Comments for Battles With Boredom http://blog.nikolaidis.com My journey through life, with stopovers in biking, coffee, martial arts, philosophy, and technology. Mon, 14 Jun 2010 01:57:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Comment on Outside My Comfort Zone With Work, Bikes, and Blondie by Katherine http://blog.nikolaidis.com/2010/06/13/outside-my-comfort-zone-with-work-bikes-and-blondie/comment-page-1/#comment-41135 Katherine Mon, 14 Jun 2010 01:57:52 +0000 http://blog.nikolaidis.com/?p=1010#comment-41135 Oh yeah... and remember that fear of ukemi causes more injuries than ukemi itself. Oh yeah… and remember that fear of ukemi causes more injuries than ukemi itself.

]]> Comment on Outside My Comfort Zone With Work, Bikes, and Blondie by Katherine http://blog.nikolaidis.com/2010/06/13/outside-my-comfort-zone-with-work-bikes-and-blondie/comment-page-1/#comment-41134 Katherine Mon, 14 Jun 2010 01:55:45 +0000 http://blog.nikolaidis.com/?p=1010#comment-41134 *whack* That was a shinai, coming at your head from the Left Coast. (In a kind and harmonious way, of course.) You'll never get the number/name/email if you don't ask for it. One way to ask that might be a little less scary, though: ask if you can give her *your* number. If she's interested, she'll volunteer hers at this point. *whack*

That was a shinai, coming at your head from the Left Coast. (In a kind and harmonious way, of course.) You’ll never get the number/name/email if you don’t ask for it.

One way to ask that might be a little less scary, though: ask if you can give her *your* number. If she’s interested, she’ll volunteer hers at this point.

]]> Comment on Outside My Comfort Zone With Work, Bikes, and Blondie by Melissa http://blog.nikolaidis.com/2010/06/13/outside-my-comfort-zone-with-work-bikes-and-blondie/comment-page-1/#comment-41133 Melissa Sun, 13 Jun 2010 15:52:50 +0000 http://blog.nikolaidis.com/?p=1010#comment-41133 Facebook stalking is only good when you have a phone number to go with it. I'm sure you'll do better with the next "Kim." :) Facebook stalking is only good when you have a phone number to go with it.

I’m sure you’ll do better with the next “Kim.” :)

]]> Comment on Small Delay in Travel Plans by karen http://blog.nikolaidis.com/2010/06/02/small-delay-in-travel-plans/comment-page-1/#comment-41132 karen Wed, 02 Jun 2010 22:36:47 +0000 http://blog.nikolaidis.com/?p=1006#comment-41132 Let me know if Costa Rica figures in your plans. Friends of mine own a guesthouse/yoga retreat on the Osa and I would be glad to hook you up with them! http://www.osalodge.com Let me know if Costa Rica figures in your plans. Friends of mine own a guesthouse/yoga retreat on the Osa and I would be glad to hook you up with them! http://www.osalodge.com

]]> Comment on It’s (Almost) Go Time by karen http://blog.nikolaidis.com/2010/05/30/its-almost-go-time/comment-page-1/#comment-41131 karen Mon, 31 May 2010 15:00:29 +0000 http://blog.nikolaidis.com/?p=998#comment-41131 How exciting! I'm envious - wherever you go and whatever you do, it'll be a great experience, I'm sure! Will you be back mid-July? We'll be in VT for a hockey tournament and would love to stop in for a cuppa, if you're open by then (or to see progress if you're not)! How exciting! I’m envious – wherever you go and whatever you do, it’ll be a great experience, I’m sure! Will you be back mid-July? We’ll be in VT for a hockey tournament and would love to stop in for a cuppa, if you’re open by then (or to see progress if you’re not)!

]]> Comment on Movie Review: Iron Man 2 by RandyNose http://blog.nikolaidis.com/2010/05/08/movie-review-iron-man-2/comment-page-1/#comment-41129 RandyNose Sat, 15 May 2010 01:27:08 +0000 http://blog.nikolaidis.com/?p=987#comment-41129 After sitting through all of those credits, I felt a little thor. After sitting through all of those credits, I felt a little thor.

]]> Comment on Movie Review: Iron Man 2 by scott http://blog.nikolaidis.com/2010/05/08/movie-review-iron-man-2/comment-page-1/#comment-41128 scott Sat, 08 May 2010 22:09:21 +0000 http://blog.nikolaidis.com/?p=987#comment-41128 Peter, you pretty much summed up my feelings about it too. Yes the worst scene in a movie I've seen in a long time was the drunken ironman party scene. And yeah, the villian was not well thought out. I still couldn't understand what made him impervious to the car smashing him against the wall when he wasn't really armored up all that well. A good movie, but like you say, not like the first one. Worth watching but not worth getting too hyped up about. S. Peter, you pretty much summed up my feelings about it too. Yes the worst scene in a movie I’ve seen in a long time was the drunken ironman party scene. And yeah, the villian was not well thought out. I still couldn’t understand what made him impervious to the car smashing him against the wall when he wasn’t really armored up all that well.

A good movie, but like you say, not like the first one. Worth watching but not worth getting too hyped up about.

S.

]]> Comment on School Choice and Consolidation in Vermont by peter http://blog.nikolaidis.com/2010/03/07/school-choice-and-consolidation-in-vermont/comment-page-1/#comment-41127 peter Sun, 21 Mar 2010 22:06:54 +0000 http://blog.nikolaidis.com/?p=942#comment-41127 I addressed this in the fourth and fifth paragraphs: the market will, as responsible parents will pull students from schools that are not meeting their children's needs. I addressed this in the fourth and fifth paragraphs: the market will, as responsible parents will pull students from schools that are not meeting their children’s needs.

]]> Comment on School Choice and Consolidation in Vermont by Meggan Cantlin http://blog.nikolaidis.com/2010/03/07/school-choice-and-consolidation-in-vermont/comment-page-1/#comment-41126 Meggan Cantlin Sun, 21 Mar 2010 21:03:58 +0000 http://blog.nikolaidis.com/?p=942#comment-41126 Who determines whether it's a good school or not? Is this resolution determined through "standardized" testing scores or is it a majority vote? I ask this because I live in a town where the school is theoretically a "good" school, however, I personally feel it's curricula is undesirable. Would I still get to choose a school I felt resonated with my personal feelings or does the choice only apply if the town school is going to be "shut down?" I'm just curious in understanding the implications of school choice, because I currently homeschool as it would have cost me a small fortune to put my child in a different public school, a school of my choosing. Who determines whether it’s a good school or not? Is this resolution determined through “standardized” testing scores or is it a majority vote? I ask this because I live in a town where the school is theoretically a “good” school, however, I personally feel it’s curricula is undesirable. Would I still get to choose a school I felt resonated with my personal feelings or does the choice only apply if the town school is going to be “shut down?”

I’m just curious in understanding the implications of school choice, because I currently homeschool as it would have cost me a small fortune to put my child in a different public school, a school of my choosing.

]]> Comment on There’s ESL, and Then There’s Plain Ridiculous by peter http://blog.nikolaidis.com/2010/03/05/theres-esl-and-then-theres-plain-ridiculous/comment-page-1/#comment-41125 peter Sat, 06 Mar 2010 02:03:16 +0000 http://blog.nikolaidis.com/?p=932#comment-41125 No, he said "emu," which explains the large bird that arrived on my doorstep yesterday. No, he said “emu,” which explains the large bird that arrived on my doorstep yesterday.

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