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So what did you learn?

Wow Nate, what a coincidence!

Is that like "choking the chicken" ?

Happy Birthday to the Bearded One!

Not today or even yesterday but Thursday which follows Stretch's post. Provisions from my Italian wine courrier who just returned from Italy. The bottle on the left is a sort of special muscat blend the winemaker did for himself and his friends and they let me be a new friend to receive this gift of grape nectar.

https://www.thrillist.com/news/nation/pi-day-deals-2018-free-pies-pizza

Put the finishing touches on our advertisement for a summer pre-nationals championship fencing camp. This camp which I have organized with some help will be a very high level elite fencing camp. We will have the gold medal olympic fencing coaches from the London, Beijing, and Rio olympics attending. Olympic fencers, one of which Daniel, is a two time olympic foilist who trains with Lance and a Italian olympian will attend with a few more possibilities in the works. We will be using a 24,000 square foot state of the art training faclity with all the bells and whistles included. Currently pushing to see how many foreign national team members we can attract, right now we have a couple of Russian team members and maybe a few Italians. This has all the potential to be one of the best pre national championship training camps in the country but either way it will be a great experience for the fencers who attend. A big plus is that the olympic coaches love California wines so we have a win win right there. Fingers crossed that I don't mess anything up.

Need a melow break for a minute or two

Oddly enough, I've been told that I look like a cross between Steven Tyler, Edgar Winter and Meatloaf.

Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday!

Yes, welcome to your home.

Don't let Brent see that post or you might just have a surprise guest staying the week.

There's No Place Like Home

Noted and queued on my "to watch" list. Thanks for the heads up.

That is the very same thing I say to the non-Moscow russians when they arrive here in Cali. Electricity is out in the neighborhood where Mary and Lance are staying with my daughter. So Lance is doing homework in a coffee shop which is just like the library at home. I wonder if they can conduct a fencing tournament in the dark?

Carb up Dude! The sea bass looks very tasty.

Happy Birthday Mister Hole Cutter!

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Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday Naaman!

Happy Birthday Dan!