basically that kinetic weapons are the go. (bash, smash, whip, flip.) There was one ...

Let's. Get. DANGEROUS![OPEN]

... open, and dozens of mechanical men march out from it, intent on killing everyone they find. [ ooc: the robots are about half human height, and have large glass tanks on their heads that were intended to eventually be filled with whatever noxious chemicals are in the silo. They look harmless, but don't be fooled: their hands turn into MEAT DRILLS and they can extend their arms a fair way ]