How's the fast progressing, mike?
Thanks for asking! I made it 11 hours... and then my wife told me we had dinner and drinks planned with friends that night, and a school banquet the next night, and I was asked to do a juggling show on what would be the 3rd day of fasting, so it was 1-2-3 strikes right in a row. I'm moving the fast to Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. Disappointing when I was all psyched up for it, but it can wait a few days. I'll let you know!
Excellent. I'm looking forward to hearing how it goes. Also, you juggle?
I want to know more about this. I want all the stories and glory! Did you see that #goodlongread post on juggling I posted a bit ago? I had no idea that there was such an intense culture around juggling.
No, didn't see the post. Which one? I learned to juggle in college and it took over my life. I was heavy into the juggling culture for years -- I ran the college juggling club and went to all the conventions and even ran our own convention at MSU. Good and crazy times. I eventually dropped out of college and survived on small gigs and big dreams. I eventually went back to university and finished getting a math degree and then went to RIngling and Brothers and Barnum and Baily Clown College (class of 93). Afterwards I toured with Royal Hanneford Circus on and off for a season and then decided I wanted to be a math teacher and so enrolled at FSU in the masters program. FSU has a student circus and I did juggling, trapeze and slack wire for two years while getting my masters. I enrolled in the PhD program afterwards and had my first child and so had no more time for circus. I do a show now and then, or do a math of juggling performance. I've written a paper on it. And even given a talk at a sci-fi convention called "Math, Juggling and Time Travel". Juggling has been an important part of my life.
Math teachers. What a bunch of clowns! Nice story Mike. I'll be sure to share it with my sixth graders this year.
BTW, I can juggle just a bit, but it's also how I met my wife. She tells our kids how , moments after she met me, I grabbed three plums from a fruit bowl and juggled them for her. Juggling changed my life man.
https://hubski.com/pub?id=141481 Ill comment further when I get on my computer. :)
