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like it or not, we're all in this together. No Simpler than this' Thoughts: Monday, February 18, 2002 #> 18:50  HelloWorld      Asc Mo For me, Aikido has been and is, slightly out of this world. Its been a continuously amazing learning experience ever since I started training. Lately there are many more children 25 years younger than me training alongside the adults and while that could seem scary to outsiders, it is the sweetest thing in the world next to having your own. Its cool to get thrown by a 12 year old.. and precious to practice with them. Its also great to turn 'more technique and less fighting' on its head - sometimes - and get launched hard and safe by another big guy only to switch and turn the tables. Off to class. Oh what joy. It's been two years yeasterday. # 14:29  HelloWorld      Asc Mo Does the language we speak affect the way we think?: "A hot topic is whether the language we speak affects the way we think. " It does for me! be it programming or spoken languages, each shifts my brain around differently. each has its strength and weaknesses, its ways and its moods. I most miss the ease and accuracy of german compound nouns. They are ubiquitous and, for me, more conducive to abstract thought than the many tiny words i wind up needing to express the same thing in english..