Intermediate Cane Class

Presented by Master Dan Hoffman
Starts May 29, 2008 for 6 weeks
Thursdays @ 7:45PM – 9:15PM
Learn and practice how to use the common walking cane as a weapon to compliment your kung fu skills.
Cane 2 will include striking with the cane, take downs with the cane, control moves and intro to cane vs. knife.
Cooperative and semi-cooperative training drills will be used to help improve positioning, angles, distance and flow.

COST:
$55 if pre-register or
$60 at the door

LOCATION:
Valencia Martial Arts
26330 Diamond Place #120
Valencia, CA 91350
www.2kungfu.com
For more information or to pre-register: (661)255-0100


Dan Hoffman holds an 8th Degree Black Belt in Kung Fu San Soo and is also accomplished in Tai Chi, Qi Gong and Boxing

Restaurant to Avoid

The Burning Bonsai in Burbank CA. was the latest location to be added to my "To Be Avoided" list.
To be fair, we tried this place three times. Each time we received extraordinarily poor service. The waiters just blatantly ignored us as long as they could. When they took our order, not one of the 2 different waiters wrote anything down. Not surprisingly, at least one of our orders was wrong each time. This latest time, he completely forgot one of our dishes and added stuff we did not order, on top of screwing up a couple of things. I ordered a sesame noodles with tofu (vegetarian) and found pieces of chicken in it. They made it with chicken then noticed the mistake in the kitchen and just pulled the big pieces of chicken off the top and put the tofu on.
They served the noodles on a plate so small that the noodles were literally hanging off the side of the plate and dragging on the table as the waiter served it. No shame. My wife was not very happy about that.
My noodles were undercooked and something actually made me puke.
When serving us water, a piece of minced salmon sushi fell off the waiter's hand or sleeve onto the table. He didn't even notice or offer to clean it.
So, my rating for this place, 1-5 with 1 being crappy as hell and 5 being damn good:
Service: 1
Presentation: 2
Cleanliness: 3
Taste: 3.5
Overall Value: 2

You may ask why we went there 3 times. The answer: My 88 year old dad wanted to take us there. But Zoe and I agreed after this last trip, not even a free meal will get us back there again.
Restaurant information:
The Burning Bonsai
4408 W Magnolia Blvd
Burbank, CA.

Stop Bringing Me Down!!!

Some people are blessed with an uncanny ability to overlook the painfully obvious.
-Dan Hoffman 2008/03/17

Have you ever noticed that listening to stupid, illiterate or illogical people speak around you tends to slow your cognitive responses? I have. And I see evidence of this at work as well. I am lucky to sit near intelligent people, but I am forced to deal with the occasional nut-ball and notice the effect when I return to my desk.

A co-worker has made another observation. She claims that sitting in a less intelligent person's chair can affect your ability to think clearly. She tries to avoid sitting in certain co-workers' chairs. I watched her for a week and she seems to have something. I am forming the opinion that it is "QI". In this case, it is "Stupid QI". It can collect and resonate. Inanimate objects can pick up the resonance of a person's Stupid Qi. Stupid Qi can also affect people close to the person emitting the offending Qi. Any thoughts.??

Lead Found In Dental Crown

"CHICAGO (March 27, 2008)—An Ohio TV station aired a report in late February claiming that a dental crown produced in a Chinese dental lab has tested positive for lead. There is no appropriate use for lead in manufacturing dental prosthetics."
From the ADA Website.

Well, not sure about anyone else, but I would not want a crown or bridge which contained lead. Seeing that lead is known to cause many problems in the human body, it makes you wonder what they were thinking.
Next time I need something like that, I am going to ask the dentist where my crown was manufactured. Besides, using local labs will have the added benefit of supporting local economies.
Cheers,
Dan.